cracher

French

Etymology

Old French crachier (“to reject from the mouth”), from Vulgar Latin *craccare, from Proto-Germanic *hrēkijanan (“to retch, vomit, spit”). Akin to Old English hrǣcan (“to retch, cough up, spit”), Old Norse hrǣkja (“to hawk, spit”).

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /kʁaʃe/
• Homophone: crasher

Verb

cracher

1. to spit

Derived terms

• crachat
• crachement
• cracheur
• crachoir

Conjugation

   Conjugation of cracher (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		cracher			avoir craché
gerund		en crachant			en ayant craché
present participle		crachant
past participle		craché
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	crache	craches	crache	crachons	crachez	crachent
	imperfect	crachais	crachais	crachait	crachions	crachiez	crachaient
	past historic1	crachai	crachas	cracha	crachâmes	crachâtes	crachèrent
	future	cracherai	cracheras	crachera	cracherons	cracherez	cracheront
	conditional	cracherais	cracherais	cracherait	cracherions	cracheriez	cracheraient
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	crache	craches	crache	crachions	crachiez	crachent
	imperfect1	crachasse	crachasses	crachât	crachassions	crachassiez	crachassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	crache	—	crachons	crachez	—
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