retired

retraité

Qui a cessé de travailler, généralement parce qu'il a atteint un certain âge.

En anglais simple : No longer working, usually because you have reached an older age.

• My father is retired.
• A retired nurse helps at the school.
• Are both your parents retired?

Comment l'utiliser : retired from something (She is retired from teaching.)

Expressions courantes : retired teacher, retired couple, retired from something

retiré du service, abandonné

Qui n'est plus utilisé ou fabriqué.

En anglais simple : No longer used or made.

• The museum displays a retired aircraft.
• His retired shirt number hangs above the court.
• Several retired computer models are still popular with collectors.

Synonymes : withdrawn, discontinued

Expressions courantes : retired aircraft, retired number, retired equipment

retiré

Qui vit tranquillement, à l'écart, avec peu de contacts avec les autres.

En anglais simple : Quiet and private, with little contact with other people.

• He preferred a retired life.
• They led a retired existence in the country.
• Her retired lifestyle left little room for visitors.

Synonymes : secluded, private

Expressions courantes : retired life, retired lifestyle, retired existence

isolé, retiré

Éloigné des lieux animés et difficile à voir ou à atteindre.

En anglais simple : Far from busy places and difficult to see or reach.

• They found a retired spot beside the stream.
• The cottage stood in a retired valley.
• We rested in a retired corner of the garden.

Synonymes : secluded, remote

Expressions courantes : retired spot, retired corner, retired valley