reculer

French

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /ʁə.ky.le/ X-SAMPA: /R@.ky.le/

Verb

reculer

1. (transitive) to move back, to put back
2. (intransitive) to go backwards
3. (intransitive) to back down, to concede
4. (intransitive) to back off, to draw back, to retreat
5. (intransitive) to recede, to gradualy disappear
6. (intransitive) to drop, to fall, to decline
7. (nautical, intransitive) to go astern

Conjugation

   Conjugation of reculer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		reculer			avoir reculé
gerund		en reculant			en ayant reculé
present participle		reculant
past participle		reculé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	recule	recules	recule	reculons	reculez	reculent
	imperfect	reculais	reculais	reculait	reculions	reculiez	reculaient
	past historic1	reculai	reculas	recula	reculâmes	reculâtes	reculèrent
	future	reculerai	reculeras	reculera	reculerons	reculerez	reculeront
	conditional	reculerais	reculerais	reculerait	reculerions	reculeriez	reculeraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	recule	recules	recule	reculions	reculiez	reculent
	imperfect1	reculasse	reculasses	reculât	reculassions	reculassiez	reculassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	recule	—	reculons	reculez	—
1literary tenses

Related terms

• culer
• recul
• reculement

Anagrams

• ulcérer