how to pronounce reculer

/ʁə.ky.le/

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reculer is pronounced in three syllables

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An example use of reculer in a speech by a native speaker of standard french:

“… qui de fait font reculer ces idées-là et …”

meanings of reculer

verb:

To back down, to concede.
To drop, to fall, to decline.
To back off, to draw back, to retreat.
To move back, to put back.
To go backwards.
To recede, to gradualy disappear.
To go astern.

reculer frequency in french - C1 level of CEFR

the word reculer occurs in french on average 8.6 times per one million words; this frequency warrants it to be in the study list for C1 level of language mastery according to CEFR, the Common European Framework of Reference.