reculer

French

Etymology

From re- +‎ cul +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʁə.ky.le/
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Verb

reculer

  1. (transitive) to move back, to put back
  2. (intransitive) to go backwards
  3. (intransitive) to back down, to concede
  4. (intransitive) to back off, to draw back, to retreat
  5. (intransitive) to recede, to gradualy disappear
  6. (intransitive) to drop, to fall, to decline
  7. (nautical, intransitive) to go astern

Conjugation

Conjugation of reculer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple reculer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple reculant
/ʁə.ky.lɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle reculé
/ʁə.ky.le/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present recule
/ʁə.kyl/ 		recules
/ʁə.kyl/ 		recule
/ʁə.kyl/ 		reculons
/ʁə.ky.lɔ̃/ 		reculez
/ʁə.ky.le/ 		reculent
/ʁə.kyl/
imperfect reculais
/ʁə.ky.lɛ/ 		reculais
/ʁə.ky.lɛ/ 		reculait
/ʁə.ky.lɛ/ 		reculions
/ʁə.ky.ljɔ̃/ 		reculiez
/ʁə.ky.lje/ 		reculaient
/ʁə.ky.lɛ/
past historic2 reculai
/ʁə.ky.le/ 		reculas
/ʁə.ky.la/ 		recula
/ʁə.ky.la/ 		reculâmes
/ʁə.ky.lam/ 		reculâtes
/ʁə.ky.lat/ 		reculèrent
/ʁə.ky.lɛʁ/
future reculerai
/ʁə.kyl.ʁe/ 		reculeras
/ʁə.kyl.ʁa/ 		reculera
/ʁə.kyl.ʁa/ 		reculerons
/ʁə.kyl.ʁɔ̃/ 		reculerez
/ʁə.kyl.ʁe/ 		reculeront
/ʁə.kyl.ʁɔ̃/
conditional reculerais
/ʁə.kyl.ʁɛ/ 		reculerais
/ʁə.kyl.ʁɛ/ 		reculerait
/ʁə.kyl.ʁɛ/ 		reculerions
/ʁə.ky.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		reculeriez
/ʁə.ky.lə.ʁje/ 		reculeraient
/ʁə.kyl.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present recule
/ʁə.kyl/ 		recules
/ʁə.kyl/ 		recule
/ʁə.kyl/ 		reculions
/ʁə.ky.ljɔ̃/ 		reculiez
/ʁə.ky.lje/ 		reculent
/ʁə.kyl/
imperfect2 reculasse
/ʁə.ky.las/ 		reculasses
/ʁə.ky.las/ 		reculât
/ʁə.ky.la/ 		reculassions
/ʁə.ky.la.sjɔ̃/ 		reculassiez
/ʁə.ky.la.sje/ 		reculassent
/ʁə.ky.las/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — recule
/ʁə.kyl/ 		— reculons
/ʁə.ky.lɔ̃/ 		reculez
/ʁə.ky.le/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
past historic → present perfect
past anterior → pluperfect
imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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