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Detailed Translations for recoil from English to French

recoil:

recoil [the ~] noun

  1. the recoil (rebound; kick)
    la répercussion; le contrecoup

to recoil verb (recoils, recoiled, recoiling)

  1. to recoil (shrink back; recoil from; withdraw; shrink)
    reculer devant; décroître; diminuer; avoir un mouvement de recul; se décourager; caner; perdre courage
    • décroître verb (décroîs, décroît, décroîssons, décroîssez, )
    • diminuer verb (diminue, diminues, diminuons, diminuez, )
    • caner verb
  2. to recoil (rebound)
    rebondir; ricocher
    • rebondir verb (rebondis, rebondit, rebondissons, rebondissez, )
    • ricocher verb (ricoche, ricoches, ricochons, ricochez, )

Conjugations for recoil:

present
  1. recoil
  2. recoil
  3. recoils
  4. recoil
  5. recoil
  6. recoil
simple past
  1. recoiled
  2. recoiled
  3. recoiled
  4. recoiled
  5. recoiled
  6. recoiled
present perfect
  1. have recoiled
  2. have recoiled
  3. has recoiled
  4. have recoiled
  5. have recoiled
  6. have recoiled
past continuous
  1. was recoiling
  2. were recoiling
  3. was recoiling
  4. were recoiling
  5. were recoiling
  6. were recoiling
future
  1. shall recoil
  2. will recoil
  3. will recoil
  4. shall recoil
  5. will recoil
  6. will recoil
continuous present
  1. am recoiling
  2. are recoiling
  3. is recoiling
  4. are recoiling
  5. are recoiling
  6. are recoiling
subjunctive
  1. be recoiled
  2. be recoiled
  3. be recoiled
  4. be recoiled
  5. be recoiled
  6. be recoiled
diverse
  1. recoil!
  2. let's recoil!
  3. recoiled
  4. recoiling
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

Translation Matrix for recoil:

NounRelated TranslationsOther Translations
contrecoup kick; rebound; recoil blow; comedown; disappointment; letdown; mishap
diminuer tiring out; wearing out
décroître die away
répercussion kick; rebound; recoil echo; repercussion; resonance; reverberation
- backlash; kick; rebound; repercussion
VerbRelated TranslationsOther Translations
avoir un mouvement de recul recoil; recoil from; shrink; shrink back; withdraw
caner recoil; recoil from; shrink; shrink back; withdraw
diminuer recoil; recoil from; shrink; shrink back; withdraw abridge; be shortcoming; clip; crop; curtail; cut down; cut short; decline; decrease; diminish; drop; dwindle; economise; economize; fall; go down; go thieving; lessen; make smaller; mark down; minimise; minimize; moderate; reduce; regress; remove; save; scale down; shorten; shrink; shrink away; shrink back; shrivel; shrivel up; sink; take away; trim; tumble; use sparingly; wain; waining
décroître recoil; recoil from; shrink; shrink back; withdraw be shortcoming; curtail; decline; decrease; diminish; drop; dwindle; fall; go down; go thieving; lessen; make smaller; mark down; reduce; regress; remove; scale down; shrink; shrink away; shrink back; shrivel; shrivel up; sink; take away; tumble; wain; waining
perdre courage recoil; recoil from; shrink; shrink back; withdraw become despondent; become disheartened; become dispirited; despond; falter; flinch
rebondir rebound; recoil bounce; glance off; jump back; jump up; leap backwards; leap up; rebound; ricochet off; snap back; spring back
reculer devant recoil; recoil from; shrink; shrink back; withdraw shrink from
ricocher rebound; recoil glance off; ricochet; ricochet off
se décourager recoil; recoil from; shrink; shrink back; withdraw become despondent; become disheartened; become dispirited; despond; falter; flinch
- backfire; backlash; bounce; bound; cringe; flinch; funk; kick; kick back; quail; rebound; resile; reverberate; ricochet; shrink; spring; squinch; take a hop; wince
OtherRelated TranslationsOther Translations
- kick

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Related Definitions for "recoil":

  1. a movement back from an impact1
  2. the backward jerk of a gun when it is fired1
  3. spring back, as from a forceful thrust1
  4. spring back; spring away from an impact1
  5. draw back, as with fear or pain1
  6. come back to the originator of an action with an undesired effect1

Wiktionary Translations for recoil:

recoil
noun
  1. pushback from a fired firearm
verb
  1. to pull back, especially in disgust, horror or astonishment
recoil
Cross Translation:
FromToVia
recoil reculer en sursautant zurückzucken — vor Schreck zusammenzucken und ruckartig zurückweichen

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