receler
French, verb
receler is spelled R-E-C-E-L-E-R (7 letters) and appears about once in every 9 million words in written French, the 95,695th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Receler is a French verb meaning “to conceal” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). With an accent, recéler is a different word: “alternative form of receler”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Garder, cacher une chose que l’on sait être volée”.
What does receler mean in English?
verb
- 1
to conceal
- 2
to receive (stolen goods)
- 3
to harbour
verb
- 1
alternative form of receler
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Garder, cacher une chose que l’on sait être volée. 2. Détourner, cacher les effets d’une succession, d’une société, etc. 3. Cacher chez soi des personnes auxquelles les lois défendent de donner retraite. 4. Contenir, renfermer.
verb: 1. Variante de receler.
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 receler
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- recelant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- recelé participle past
- recèle first-person indicative present
- recèles indicative present second-person
- recelons first-person indicative plural
- recelez indicative plural present
- recèlent indicative plural present
- recelais first-person imperfect indicative
- recelait imperfect indicative singular
- recelions first-person imperfect indicative
- receliez imperfect indicative plural
- recelaient imperfect indicative plural
- recelai first-person historic indicative
- recelas historic indicative past
- recela historic indicative past
- recelâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is receler in French?
receler appears about once in every 9 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).