retret

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [rəˈtɾet]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) (Mallorca) [rəˈtɾet], (Menorca) [rəˈtɾɛt]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [reˈtɾet]

Etymology 1

Past participle of retreure and its nominalization.

Noun

retret m (plural retrets)

1. reproach

Participle

retret (feminine retreta, masculine plural retrets, feminine plural retretes)

1. past participle of retreure

Etymology 2

Inherited from Latin retractus.

Noun

retret (feminine retreta, masculine plural retrets, feminine plural retretes)

1. reserved (of a person; communicating little)
2. (heraldry) retrait

Further reading

• “retret” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “retret”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “retret” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “retret” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Indonesian

Etymology

From Dutch retraite, from Old French retrait or retret, from Latin retractus, from retraho.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈrɛt̚.rɛt̚]
• Hyphenation: rèt‧rèt

Noun

rètrèt (first-person possessive retretku, second-person possessive retretmu, third-person possessive retretnya)

1. (Christianity) retreat, period of meditation, prayer, or study.

   Synonym: khalwat

Further reading

• “retret” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.