retrait

English

Etymology 1

From Middle French retrait.

Noun

retrait (plural retraits)

1. (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:

     She is the mighty Queene of Faerie, / Whose faire retrait I in my shield do beare […]

Adjective

retrait (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) retired

Etymology 2

Variant forms.

Noun

retrait (plural retraits)

1. 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.

Anagrams

• attirer, rattier, tartier

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French

Etymology

From the verb retraire, corresponding to Latin retractus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.tʁɛ/

Noun

retrait m (plural retraits)

1. retreat
2. withdrawal
3. (baseball) out
4. (cricket) dismissal
5. (sex) coitus interruptus

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