retainer

English

Etymology

retain +‎ -er

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈteɪn.ə/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈteɪn.ɚ/, /ɹəˈteɪn.ɚ/
• Rhymes: -eɪnə(r)

Noun

retainer (plural retainers)

1. Any thing or person that retains.
2. A dependent or follower of someone of rank.
3. A paid servant, especially one who has been employed for many years.
4. A fee one pays to reserve the other's time for services.

   This lawyer charges a retainer for his work.

5. (dentistry) A device that holds teeth in position after orthodontic treatment.

Derived terms

• general retainer
• special retainer

Related terms

► English terms derived from the PIE root *ten-‎ (0 c, 45 e)

Translations

a dependent or follower of someone of rank

• Esperanto: akompananto
• French: suite (fr) f

• German: Dienstmann m, Gefolgsmann (de) m, Vasall (de) m
• Japanese: 家来 (けらい, kerai)

a paid servant, especially one who has been employed for many years

• Finnish: palvelija (fi)
• French: serviteur (fr) m
• German: Bediensteter (de) m

• Japanese: 臣下 (ja) (shinka)
• Russian: слуга́ (ru) m (slugá)
• Spanish: criado (es) m

any thing or person that retains

• Finnish: pidike (fi), kiinnitin (fi)

a fee charged for services

• Finnish: ennakkopalkkio, ennakkomaksu (fi)
• French: avance (fr) f

• Russian: предвари́тельный (predvarítelʹnyj) гонора́р (gonorár) (predvarítelʼnyj gonorár) m

a device that holds teeth in position after orthodontic treatment

• Dutch: retentiebeugel
• Finnish: hammastuki
• French: faux-palais (fr) m, contention (fr) f
• German: Retainer, Zahnspange (de) f
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: regulering m or f

  Nynorsk: regulering f

• Polish: aparat ortodontyczny m
• Portuguese: aparelho (pt) m
• Spanish: retenedor

See also

• brace

Anagrams

• Arretine, Eretrian, Eritrean, Renteria, rain tree, rain-tree, raintree