retrait
English
Etymology 1
From Middle French retrait.
Noun
retrait (plural retraits)
- (obsolete) A picture or other visual representation.
- 1590, Edmund Spenser, “Book II, Canto IX”, in The Faerie Queene. […], London: […] [John Wolfe] for William Ponsonbie, OCLC 960102938:
- She is the mighty Queene of Faerie, / Whose faire retrait I in my shield do beare […]
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Adjective
retrait (not comparable)
- (obsolete) retired
Etymology 2
Variant forms.
Noun
retrait (plural retraits)
- Obsolete form of retreat.
- 1658, Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus:
- Cyrus was his second Brother: who gave the occasion of that memorable work, and almost miraculous retrait of Xenophon.
- 1658, Thomas Browne, The Garden of Cyrus:
Verb
retrait (third-person singular simple present retraits, present participle retraiting, simple past and past participle retraited)
- Obsolete form of retreat.
Anagrams
- attirer, rattier, tartier
French
Etymology
From the verb retraire, corresponding to Latin retractus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁə.tʁɛ/
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Noun
retrait m (plural retraits)
- retreat
- withdrawal
- (baseball) out
- (cricket) dismissal
- (sex) coitus interruptus
Derived terms
- en retrait
- retrait sur des prises
Further reading
- “retrait”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- attérir, atterri, attirer, retirât, terrait, titrera, traiter, traitre, traître