recaler
French, verb\ʁə.ka.le\
recaler is spelled R-E-C-A-L-E-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 53,211th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Recaler is a French verb meaning “to fail (a test)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Dresser, fixer des bois à l'aide d'une cale”.
What does recaler mean in English?
verb
- 1
to fail (a test)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Dresser, fixer des bois à l'aide d'une cale. 2. Mettre de nouveau d'aplomb, immobiliser quelque chose qui s'est ou a été décalé. 3. Se réinstaller, se remettre d’aplomb. 4. Rassasier.
verb: 1. Ne pas admettre quelqu’un à un examen. 2. Refuser une tentative de séduction.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of recaler
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- recalant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- recalé participle past
- recale first-person indicative present
- recales indicative present second-person
- recalons first-person indicative plural
- recalez indicative plural present
- recalent indicative plural present
- recalais first-person imperfect indicative
- recalait imperfect indicative singular
- recalions first-person imperfect indicative
- recaliez imperfect indicative plural
- recalaient imperfect indicative plural
- recalai first-person historic indicative
- recalas historic indicative past
- recala historic indicative past
- recalâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce recaler?
- \ʁə.ka.le\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to recaler
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is recaler in French?
recaler appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).