rappeler

From rappel +‎ -er.

rappeler (plural rappelers)

1. One who rappels (descends by rope).

From re- +‎ appeler.

• IPA^(key): /ʁa.ple/

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rappeler

1. to call again; to call back

   Ton père a téléphoné. Peux-tu le rappeler ?

   Your father phoned. Can you call him back?

2. to remind

   Rappelle-moi mon rôle.

   Remind me of my role.

   • 2015, Zaz, Si jamais j'oublie:

     Rappelle-moi le jour et l’année. Rappelle-moi le temps qu’il faisait.

     Remind me of the day and the year. Remind me what the weather was like.

3. (reflexive) to recall, remember (use without de is formal and rare; use with de much more common but still proscribed)

   Je ne me le rappelle pas.

   I don't remember that/it.

   Je ne me rappelle pas ça.

   I don't remember that.

4. (transitive) To request or order the return of (a faulty product). [from 20th c.]

   Il y a quelque temps, une entreprise spécialisée dans la nourriture canine a rappelé un de ses produits.

   Some time ago, a company specializing in canine food recalled one of its products.

5. (climbing) to pull through (a rope)

With the exception of appeler, jeter and their derived verbs, all verbs that used to double the consonants can now also be conjugated like amener.

With the exception of appeler, jeter and their derived verbs, all verbs that used to double the consonants can now also be conjugated like amener.

• rappeler à l’ordre

• rappel
• rappelé

• → Catalan: rapelar
• → English: rappel

• “rappeler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.