retiral

See also: retirál

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wre-

Latin re-

Old French re-bor.

Middle English re-

English re-

Proto-West Germanic *teuʀōn

Old English tēorian

Middle English tiren

English tire

English retire

Proto-Indo-European *h₂el-

Proto-Indo-European *-is

Proto-Indo-European *h₂élisder.?

Proto-Italic *-ālis

Latin -ālislbor.

Old French -albor.

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Latin -ālis

Old French -elbor.

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Latin -ālisbor.

Middle English -al

English -al

English retiral

From retire + -al.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈtaɪ(ə)ɹəl/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /ɹəˈtaɪɹəl/, /ɹiˈtaɪɹəl/
• (Scotland) IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈtaeɾl̩/
• Rhymes: -aɪɹəl

Noun

retiral (countable and uncountable, plural retirals)

1. (now chiefly Scotland) Withdrawal, retreat. [from 17th c.]
2. (now chiefly Scotland) Retirement from employment. [from 19th c.]
   • 2003, Alasdair Gray, “Job's Skin Game”, in Every Short Story, Canongate, published 2012, page 731:

     By that time I had sold the main business, being past retiral age.

3. (finance) The act of taking up a bill when due.

Anagrams

• retrial, trailer, trialer