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crever

French edit

Etymology edit

From Old French crever, inherited from Latin crepāre (“to rattle, creak, crack”).

The informal sense of 'die' is shared with the Italian cognate crepare.

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /kʁə.ve/
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Verb edit

crever

  1. (transitive) to pop, burst
    crever un œil à quelqu’un ― to gouge someone's eye, to poke someone's eye out, to put someone's eye out
  2. (intransitive) to have a puncture
    Mon pneu a à nouveau crevé. ― My tire went flat again.
  3. (informal, intransitive) to snuff it, pop one's clogs (to die)
    Synonym: mourir
    crever de faim ― to be starving
    crever de soif ― to be parched
    crever de froid ― to be freezing
    crever de chaud ― to be boiling
  4. (informal) to wear out, knacker

Conjugation edit

This verb is conjugated like parler, except the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ when the next vowel is a silent or schwa -e-, as in the third-person singular present indicative il crève and the third-person singular future indicative il crèvera.

Conjugation of crever (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple crever
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple crevant
/kʁə.vɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle crevé
/kʁə.ve/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(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/
past historic2 crevai
/kʁə.ve/ 		crevas
/kʁə.va/ 		creva
/kʁə.va/ 		crevâmes
/kʁə.vam/ 		crevâtes
/kʁə.vat/ 		crevèrent
/kʁə.vɛʁ/
future crèverai
/kʁɛ.vʁe/ or /kʁe.vʁe/ 		crèveras
/kʁɛ.vʁa/ or /kʁe.vʁa/ 		crèvera
/kʁɛ.vʁa/ or /kʁe.vʁa/ 		crèverons
/kʁɛ.vʁɔ̃/ or /kʁe.vʁɔ̃/ 		crèverez
/kʁɛ.vʁe/ or /kʁe.vʁe/ 		crèveront
/kʁɛ.vʁɔ̃/ or /kʁe.vʁɔ̃/
conditional crèverais
/kʁɛ.vʁɛ/ or /kʁe.vʁɛ/ 		crèverais
/kʁɛ.vʁɛ/ or /kʁe.vʁɛ/ 		crèverait
/kʁɛ.vʁɛ/ or /kʁe.vʁɛ/ 		crèverions
/kʁɛ.və.ʁjɔ̃/ or /kʁe.və.ʁjɔ̃/ 		crèveriez
/kʁɛ.və.ʁje/ or /kʁe.və.ʁje/ 		crèveraient
/kʁɛ.vʁɛ/ or /kʁe.vʁɛ/
(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 crève
/kʁɛv/ 		crèves
/kʁɛv/ 		crève
/kʁɛv/ 		crevions
/kʁə.vjɔ̃/ 		creviez
/kʁə.vje/ 		crèvent
/kʁɛv/
imperfect2 crevasse
/kʁə.vas/ 		crevasses
/kʁə.vas/ 		crevât
/kʁə.va/ 		crevassions
/kʁə.va.sjɔ̃/ 		crevassiez
/kʁə.va.sje/ 		crevassent
/kʁə.vas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — crève
/kʁɛv/ 		— crevons
/kʁə.vɔ̃/ 		crevez
/kʁə.ve/ 		—
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 edit

Further reading edit

Louisiana Creole edit

Etymology edit

From French crever (“to die”).

Verb edit

crever

  1. to die

References edit

  • Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales

Old French edit

Etymology edit

From Latin crepāre, present active infinitive of crepō.

Verb edit

crever

  1. to burst
  2. to die

Conjugation edit

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 gerund of avoir + 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 present tense of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
past anterior preterite tense of avoir + past participle
future perfect future tense of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional tense of avoir + 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 present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— crieve — crevons crevez —

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