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crémer

See also: cremer

French edit

Pronunciation edit

Etymology 1 edit

From crème +‎ -er.

Verb edit

crémer

  1. (transitive) to add cream
  2. (intransitive) to turn to cream
Conjugation edit

This verb is conjugated like céder. It is a regular -er verb, except that its last stem vowel alternates between /e/ (written 'é') and /ɛ/ (written 'è'), with the latter being used before mute 'e'. One special case is the future stem, used in the future and the conditional. Before 1990, the future stem of such verbs was written crémer-, reflecting the historic pronunciation /e/. In 1990, the French Academy recommended that it be written crèmer-, reflecting the now common pronunciation /ɛ/, thereby making this distinction consistent throughout the conjugation (and also matching in this regard the conjugations of verbs like lever and jeter). Both spellings are in use today, and both are therefore given here.

Conjugation of crémer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple crémer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple crémant
/kʁe.mɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle crémé
/kʁe.me/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present crème
/kʁɛm/ 		crèmes
/kʁɛm/ 		crème
/kʁɛm/ 		crémons
/kʁe.mɔ̃/ 		crémez
/kʁe.me/ 		crèment
/kʁɛm/
imperfect crémais
/kʁe.mɛ/ 		crémais
/kʁe.mɛ/ 		crémait
/kʁe.mɛ/ 		crémions
/kʁe.mjɔ̃/ 		crémiez
/kʁe.mje/ 		crémaient
/kʁe.mɛ/
past historic2 crémai
/kʁe.me/ 		crémas
/kʁe.ma/ 		créma
/kʁe.ma/ 		crémâmes
/kʁe.mam/ 		crémâtes
/kʁe.mat/ 		crémèrent
/kʁe.mɛʁ/
future crèmerai or crémerai
/kʁɛm.ʁe/ 		crèmeras or crémeras
/kʁɛm.ʁa/ 		crèmera or crémera
/kʁɛm.ʁa/ 		crèmerons or crémerons
/kʁɛm.ʁɔ̃/ 		crèmerez or crémerez
/kʁɛm.ʁe/ 		crèmeront or crémeront
/kʁɛm.ʁɔ̃/
conditional crèmerais or crémerais
/kʁɛm.ʁɛ/ 		crèmerais or crémerais
/kʁɛm.ʁɛ/ 		crèmerait or crémerait
/kʁɛm.ʁɛ/ 		crèmerions or crémerions
/kʁɛ.mə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /kʁe.mə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		crèmeriez or crémeriez
/kʁɛ.mə.ʁje/ or /kʁe.mə.ʁje/ 		crèmeraient or crémeraient
/kʁɛm.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 crème
/kʁɛm/ 		crèmes
/kʁɛm/ 		crème
/kʁɛm/ 		crémions
/kʁe.mjɔ̃/ 		crémiez
/kʁe.mje/ 		crèment
/kʁɛm/
imperfect2 crémasse
/kʁe.mas/ 		crémasses
/kʁe.mas/ 		crémât
/kʁe.ma/ 		crémassions
/kʁe.ma.sjɔ̃/ 		crémassiez
/kʁe.ma.sje/ 		crémassent
/kʁe.mas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — crème
/kʁɛm/ 		— crémons
/kʁe.mɔ̃/ 		crémez
/kʁe.me/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Antonyms edit
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Etymology 2 edit

Learned borrowing from Latin cremāre. Doublet of cramer.

Verb edit

crémer

  2. (archaic, rare, transitive) to cremate
    Synonym: crématiser
    • 2006, Philippe Charlier, Médecin des morts, Paris: Fayard, published 2008, →ISBN, page 272:
      En 1867 a lieu la découverte du bocal d’apothicaire censé contenir quelques ossements crémés de Jeanne d’Arc recueillis sous le bûcher, conservé dans un droguier abandonné dans le grenier d’une pharmacie de la rue du Temple, à Paris.
      The year 1867 saw the discovery of an apothecary jar that was supposed to contain some of the cremated remains of Joan of Arc, collected from under the stake. The jar had been kept in an abandoned store of drugs in the attic of a chemist's on the Rue du Temple in Paris.
Conjugation edit

This verb is conjugated like céder. It is a regular -er verb, except that its last stem vowel alternates between /e/ (written 'é') and /ɛ/ (written 'è'), with the latter being used before mute 'e'. One special case is the future stem, used in the future and the conditional. Before 1990, the future stem of such verbs was written crémer-, reflecting the historic pronunciation /e/. In 1990, the French Academy recommended that it be written crèmer-, reflecting the now common pronunciation /ɛ/, thereby making this distinction consistent throughout the conjugation (and also matching in this regard the conjugations of verbs like lever and jeter). Both spellings are in use today, and both are therefore given here.

Conjugation of crémer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple crémer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple crémant
/kʁe.mɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle crémé
/kʁe.me/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present crème
/kʁɛm/ 		crèmes
/kʁɛm/ 		crème
/kʁɛm/ 		crémons
/kʁe.mɔ̃/ 		crémez
/kʁe.me/ 		crèment
/kʁɛm/
imperfect crémais
/kʁe.mɛ/ 		crémais
/kʁe.mɛ/ 		crémait
/kʁe.mɛ/ 		crémions
/kʁe.mjɔ̃/ 		crémiez
/kʁe.mje/ 		crémaient
/kʁe.mɛ/
past historic2 crémai
/kʁe.me/ 		crémas
/kʁe.ma/ 		créma
/kʁe.ma/ 		crémâmes
/kʁe.mam/ 		crémâtes
/kʁe.mat/ 		crémèrent
/kʁe.mɛʁ/
future crèmerai or crémerai
/kʁɛm.ʁe/ 		crèmeras or crémeras
/kʁɛm.ʁa/ 		crèmera or crémera
/kʁɛm.ʁa/ 		crèmerons or crémerons
/kʁɛm.ʁɔ̃/ 		crèmerez or crémerez
/kʁɛm.ʁe/ 		crèmeront or crémeront
/kʁɛm.ʁɔ̃/
conditional crèmerais or crémerais
/kʁɛm.ʁɛ/ 		crèmerais or crémerais
/kʁɛm.ʁɛ/ 		crèmerait or crémerait
/kʁɛm.ʁɛ/ 		crèmerions or crémerions
/kʁɛ.mə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /kʁe.mə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		crèmeriez or crémeriez
/kʁɛ.mə.ʁje/ or /kʁe.mə.ʁje/ 		crèmeraient or crémeraient
/kʁɛm.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 crème
/kʁɛm/ 		crèmes
/kʁɛm/ 		crème
/kʁɛm/ 		crémions
/kʁe.mjɔ̃/ 		crémiez
/kʁe.mje/ 		crèment
/kʁɛm/
imperfect2 crémasse
/kʁe.mas/ 		crémasses
/kʁe.mas/ 		crémât
/kʁe.ma/ 		crémassions
/kʁe.ma.sjɔ̃/ 		crémassiez
/kʁe.ma.sje/ 		crémassent
/kʁe.mas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — crème
/kʁɛm/ 		— crémons
/kʁe.mɔ̃/ 		crémez
/kʁe.me/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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