acculé

See also: accule

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.ky.le/

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• Homophones: acculai, acculée, acculées, acculer, acculés, acculez

Participle

acculé (feminine acculée, masculine plural acculés, feminine plural acculées)

1. past participle of acculer

Adjective

acculé (feminine acculée, masculine plural acculés, feminine plural acculées)

1. cornered
   • 2019, Alain Damasio, chapter 21, in Les furtifs [The Stealthies], La Volte, →ISBN:

     J’essaie de calmer Tishka qui panique, elle se sent acculée, et coupable.

     I try to calm Tishka: she's panicking, she feels cornered and guilty.

2. forced

   Synonym: forcé

   acculé à faire ― forced to do

3. (heraldry) of a quadruped (especially a horse): represented rearing up as if ready to gallop

Further reading

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