receler

See also: recéler

French

Alternative forms

• recéler

Etymology

From re- (“re-”) +‎ celer (“to conceal”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁə.s(ə).le/, /ʁə.se.le/

• Audio (Paris)

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• Homophones: recelé, recélé, recelée, recélée, recelées, recélées, recéler, recelés, recélés, recelez, recélez, resellé, resellée, resellées, resellés, resellez, reseller, ressellé, ressellée, ressellées, ressellés, resseller, ressellez
• Rhymes: -e

Verb

receler

1. (transitive) to conceal
2. (transitive, law) to receive (stolen goods)
3. (transitive) to harbour

Conjugation

This verb is conjugated like parler, except the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ when the next vowel is a silent or schwa -e-, as in the third-person singular present indicative il recèle and the third-person singular future indicative il recèlera.

Conjugation of receler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	receler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	recelant /ʁə.s(ə).lɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		recelé /ʁə.s(ə).le/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	recèle /ʁə.sɛl/	recèles /ʁə.sɛl/	recèle /ʁə.sɛl/	recelons /ʁə.s(ə).lɔ̃/	recelez /ʁə.s(ə).le/	recèlent /ʁə.sɛl/
	imperfect	recelais /ʁə.s(ə).lɛ/	recelais /ʁə.s(ə).lɛ/	recelait /ʁə.s(ə).lɛ/	recelions /ʁə.sə.ljɔ̃/	receliez /ʁə.sə.lje/	recelaient /ʁə.s(ə).lɛ/
	past historic2	recelai /ʁə.s(ə).le/	recelas /ʁə.s(ə).la/	recela /ʁə.s(ə).la/	recelâmes /ʁə.s(ə).lam/	recelâtes /ʁə.s(ə).lat/	recelèrent /ʁə.s(ə).lɛʁ/
	future	recèlerai /ʁə.sɛl.ʁe/	recèleras /ʁə.sɛl.ʁa/	recèlera /ʁə.sɛl.ʁa/	recèlerons /ʁə.sɛl.ʁɔ̃/	recèlerez /ʁə.sɛl.ʁe/	recèleront /ʁə.sɛl.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	recèlerais /ʁə.sɛl.ʁɛ/	recèlerais /ʁə.sɛl.ʁɛ/	recèlerait /ʁə.sɛl.ʁɛ/	recèlerions /ʁə.sɛ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /ʁə.se.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	recèleriez /ʁə.sɛ.lə.ʁje/ or /ʁə.se.lə.ʁje/	recèleraient /ʁə.sɛl.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	recèle /ʁə.sɛl/	recèles /ʁə.sɛl/	recèle /ʁə.sɛl/	recelions /ʁə.sə.ljɔ̃/	receliez /ʁə.sə.lje/	recèlent /ʁə.sɛl/
	imperfect2	recelasse /ʁə.s(ə).las/	recelasses /ʁə.s(ə).las/	recelât /ʁə.s(ə).la/	recelassions /ʁə.s(ə).la.sjɔ̃/	recelassiez /ʁə.s(ə).la.sje/	recelassent /ʁə.s(ə).las/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	recèle /ʁə.sɛl/	—	recelons /ʁə.s(ə).lɔ̃/	recelez /ʁə.s(ə).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).

Related terms

• recel

Further reading

• “receler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.