creuser

French

Etymology

See creux.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʁø.ze/

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Verb

creuser

1. to dig
2. to hollow out
3. (reflexive, se creuser) to grow hollow

Conjugation

Conjugation of creuser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	creuser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	creusant /kʁø.zɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		creusé /kʁø.ze/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	creuse /kʁøz/	creuses /kʁøz/	creuse /kʁøz/	creusons /kʁø.zɔ̃/	creusez /kʁø.ze/	creusent /kʁøz/
	imperfect	creusais /kʁø.zɛ/	creusais /kʁø.zɛ/	creusait /kʁø.zɛ/	creusions /kʁø.zjɔ̃/	creusiez /kʁø.zje/	creusaient /kʁø.zɛ/
	past historic2	creusai /kʁø.ze/	creusas /kʁø.za/	creusa /kʁø.za/	creusâmes /kʁø.zam/	creusâtes /kʁø.zat/	creusèrent /kʁø.zɛʁ/
	future	creuserai /kʁøz.ʁe/	creuseras /kʁøz.ʁa/	creusera /kʁøz.ʁa/	creuserons /kʁøz.ʁɔ̃/	creuserez /kʁøz.ʁe/	creuseront /kʁøz.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	creuserais /kʁøz.ʁɛ/	creuserais /kʁøz.ʁɛ/	creuserait /kʁøz.ʁɛ/	creuserions /kʁø.zə.ʁjɔ̃/	creuseriez /kʁø.zə.ʁje/	creuseraient /kʁøz.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	creuse /kʁøz/	creuses /kʁøz/	creuse /kʁøz/	creusions /kʁø.zjɔ̃/	creusiez /kʁø.zje/	creusent /kʁøz/
	imperfect2	creusasse /kʁø.zas/	creusasses /kʁø.zas/	creusât /kʁø.za/	creusassions /kʁø.za.sjɔ̃/	creusassiez /kʁø.za.sje/	creusassent /kʁø.zas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	creuse /kʁøz/	—	creusons /kʁø.zɔ̃/	creusez /kʁø.ze/	—
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).

Derived terms

• se creuser la cervelle
• se creuser la tête
• se creuser les méninges

See also

• fossé

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• recrues, récures

Norman

Etymology

creux (“hollow”) +‎ -er

Verb

creuser (gerund creus'sie)

1. (Jersey) to dig

Synonyms

• foui
• fouoilli