rappel

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See also: Rappel and ráppel

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French rappeler (“to pull through (a rope)”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ɹæˈpɛl/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Rhymes: -ɛl

Noun

rappel (plural rappels)

  1. Descending by means of a rope, abseiling.

Verb

rappel (third-person singular simple present rappels, present participle rappelling or rappeling, simple past and past participle rappelled or rappeled)

  1. To abseil.
  2. (obsolete) To call back a hawk.
Translations

Further reading

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French rappel. Compare repeal.

Noun

rappel (plural rappels)

  1. (military) A drumbeat pattern for calling soldiers to gather.

Anagrams

Basque

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish rappel, from French rappeler.

Pronunciation

Noun

rappel inan

  1. (climbing) rappel

Declension

Declension of rappel (inanimate, ending in consonant)
indefinite singular plural
absolutive rappel rappela rappelak
ergative rappelek rappelak rappelek
dative rappeli rappelari rappelei
genitive rappelen rappelaren rappelen
comitative rappelekin rappelarekin rappelekin
causative rappelengatik rappelarengatik rappelengatik
benefactive rappelentzat rappelarentzat rappelentzat
instrumental rappelez rappelaz rappelez
inessive rappeletan rappelean rappeletan
locative rappeletako rappeleko rappeletako
allative rappeletara rappelera rappeletara
terminative rappeletaraino rappeleraino rappeletaraino
directive rappeletarantz rappelerantz rappeletarantz
destinative rappeletarako rappelerako rappeletarako
ablative rappeletatik rappeletik rappeletatik
partitive rappelik — —
prolative rappeltzat — —

Further reading

  • "rappel" in Euskaltzaindiaren Hiztegia , euskaltzaindia.eus

French

Pronunciation

Noun

rappel m (plural rappels)

  1. reminder
  2. encore (at the end of a performance); curtain call
  3. (on a speed limit sign) continuance of an existing speed limit
  4. (transitive) (A faulty product) subject to a recall.
    Veuillez nous le notifier immédiatement si vous savez ou suspectez qu’un produit puisse ou doive faire l’objet d’un rappel.
    Please notify us immediately if you suspect there is a possibility of products needing to become the subject of a recall.
  5. abseil

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Catalan: ràpel
  • → Dutch: rappel
  • → English: rappel
  • → Portuguese: rapel
  • → Romanian: rapel
  • → Spanish: rapel

Further reading

Anagrams

Portuguese

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French rappel.

Pronunciation

 
 

Noun

rappel m (plural rappels)

  1. Alternative spelling of rapel

Spanish

Noun

rappel m (plural rappels)

  1. rappel
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