rappel

See also: ráppel

English

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɹæˈpɛl/

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. (obsolete) to call back a hawk
2. to abseil

Translations

to abseil

• Dutch: abseilen (nl)
• French: descendre en rappel
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• Russian: спуска́ться на верёвке (spuskátʹsja na verjóvke)
• Spanish: rápel (es)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from French rappel. Compare repeal.

Noun

rappel (plural rappels)

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

Anagrams

• lapper

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁa.pɛl/

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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. abseil

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• palper

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Portuguese

Noun

rappel m (plural rappéis)

1. Alternative spelling of rapel

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Spanish

Noun

rappel m (plural rappels)

1. rappel

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