Called him (fr. L'appelait)
Translation into English
Il avait été le héros toute la semaine, mais dès qu'il a été battu les fans, fidèle à la forme, l'appelait un clochard.
He had been the hero all week, but as soon as he was beaten the fans, true to form, called him a bum.
Example taken from data source: Wikipedia_v1.0 Elle souffrait de trouble bipolaire, ou de psychose maniaco-dépressive comme on l'appelait à l'époque.
She had bipolar illness, or manic depression, as it was then known.
Example taken from data source: TED2020_v1 Il l'appelait le complexe de Dieu.
He called it the God complex.
Example taken from data source: TED2013_v1.1 Cet idéal commun à atteindre, comme on l'appelait en 1948, a placé l'égalité, la dignité et la valeur de la personne humaine au centre de l'attention de la communauté internationale.
That common standard of achievement, as it was called in 1948, placed the equality, dignity and worth of the human person at the core of the international community's attention.
Example taken from data source: MultiUN_v1 Issu d'une famille aristocratique, Byng était connu du roi, qui l'appelait familièrement Bungo.
Byng came from an aristocratic family, and was known to the King, who informally called him Bungo.
Example taken from data source: giga-fren_v2 Il l'appelait la Chambre Nocturne.
He called it the Night Room.
Example taken from data source: OpenSubtitles_v2018 En 1891, on l'appelait Fraser & Sons.
By 1891, it was known as Fraser & Sons.
Example taken from data source: wikimedia_v20210402