crépiter

See also: crepiter

French

Etymology

From Latin crepitāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʁe.pi.te/

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Verb

crépiter

1. (intransitive) to crackle
2. (intransitive) to rattle
3. (intransitive) to splutter

Conjugation

Conjugation of crépiter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	crépiter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	crépitant /kʁe.pi.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		crépité /kʁe.pi.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	crépite /kʁe.pit/	crépites /kʁe.pit/	crépite /kʁe.pit/	crépitons /kʁe.pi.tɔ̃/	crépitez /kʁe.pi.te/	crépitent /kʁe.pit/
	imperfect	crépitais /kʁe.pi.tɛ/	crépitais /kʁe.pi.tɛ/	crépitait /kʁe.pi.tɛ/	crépitions /kʁe.pi.tjɔ̃/	crépitiez /kʁe.pi.tje/	crépitaient /kʁe.pi.tɛ/
	past historic2	crépitai /kʁe.pi.te/	crépitas /kʁe.pi.ta/	crépita /kʁe.pi.ta/	crépitâmes /kʁe.pi.tam/	crépitâtes /kʁe.pi.tat/	crépitèrent /kʁe.pi.tɛʁ/
	future	crépiterai /kʁe.pi.tʁe/	crépiteras /kʁe.pi.tʁa/	crépitera /kʁe.pi.tʁa/	crépiterons /kʁe.pi.tʁɔ̃/	crépiterez /kʁe.pi.tʁe/	crépiteront /kʁe.pi.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	crépiterais /kʁe.pi.tʁɛ/	crépiterais /kʁe.pi.tʁɛ/	crépiterait /kʁe.pi.tʁɛ/	crépiterions /kʁe.pi.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	crépiteriez /kʁe.pi.tə.ʁje/	crépiteraient /kʁe.pi.tʁɛ/
(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	crépite /kʁe.pit/	crépites /kʁe.pit/	crépite /kʁe.pit/	crépitions /kʁe.pi.tjɔ̃/	crépitiez /kʁe.pi.tje/	crépitent /kʁe.pit/
	imperfect2	crépitasse /kʁe.pi.tas/	crépitasses /kʁe.pi.tas/	crépitât /kʁe.pi.ta/	crépitassions /kʁe.pi.ta.sjɔ̃/	crépitassiez /kʁe.pi.ta.sje/	crépitassent /kʁe.pi.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	crépite /kʁe.pit/	—	crépitons /kʁe.pi.tɔ̃/	crépitez /kʁe.pi.te/	—
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).

Further reading

• “crépiter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.