cailler

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French quailler, coaillier, from Vulgar Latin *coaglāre/ *quaglāre, from syncopation of Latin coāgulāre. Doublet of coaguler, which was borrowed.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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cailler

  1. to curdle, clot
  2. (slang, impersonal) to be very cold, to be brass monkeys
    Ça caille ici !It's bloody freezing here!
  3. (slang, intransitive) to be very cold, to freeze
    Il fait combien ici ? Je caille.
    What's the temperature? I'm freezing.

Conjugation

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Descendants

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  • Alemannic German: kale

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