retirer

English

Etymology

retire +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪəɹə(ɹ)

Noun

retirer (plural retirers)

1. Someone who retires.
   • 1993 February 8, Nicholas Timmins, “Tory MP puts case for later retirement”, in The Independent‎^[1]:

     And the pension should be re-cast by providing more to the over-80s - those who retired in the Sixties and Seventies who are much worse off than later retirers

   • 2009 August 19, Judy Battista, “In Another U-Turn, Favre Un-Retires”, in New York Times‎^[2]:

     And so Favre, serial retirer, unretired for the second time in less than two years Tuesday, joining the Vikings for a contract that ESPN reported was worth $12 million this season and $13 million in 2010 — if he does not retire again.

Synonyms

• retiree

Related terms

• retiree
• retirement

Translations

someone who has retired from active working — see retiree

Anagrams

• retrier, terrier

French

Etymology

First attested circa 1073, from re- +‎ tirer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.ti.ʁe/

• Audio:

  (file)

Verb

retirer

1. to take off; to remove (e.g. clothes)

   Elle retira sa chemise.

   She took off her shirt.

2. to withdraw; to get out; to take out (money)

   J’ai retiré 50 euros pour ce soir, j’espère que ça suffira.

   I took out 50 euros for tonight, I hope that'll be enough.

3. (reflexive) to retire
4. (reflexive) to remove, to pull out

Conjugation

Conjugation of retirer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	retirer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	retirant /ʁə.ti.ʁɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		retiré /ʁə.ti.ʁe/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	retire /ʁə.tiʁ/	retires /ʁə.tiʁ/	retire /ʁə.tiʁ/	retirons /ʁə.ti.ʁɔ̃/	retirez /ʁə.ti.ʁe/	retirent /ʁə.tiʁ/
	imperfect	retirais /ʁə.ti.ʁɛ/	retirais /ʁə.ti.ʁɛ/	retirait /ʁə.ti.ʁɛ/	retirions /ʁə.ti.ʁjɔ̃/	retiriez /ʁə.ti.ʁje/	retiraient /ʁə.ti.ʁɛ/
	past historic2	retirai /ʁə.ti.ʁe/	retiras /ʁə.ti.ʁa/	retira /ʁə.ti.ʁa/	retirâmes /ʁə.ti.ʁam/	retirâtes /ʁə.ti.ʁat/	retirèrent /ʁə.ti.ʁɛʁ/
	future	retirerai /ʁə.ti.ʁə.ʁe/	retireras /ʁə.ti.ʁə.ʁa/	retirera /ʁə.ti.ʁə.ʁa/	retirerons /ʁə.ti.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/	retirerez /ʁə.ti.ʁə.ʁe/	retireront /ʁə.ti.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	retirerais /ʁə.ti.ʁə.ʁɛ/	retirerais /ʁə.ti.ʁə.ʁɛ/	retirerait /ʁə.ti.ʁə.ʁɛ/	retirerions /ʁə.ti.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/	retireriez /ʁə.ti.ʁə.ʁje/	retireraient /ʁə.ti.ʁə.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	retire /ʁə.tiʁ/	retires /ʁə.tiʁ/	retire /ʁə.tiʁ/	retirions /ʁə.ti.ʁjɔ̃/	retiriez /ʁə.ti.ʁje/	retirent /ʁə.tiʁ/
	imperfect2	retirasse /ʁə.ti.ʁas/	retirasses /ʁə.ti.ʁas/	retirât /ʁə.ti.ʁa/	retirassions /ʁə.ti.ʁa.sjɔ̃/	retirassiez /ʁə.ti.ʁa.sje/	retirassent /ʁə.ti.ʁas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	retire /ʁə.tiʁ/	—	retirons /ʁə.ti.ʁɔ̃/	retirez /ʁə.ti.ʁe/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• retirer une épine du pied

Further reading

• “retirer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• terrier

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French retirer, from re- + tirer.

Verb

retirer

1. to go; to travel (chiefly to a place where one has already been)
   • 1540, L'établissement de la fête de la conception Notre-Dame dite la fête aux Normands:

     Icy faisons trop long arrest,
     Retirons vers nostre maison

     We've stayed here too long
     Let's go home

Conjugation

• Middle French conjugation varies from one text to another. Hence, the following conjugation should be considered as typical, not as exhaustive.

Conjugation of retirer

infinitive	simple	retirer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle1 or gerund2	simple	retirant
	compound	present participle or gerund of avoir + past participle
past participle		retiré
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		ie (i’)	tu	il, elle	nous	vous	ilz, elles
(simple tenses)	present	retire	retires	retire	retirons	retirez	retirent
	imperfect	retirois, retiroys	retirois, retiroys	retiroit, retiroyt	retirions, retiryons	retiriez, retiryez	retiroient, retiroyent
	past historic	retira	retiras	retira	retirasmes	retirastes	retirerent
	future	retirerai, retireray	retireras	retirera	retirerons	retirerez	retireront
	conditional	retirerois, retireroys	retirerois, retireroys	retireroit, retireroyt	retirerions, retireryons	retireriez, retireryez	retireroient, retireroyent
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que ie (i’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ilz, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	retire	retires	retire	retirons	retirez	retirent
	imperfect	retirasse	retirasses	retirast	retirassions	retirassiez	retirassent
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	retire	—	retirons	retirez	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The present participle was variable in gender and number until the 17th century (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], Une esthétique nouvelle: Honoré d'Urfé, correcteur de l'Astrée, p. 179). The French Academy would eventually declare it not to be declined in 1679.
2 The gerund was held to be invariable by grammarians of the early 17th century, and was usable with preposition en, as in Modern French, although the preposition was not mandatory (Anne Sancier-Château [1995], op. cit., p. 180).

Descendants

• French: retirer
• → English: retire

References

• retirer on Dictionnaire du Moyen Français (1330–1500) (in French)

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

retirer

1. imperative of retirere

Anagrams

• reiter, terrier

Norwegian Nynorsk

Verb

retirer

1. imperative of retirere

Anagrams

• reiter, terrier