craquer
French
Etymology
From Middle French craquer, from Middle Dutch kraken (“to crack, crackle”), from Old Dutch *krakōn, from Proto-Germanic *krakōną (“to crack, crackle, shriek”), from Proto-Indo-European *gerg- (“to crow, shout”). Cognate with Old High German krahhōn, Old English cracian. More at crack.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʁa.ke/
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Verb
craquer
- (ergative) to split, to break
- (organic chemistry) to crack (petroleum)
- (intransitive) to crack, to creak, to crunch
- (informal, intransitive) to give up, to break down, to crack
- (informal, followed by pour) to fall for, to become infatuated with
- Elle est vraiment belle. J'ai craqué pour elle. — She's so beautiful. I've fallen in love with her.
Conjugation
Conjugation of craquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| present participle | craquant /kʁa.kɑ̃/ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| past participle | craqué /kʁa.ke/ | ||||||
| infinitive | |||||||
| simple | craquer | ||||||
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| gerund1 | |||||||
| simple | craquant /kʁa.kɑ̃/ | ||||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | craque /kʁak/ |
craques /kʁak/ |
craque /kʁak/ |
craquons /kʁa.kɔ̃/ |
craquez /kʁa.ke/ |
craquent /kʁak/ |
| imperfect | craquais /kʁa.kɛ/ |
craquais /kʁa.kɛ/ |
craquait /kʁa.kɛ/ |
craquions /kʁa.kjɔ̃/ |
craquiez /kʁa.kje/ |
craquaient /kʁa.kɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | craquai /kʁa.ke/ |
craquas /kʁa.ka/ |
craqua /kʁa.ka/ |
craquâmes /kʁa.kam/ |
craquâtes /kʁa.kat/ |
craquèrent /kʁa.kɛʁ/ | |
| future | craquerai /kʁa.kʁe/ |
craqueras /kʁa.kʁa/ |
craquera /kʁa.kʁa/ |
craquerons /kʁa.kʁɔ̃/ |
craquerez /kʁa.kʁe/ |
craqueront /kʁa.kʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | craquerais /kʁa.kʁɛ/ |
craquerais /kʁa.kʁɛ/ |
craquerait /kʁa.kʁɛ/ |
craquerions /kʁa.kə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
craqueriez /kʁa.kə.ʁje/ |
craqueraient /kʁa.kʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | craque /kʁak/ |
craques /kʁak/ |
craque /kʁak/ |
craquions /kʁa.kjɔ̃/ |
craquiez /kʁa.kje/ |
craquent /kʁak/ |
| imperfect2 | craquasse /kʁa.kas/ |
craquasses /kʁa.kas/ |
craquât /kʁa.ka/ |
craquassions /kʁa.ka.sjɔ̃/ |
craquassiez /kʁa.ka.sje/ |
craquassent /kʁa.kas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | craque /kʁak/ |
— | craquons /kʁa.kɔ̃/ |
craquez /kʁa.ke/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 Only usable with preposition en. | |||||||
| 2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “craquer” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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