croiser

French

Etymology

croix +‎ -er. Compare Spanish and Portuguese cruzar.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kʁwa.ze/
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Verb

croiser

  1. to cross, to put in the shape of a cross
  2. to cross, to go across
    Croisez le chemin. - Cross the path.
  3. (of two routes) to cross, to intersect
  4. to cross, to crossbreed
  5. to meet unexpectedly, to run into, to bump into

Conjugation
Conjugation of croiser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle croisant
/kʁwa.zɑ̃/
past participle croisé
/kʁwa.ze/
infinitive
simple croiser
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple croisant
/kʁwa.zɑ̃/
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 croise
/kʁwaz/		 croises
/kʁwaz/		 croise
/kʁwaz/		 croisons
/kʁwa.zɔ̃/		 croisez
/kʁwa.ze/		 croisent
/kʁwaz/
imperfect croisais
/kʁwa.zɛ/		 croisais
/kʁwa.zɛ/		 croisait
/kʁwa.zɛ/		 croisions
/kʁwa.zjɔ̃/		 croisiez
/kʁwa.zje/		 croisaient
/kʁwa.zɛ/
past historic2 croisai
/kʁwa.ze/		 croisas
/kʁwa.za/		 croisa
/kʁwa.za/		 croisâmes
/kʁwa.zam/		 croisâtes
/kʁwa.zat/		 croisèrent
/kʁwa.zɛʁ/
future croiserai
/kʁwaz.ʁe/		 croiseras
/kʁwaz.ʁa/		 croisera
/kʁwaz.ʁa/		 croiserons
/kʁwaz.ʁɔ̃/		 croiserez
/kʁwaz.ʁe/		 croiseront
/kʁwaz.ʁɔ̃/
conditional croiserais
/kʁwaz.ʁɛ/		 croiserais
/kʁwaz.ʁɛ/		 croiserait
/kʁwaz.ʁɛ/		 croiserions
/kʁwa.zə.ʁjɔ̃/		 croiseriez
/kʁwa.zə.ʁje/		 croiseraient
/kʁwaz.ʁɛ/
(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 croise
/kʁwaz/		 croises
/kʁwaz/		 croise
/kʁwaz/		 croisions
/kʁwa.zjɔ̃/		 croisiez
/kʁwa.zje/		 croisent
/kʁwaz/
imperfect2 croisasse
/kʁwa.zas/		 croisasses
/kʁwa.zas/		 croisât
/kʁwa.za/		 croisassions
/kʁwa.za.sjɔ̃/		 croisassiez
/kʁwa.za.sje/		 croisassent
/kʁwa.zas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — croise
/kʁwaz/		 — croisons
/kʁwa.zɔ̃/		 croisez
/kʁwa.ze/		 —
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).

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