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cailler

/ka.je/ verb C2
  1. to curdle, clot
  2. to be very cold, to be brass monkeys (impersonal, slang) · Ça caille ici ! It's bloody freezing here!
  3. to be very cold, to freeze (intransitive, slang) · Il fait combien ici ? Je caille. What's the temperature? I'm freezing.
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Verb forms

Infinitive
cailler
Present participle
caillant
Past participle
caillé
Present (je)
caille
Future (je)
caillerai
Passé composé (je)
ai caillé

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Il apprit à couper le caillé au bon moment, à sentir sous ses doigts la souplesse de la pâte, à écouter le son d'une meule qu'on frappe pour en deviner la maturité.
Le dernier fromager de la vallée, p. 1 · C2

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