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crever
crever
French
Verb
crever
- to pop, burst
- (slang) to snuff it, pop one's clogs (to die)
- (slang) to wear out, knacker
- to have a puncture
Conjugation
This verb is conjugated mostly like the regular -er verbs (parler and chanter and so on), but the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ when the next vowel is a silent or schwa -e-. For example, in the third-person singular present indicative, we have il crève rather than *il creve. Other verbs conjugated this way include lever and mener. Related but distinct conjugations include those of appeler and préférer.
Conjugation of crever (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | crever | avoir crevé | |||||
| gerund | en crevant | en ayant crevé | |||||
| present participle | crevant /kʁə.vɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | crevé /kʁə.ve/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | crève /kʁɛv/ |
crèves /kʁɛv/ |
crève /kʁɛv/ |
crevons /kʁə.vɔ̃/ |
crevez /kʁə.ve/ |
crèvent /kʁɛv/ |
| imperfect | crevais /kʁə.vɛ/ |
crevais /kʁə.vɛ/ |
crevait /kʁə.vɛ/ |
crevions /kʁə.vjɔ̃/ |
creviez /kʁə.vje/ |
crevaient /kʁə.vɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | crevai /kʁə.ve/ |
crevas /kʁə.va/ |
creva /kʁə.va/ |
crevâmes /kʁə.vam/ |
crevâtes /kʁə.vat/ |
crevèrent /kʁə.vɛʁ/ |
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| future | crèverai /kʁɛ.vʁe/ |
crèveras /kʁɛ.vʁa/ |
crèvera /kʁɛ.vʁa/ |
crèverons /kʁɛ.vʁɔ̃/ |
crèverez /kʁɛ.vʁe/ |
crèveront /kʁɛ.vʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | crèverais /kʁɛ.vʁɛ/ |
crèverais /kʁɛ.vʁɛ/ |
crèverait /kʁɛ.vʁɛ/ |
crèverions /kʁɛ.və.ʁjɔ̃/ |
crèveriez /kʁɛ.və.ʁje/ |
crèveraient /kʁɛ.vʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | crève /kʁɛv/ |
crèves /kʁɛv/ |
crève /kʁɛv/ |
crevions /kʁə.vjɔ̃/ |
creviez /kʁə.vje/ |
crèvent /kʁɛv/ |
| imperfect1 |
crevasse /kʁə.vas/ |
crevasses /kʁə.vas/ |
crevât /kʁə.va/ |
crevassions /kʁə.va.sjɔ̃/ |
crevassiez /kʁə.va.sje/ |
crevassent /kʁə.vas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | crève /kʁɛv/ |
— | crevons /kʁə.vɔ̃/ |
crevez /kʁə.ve/ |
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Synonyms
- (die): mourir
Old French
Etymology
From Latin crepāre, present active infinitive of crepō.
Verb
crever
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-v, *-vs, *-vt are modified to f, s, t. This verb has a stressed present stem criev distinct from the unstressed stem crev. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of crever (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | crever | avoir crevé | |||||
| gerund | en crevant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | crevant | ||||||
| past participle | crevé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | crief | crieves | crieve | crevons | crevez | crievent |
| imperfect | crevoie, creveie, crevoe, creveve | crevoies, creveies, crevoes, creveves | crevoit, creveit, crevot, creveve | creviiens, creviens | creviiez, creviez | crevoient, creveient, crevoent, crevevent | |
| preterite | crevai | crevas | creva | crevames | crevastes | creverent | |
| future | creverai | creveras | crevera | creverons | creveroiz, crevereiz, creverez | creveront | |
| conditional | creveroie, crevereie | creveroies, crevereies | creveroit, crevereit | creveriiens, creveriens | creveriiez, creveriez | creveroient, crevereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | crief | cries | criet | crevons | crevez | crievent |
| imperfect | crevasse | crevasses | crevast | crevissons, crevissiens | crevissoiz, crevissez, crevissiez | crevassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | crieve | — | crevons | crevez | — | ||