rappel
See also: ráppel
English
Etymology 1
Borrowed from French rappeler (“to pull through (a rope)”).
Pronunciation
Noun
rappel (plural rappels)
- 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)
Translations
to abseil
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Etymology 2
Borrowed from French rappel. Compare repeal.
Noun
rappel (plural rappels)
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
Noun
rappel m (plural rappels)
- reminder
- encore (at the end of a performance); curtain call
- (on a speed limit sign) continuance of an existing speed limit
- abseil
Further reading
- “rappel”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Portuguese
Noun
rappel m (plural rappéis)
- Alternative spelling of rapel
Spanish
Noun
rappel m (plural rappels)
Westrobothnian
Noun
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