retirál

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Hungarian

Etymology

From German retirieren, from French retirer, from Late Latin retirare (to withdraw), from re- (back) + tirare (to draw).[1] With the verb-forming suffix -ál.

Pronunciation

Verb

retirál

  1. (intransitive, archaic) to retire (to retreat from action or danger; to withdraw for safety or pleasure; as, to retire from battle)
    Synonyms: hátrál, visszavonul
  2. (intransitive, dated, colloquial, of debate) to withdraw, retreat (to give up one's point of view)

Conjugation

References

  1. ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

Further reading

  • retirál in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN