"recul" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /ʁə.kyl/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-DenisdeShawi-recul.wav [Canada] Forms: reculs [plural]
Etymology: Deverbal from reculer. Etymology templates: {{deverbal|fr|reculer}} Deverbal from reculer Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} recul m (plural reculs)
  1. retreat, climb-down Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-recul-fr-noun-g90aXovM Categories (other): French deverbals, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French deverbals: 39 4 23 25 9 Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 50 1 14 31 4
  2. drop; reduction, fall Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-recul-fr-noun-MGQiWhMt
  3. distance (in time or space) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-recul-fr-noun-sGJs6nhY
  4. recoil, kick (of firearm) Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Firearms
    Sense id: en-recul-fr-noun-CoZC3OnF Disambiguation of Firearms: 29 2 7 57 5
  5. hindsight (understanding of events after they have occurred) Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-recul-fr-noun-fr:hindsight
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: prendre du recul

Inflected forms

Download JSON data for recul meaning in French (3.2kB)

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  "etymology_text": "Deverbal from reculer.",
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      ],
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          "retreat",
          "retreat"
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          "climb-down",
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          "english": "Imports in recent weeks are primarily fertilizers, in order to prevent a further decline in agricultural production. But non-essential products (chocolate, dried fruits, etc.), which had disappeared from the shelves, are also reappearing in the shops of Pyongyang.",
          "ref": "2021 April 24, “La Corée du Nord rouvre sa frontière avec la Chine [North Korea reopens its border with China]”, in Le Monde",
          "text": "Les importations de ces dernières semaines sont principalement des engrais, afin d’éviter un nouveau recul de la production agricole. Mais réapparaissent aussi, dans des magasins de Pyongyang, des produits non essentiels (chocolat, fruits séchés, etc.), qui avaient disparu des rayons.",
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            "Hunting",
            "Military",
            "Tools",
            "Human activity",
            "Society",
            "Technology",
            "Human behaviour",
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            "Human",
            "Fundamental"
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          "english": "in retrospect, in hindsight, looking back",
          "text": "avec le recul",
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        ]
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