What does récupération in French mean?

What is the meaning of the word récupération in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use récupération in French.

The word récupération in French means recovery, salvage, twisting, distortion, misrepresentation, recovery, collecting tray, collecting tank, collecting bin, day off in lieu, recovered material, waste material, rainwater collection, data retrieval, data recovery, ideological proselytism, media hijacking, political hijacking, driver awareness course, recovery time. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word récupération

recovery

nom féminin (action de récupérer)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
J'aimerais procéder à la récupération de ces données que j'ai perdues.
I would like to undertake the recovery of the data that I lost.

salvage

nom féminin (recyclage)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Cette artiste fabrique des sculptures avec des objets de récupération.
That artist makes sculptures out of salvage.

twisting, distortion, misrepresentation

nom féminin (Politique : déformation, détournement d'un mouvement, d'idées,...) (negative)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Attention à la récupération de ce fait divers par l'extrême droite.
Watch out for the distortion of this news item by the extreme right.

recovery

nom féminin (Sports : après un effort)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Après un effort physique, il faut toujours un temps de récupération.
After physical exercise, some time is always needed for recovery.

collecting tray, collecting tank, collecting bin

nom masculin (récipient pour récupérer [qch])

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

day off in lieu

nom féminin (jour de congé) (work absence)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Pour avoir travaillé plus d'heures que le temps réglementaire, cet ouvrier a droit à une journée de récupération.

recovered material, waste material

nom masculin (matériau ayant déjà servi)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

rainwater collection

nom féminin (stockage de l'eau de pluie)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

data retrieval, data recovery

nom féminin (sauvetage de données numériques)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Pascal a ouvert une société de récupération de données.

ideological proselytism

nom féminin (reprise de revendication à son compte)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

media hijacking

nom féminin (médiatisation d'un fait divers) (figurative)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

political hijacking

nom féminin (politisation d'un fait divers) (figurative)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

driver awareness course

nom masculin (stage pour gagner des points de permis)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)

recovery time

nom masculin (moment pour souffler)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Je dois faire 30 minutes d'exercices avec un temps de récupération de 10 minutes.

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