noun
Meaning 1
Descent by means of a rope.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: rappelling, abseiling
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
rappel
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /ɹæˈpɛl/
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General-American: /ɹəˈpɛl/
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General-American: /ɹæˈpɛl/
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rhymes with -ɛl
noun
Meaning 2
A drumbeat pattern for calling soldiers to gather.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Topics: government, military, politics, war
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 3
To abseil.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
verb
Meaning 4
To call back a hawk.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Usage: obsolete
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 5
(mountaineering) a descent of a vertical cliff or wall made by using a doubled rope that is fixed to a higher point and wrapped around the body
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: abseil
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: descent
verb
Meaning 6
lower oneself with a rope coiled around the body from a mountainside
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
Examples
- The ascent was easy--roping down the mountain would be much more difficult and dangerous
- You have to learn how to abseil when you want to do technical climbing
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: abseil, rope down
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: descend, fall, go down, come down
History
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)”).
Borrowed from French rappel. Compare repeal.
Across languages
Translations
12 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Bulgarian: рапел (rapel) — to abseil
- Czech: slaňovat — to abseil
- Czech: slanit — to abseil
- Dutch: abseilen — to abseil
- French: descendre en rappel — to abseil
- Polish: opuszczać się przy pomocy liny — to abseil
- Polish: opuścić się przy pomocy liny — to abseil
- Russian: спуска́ться на верёвке (spuskátʹsja na verjóvke) — to abseil
- Spanish: rápel — to abseil
- Swedish: fira ner sig — to abseil
- Swedish: fira sig ner — to abseil
- Ukrainian: спускатися по мотузці (spuskatysja po motuzci) — to abseil