What does the French road sign ‘rappel’ mean? You’ll often see the word ‘rappel’ underneath speed limit signs in France. It translates as ‘reminder’ and its purpose is to remind you that speed restrictions are still in place, so you need to stick to the specified limit.Click to see full answer. In respect to this, what does rappel mean on French signs?Rappel. Reminder, you generally see this word below speed limit signs, and it means “remember, you should already be at this speed limit”.Also, what is the opposite of rappel? The opposite of rappel is ascend. The device is called an ascender. Beside above, what is BIS in French address? “bis” means “encore” and it’s what the concert audience shouts when they want one. In addresses it means a second house/shop etc of the same number as another one. So a second No 12 in a particular street calls itself 12a in English and 12 bis in French (pronounced “douze biss”).Why are French stop signs in English?Actually the “proper” word in English for Stop signs was HALT a good old saxon word. When road signs were “internationalised” for consistency it was the french design and word that was adopted. When I came to Canada, Quebec, in the 1960’s I saw the Stop sign with Arret on them.

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