rappeler
English
Etymology
rappel + -er
Noun
rappeler (plural rappelers)
- One who rappels (descends by rope).
French
Etymology
From re- + appeler.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁa.ple/
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Verb
rappeler
- to call again; to call back
- Ton père a téléphoné. Peux-tu le rappeler ?
- Your father phoned. Can you call him back?
- to remind
- 2015, Zaz, Si jamais j'oublie
- Rappelle-moi le jour et l'année. Rappelle-moi le temps qu'il faisait.
- (please add an English translation of this quote)
- Rappelle-moi mon rôle.
- Remind me of my role.
- 2015, Zaz, Si jamais j'oublie
- (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.
- (climbing) to pull through (a rope)
Conjugation
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.
Conjugation of rappeler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | rappeler | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | rappelant /ʁa.plɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | rappelé /ʁa.ple/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | rappelle /ʁa.pɛl/ | rappelles /ʁa.pɛl/ | rappelle /ʁa.pɛl/ | rappelons /ʁa.plɔ̃/ | rappelez /ʁa.ple/ | rappellent /ʁa.pɛl/ |
| imperfect | rappelais /ʁa.plɛ/ | rappelais /ʁa.plɛ/ | rappelait /ʁa.plɛ/ | rappelions /ʁa.pə.ljɔ̃/ | rappeliez /ʁa.pə.lje/ | rappelaient /ʁa.plɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | rappelai /ʁa.ple/ | rappelas /ʁa.pla/ | rappela /ʁa.pla/ | rappelâmes /ʁa.plam/ | rappelâtes /ʁa.plat/ | rappelèrent /ʁa.plɛʁ/ | |
| future | rappellerai /ʁa.pɛl.ʁe/ | rappelleras /ʁa.pɛl.ʁa/ | rappellera /ʁa.pɛl.ʁa/ | rappellerons /ʁa.pɛl.ʁɔ̃/ | rappellerez /ʁa.pɛl.ʁe/ | rappelleront /ʁa.pɛl.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | rappellerais /ʁa.pɛl.ʁɛ/ | rappellerais /ʁa.pɛl.ʁɛ/ | rappellerait /ʁa.pɛl.ʁɛ/ | rappellerions /ʁa.pɛ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁa.pe.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ | rappelleriez /ʁa.pɛ.lə.ʁje/ or /ʁa.pe.lə.ʁje/ | rappelleraient /ʁa.pɛl.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | rappelle /ʁa.pɛl/ | rappelles /ʁa.pɛl/ | rappelle /ʁa.pɛl/ | rappelions /ʁa.pə.ljɔ̃/ | rappeliez /ʁa.pə.lje/ | rappellent /ʁa.pɛl/ |
| imperfect2 | rappelasse /ʁa.plas/ | rappelasses /ʁa.plas/ | rappelât /ʁa.pla/ | rappelassions /ʁa.pla.sjɔ̃/ | rappelassiez /ʁa.pla.sje/ | rappelassent /ʁa.plas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | rappelle /ʁa.pɛl/ | — | rappelons /ʁa.plɔ̃/ | rappelez /ʁa.ple/ | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
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.
Conjugation of se rappeler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | se rappeler | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | s'être + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | se rappelant /sə ʁa.plɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant or étant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | rappelé /ʁa.ple/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | me rappelle /mə ʁa.pɛl/ | te rappelles /tə ʁa.pɛl/ | se rappelle /sə ʁa.pɛl/ | nous rappelons /nu ʁa.plɔ̃/ | vous rappelez /vu ʁa.ple/ | se rappellent /sə ʁa.pɛl/ |
| imperfect | me rappelais /mə ʁa.plɛ/ | te rappelais /tə ʁa.plɛ/ | se rappelait /sə ʁa.plɛ/ | nous rappelions /nu ʁa.pə.ljɔ̃/ | vous rappeliez /vu ʁa.pə.lje/ | se rappelaient /sə ʁa.plɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | me rappelai /mə ʁa.ple/ | te rappelas /tə ʁa.pla/ | se rappela /sə ʁa.pla/ | nous rappelâmes /nu ʁa.plam/ | vous rappelâtes /vu ʁa.plat/ | se rappelèrent /sə ʁa.plɛʁ/ | |
| future | me rappellerai /mə ʁa.pɛl.ʁe/ | te rappelleras /tə ʁa.pɛl.ʁa/ | se rappellera /sə ʁa.pɛl.ʁa/ | nous rappellerons /nu ʁa.pɛl.ʁɔ̃/ | vous rappellerez /vu ʁa.pɛl.ʁe/ | se rappelleront /sə ʁa.pɛl.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | me rappellerais /mə ʁa.pɛl.ʁɛ/ | te rappellerais /tə ʁa.pɛl.ʁɛ/ | se rappellerait /sə ʁa.pɛl.ʁɛ/ | nous rappellerions /nu ʁa.pɛ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /nu ʁa.pe.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ | vous rappelleriez /vu ʁa.pɛ.lə.ʁje/ or /vu ʁa.pe.lə.ʁje/ | se rappelleraient /sə ʁa.pɛl.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | me rappelle /mə ʁa.pɛl/ | te rappelles /tə ʁa.pɛl/ | se rappelle /sə ʁa.pɛl/ | nous rappelions /nu ʁa.pə.ljɔ̃/ | vous rappeliez /vu ʁa.pə.lje/ | se rappellent /sə ʁa.pɛl/ |
| imperfect2 | me rappelasse /mə ʁa.plas/ | te rappelasses /tə ʁa.plas/ | se rappelât /sə ʁa.pla/ | nous rappelassions /nu ʁa.pla.sjɔ̃/ | vous rappelassiez /vu ʁa.pla.sje/ | se rappelassent /sə ʁa.plas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | rappelle-toi /ʁa.pɛl.twa/ | — | rappelons-nous /ʁa.plɔ̃.nu/ | rappelez-vous /ʁa.ple.vu/ | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
- rappeler à l'ordre
Related terms
- rappel
- rappelé
Descendants
- → Catalan: rapelar
- → English: rappel
Further reading
- “rappeler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.