recul

French

Etymology

Deverbal from reculer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.kyl/

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Noun

recul m (plural reculs)

1. retreat, climb-down
2. drop; reduction, fall
   • 2021 April 24, “La Corée du Nord rouvre sa frontière avec la Chine [North Korea reopens its border with China]”, in Le Monde‎:

     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.

     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.

3. distance (in time or space)
4. recoil, kick (of firearm)
6. hindsight (understanding of events after they have occurred)

   avec le recul ― in retrospect, in hindsight, looking back

Derived terms

• prendre du recul

Descendants

• → Swedish: rekyl

Further reading

• “recul”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• cruel, culer

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French recul.

Noun

recul n (plural reculuri)

1. recoil

Declension

Declension of recul

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	recul	reculul		reculuri	reculurile
genitive-dative	recul	reculului		reculuri	reculurilor
vocative	reculule			reculurilor