retirál

See also: retiral

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

  • IPA(key): [ˈrɛtiraːl]
  • Hyphenation: re‧ti‧rál

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, 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
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