rappeler

English

Etymology

From 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
Rappelle-moi mon rôle.
Remind me of my role.
- 2015, Zaz, Si jamais j'oublie:
  Rappelle-moi le jour et l’année. Rappelle-moi le temps qu’il faisait.
  Remind me of the day and the year. Remind me what the weather was like.
(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.
(transitive) To request or order the return of (a faulty product). [from 20th c.]
Il y a quelque temps, une entreprise spécialisée dans la nourriture canine a rappelé un de ses produits.
Some time ago, a company specializing in canine food recalled one of its products.
(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	compound	avoir + past participle
infinitive	simple	rappeler
present participle or gerund¹	simple	rappelant /ʁa.plɑ̃/
present participle or gerund¹	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/
(simple tenses)	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
(compound tenses)	pluperfect²	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	~~nous~~	~~vous~~	–
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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (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	compound	s'être + past participle
infinitive	simple	se rappeler
present participle or gerund¹	simple	se rappelant /sə ʁa.plɑ̃/
present participle or gerund¹	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/
(simple tenses)	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
(compound tenses)	pluperfect²	imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	~~nous~~	~~vous~~	–
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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

rappeler

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