retenir

Mane

1. to retain, hold
2. to retain, hold
3. to remember
4. to accept (que that)
5. to uphold
6. to restrain oneself, hold back

Wekî (IPA) tê gotin

/ʁə.t(ə).niʁ/

Etîmolojî

Inherited from Middle French retenir, from Old French retenir, from Vulgar Latin *retenīre, from Latin retinēre, from re- + teneō (“to hold”).