recroqueviller
French, verb/ʁə.kʁɔk.vi.je/
recroqueviller is spelled R-E-C-R-O-Q-U-E-V-I-L-L-E-R (14 letters) and appears about once in every 10 million words in written French, the 104,709th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Recroqueviller is a French verb meaning “to curl up, to shrivel (up)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Rétracter ; plisser ; rabougrir”.
What does recroqueviller mean in English?
verb
- 1
to curl up, to shrivel (up)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Rétracter ; plisser ; rabougrir.
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 recroqueviller
- se recroqueviller infinitive reflexive
- s'être + past participle infinitive multiword-construction reflexive
- se recroquevillant gerund participle present
- ayant gerund multiword-construction participle
- étant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- recroquevillé participle past reflexive
- me recroqueville first-person indicative present
- te recroquevilles indicative present reflexive
- se recroqueville indicative present reflexive
- nous recroquevillons first-person indicative plural
- vous recroquevillez indicative plural present
- se recroquevillent indicative plural present
- me recroquevillais first-person imperfect indicative
- te recroquevillais imperfect indicative reflexive
- se recroquevillait imperfect indicative reflexive
- nous recroquevillions first-person imperfect indicative
- vous recroquevilliez imperfect indicative plural
- se recroquevillaient imperfect indicative plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce recroqueviller?
- /ʁə.kʁɔk.vi.je/
- \ʁə.kʁɔk.vi.je\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is recroqueviller in French?
recroqueviller appears about once in every 10 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).