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rappel en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ɹæˈpɛl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ɹəˈpɛl/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ɹæˈpɛl/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- French re- Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *pel- Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *-né-der. Proto-Italic *pelnōder. Latin pellō Latin appellārebor. French appeler French rappelerbor. English rappel Borrowed from French rappeler (“to pull through (a rope)”).

Meanings

1. Descent by means of a rope.

Forms

Synonyms

abseiling · rappelling

rappel en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• /ɹæˈpɛl/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• /ɹəˈpɛl/ (General-American)
• (Southern-England) audio
• /ɹæˈpɛl/ (General-American)

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Italic *wre- Latin re- French re- Proto-Indo-European *h₂éd Proto-Italic *ad Proto-Italic *ad- Latin ad- Proto-Indo-European *pel- Proto-Indo-European *pelh₂-der. Proto-Indo-European *-né-der. Proto-Italic *pelnōder. Latin pellō Latin appellārebor. French appeler French rappelerbor. English rappel Borrowed from French rappeler (“to pull through (a rope)”).

Meanings

1. To abseil.
2. (obsolete) To call back a hawk.

Forms

Deriveds

rappeller

Translations (12)

sv fira sig ner (to abseil) · cs slaňovat (to abseil) · ru спуска́ться на верёвке (to abseil) · cs slanit (to abseil) · bg рапел (to abseil) · sv fira ner sig (to abseil) · nl abseilen (to abseil) · fr descendre en rappel (to abseil) · pl opuścić się przy pomocy liny (to abseil) · es rápel (to abseil) · pl opuszczać się przy pomocy liny (to abseil) · uk спускатися по мотузці (to abseil)

rappel en · NOUN · etymology 2

Etymology

Borrowed from French rappel. Compare repeal.

Meanings

1. A drumbeat pattern for calling soldiers to gather.
   • […] he has to retramp the same streets, rebeat the same rappel […] 1839, Fraser's Magazine for Town and Country, volume 19, page 711:

Forms