The word is a foreign word

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— Foreign words, define in English —

• Middle english
  • retenue n. A small group or company of hirelings or people, following a notable person; a retinue.
  • retenue n. The state of being employed, especially in such a small group.

— In French —

• retenue n.f. Action de retenir.
• retenue n.f. (Comptabilité, Finance) Ce qu’on retient, en vertu de la…
• retenue n.f. (Arithmétique) Chiffre, le nombre que l’on retient.
• retenue n.f. (Éducation) Privation de sortie, infligée à un écolier…
• retenue n.f. Réservoir où l’on retient de l’eau.
• retenue n.f. Espace entre deux écluses où l’eau est retenue.
• retenue n.f. (Sens figuré) Action de se retenir, modération, discrétion, modestie.
• retenue adj. Féminin singulier de retenu.
• retenue v. Participe passé féminin singulier de retenir.

16 English words from 2 English definitions

being company employed especially following group hirelings notable people person retinue small state state␣of␣being such The

13 English words from 9 foreign definitions

Action Chiffre eau entre Espace est Finance passé Privation que Sens sortie vertu

27 foreign words from 9 foreign definitions

Arithmétique Comptabilité de␣la deux discrétion écluses écolier Éducation entre␣deux en␣vertu␣de féminin figuré infligée l’on modération modestie nombre Participe Participe␣passé Réservoir retenir retenu retenue retient Sens␣figuré se␣retenir singulier

6 words-in-word (Words found as is inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

ret Ret. rete ten TEN tenue

7 words-in-word RTL (Words found written from right to left, inside the word. Minimum size 3 letters.)

net Net NET .NET ter TER ter-

3 anagrams found with an extra letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word and an extra letter.)

neutered returnee Useneter

13 anagrams found minus a letter (New words formed with all the letters from the word minus a letter.)

entree entrée eterne neuter rentee retene retune run␣tee Rutene teener tenure tureen untree

3 cousins (New words found by changing only one letter.)

retinue revenue Revenue

One lipogram (New word found when removing only one letter.)

retene

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