verbverb

raccrocher

hang up

C’est terminer une conversation téléphonique en posant le combiné ou en appuyant sur un bouton.

Word: raccrocher

Meaning:

The French verb raccrocher generally means to hang up (a telephone receiver), but it can have other related meanings depending on context.

Breakdown:

rac-: a prefix often indicating "back" or "again".
crocher: from "crochet," meaning "hook."

Literally, raccrocher means "to hook back" or "to hang back."

Meanings:

To hang up the phone:
- When finishing a phone call, you "raccrochez" (hang up).
To hang something back on a hook or hanger:
- For example, "raccrocher un tableau" would be to re-hang a painting.
Figurative: To give up or quit something (colloquial/slang):
- Sometimes used as "raccrocher les gants" (to throw in the towel), meaning to stop working or finish one's career.

Synonyms:

Terminer un appel (for hanging up the phone)
Suspendre (to hang or suspend)
Abandonner (in figurative sense - to quit/stop)

Antonyms:

Décrocher (to pick up the phone; to take down something from a hook)
Commencer (in the sense of starting something instead of stopping)

Example sentences:

Je vais raccrocher, je n’ai plus rien à dire.
I’m going to hang up; I have nothing more to say.
Il faut raccrocher le manteau dans le placard.
You need to hang the coat back in the closet.

Summary:

Raccrocher primarily means "to hang up (the phone)" or "to hang something back on a hook", and can also mean "to give up" in figurative expressions.