retaper, v.a., ☉to cock (a hat); to do up (a hat); to curl and powder (a wig). — les cheveux; to turn up the hair.
se retaper, v.r., to be done up (of hats); (pop.) to dress one’s self out.
retard, n.m., delay; (mus.) retardation; slowness (of a clock). Apporter du —; to cause delay. Eprouver du —; to suffer delay. Être en —; to be late; to be in arrears; to be backward, to be behind time. Votre montre est en — de deux minutes; your watch is two minutes slow. Nous avons dix minutes de —; (of railways) the train is ten minutes late. Avoir une patte en —; to walk lame.
retardataire, n.m. and adj., in arrears; defaulter, loiterer, lagger; in arrears; late, behindhand.
retardat-eur, -rice, adj., (phys.) retarding.
retardation, n.f., (phys.) retardation.
retardement, n.m., delay, retardment, putting off; (com., nav.) over-time, demurrage.
retarder, v.a., to retard, to delay, to defer, to put off; to hinder; to put back (clocks and watches). — une horloge; to put a clock back.
retarder, v.n., to lose, to go too slow (of clocks and watches); to come later. Ma montre retarde; my watch loses. Sa fièvre retarde tous les jours d’environ une heure; his fit of ague comes on one hour later every day.