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cailler.

to curdle, clot

7 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

verb/ka.je//kɑ.je/
  1. to curdle, clot

  2. to be very cold, to be brass monkeys

    impersonal · slang
    Ça caille ici !
  3. to be very cold, to freeze

    intransitive · slang
    Il fait combien ici ? Je caille.
Where this word comes from

Inherited from Old French quailler, coaillier, from Vulgar Latin *coaglāre/ *quaglāre, from syncopation of Latin coāgulāre. Doublet of coaguler, which was borrowed.

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