crâner

French

Etymology

From crâne (“reckless, bold person”) +‎ -er, from the same word meaning "skull, cranium," probably in reference to a reckless person driving forward with the head leading, similar to Spanish calavera (“reckless person, libertine”).

Pronunciation

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Verb

crâner

(colloquial) to show off

Conjugation

Conjugation of crâner (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	compound	avoir + past participle
infinitive	simple	crâner
present participle or gerund¹	simple	crânant /kʁa.nɑ̃/ or /kʁɑ.nɑ̃/
present participle or gerund¹	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		crâné /kʁa.ne/ or /kʁɑ.ne/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	crâne /kʁan/ or /kʁɑn/	crânes /kʁan/ or /kʁɑn/	crâne /kʁan/ or /kʁɑn/	crânons /kʁa.nɔ̃/ or /kʁɑ.nɔ̃/	crânez /kʁa.ne/ or /kʁɑ.ne/	crânent /kʁan/ or /kʁɑn/
	imperfect	crânais /kʁa.nɛ/ or /kʁɑ.nɛ/	crânais /kʁa.nɛ/ or /kʁɑ.nɛ/	crânait /kʁa.nɛ/ or /kʁɑ.nɛ/	crânions /kʁa.njɔ̃/ or /kʁɑ.njɔ̃/	crâniez /kʁa.nje/ or /kʁɑ.nje/	crânaient /kʁa.nɛ/ or /kʁɑ.nɛ/
	past historic²	crânai /kʁa.ne/ or /kʁɑ.ne/	crânas /kʁa.na/ or /kʁɑ.na/	crâna /kʁa.na/ or /kʁɑ.na/	crânâmes /kʁa.nam/ or /kʁɑ.nam/	crânâtes /kʁa.nat/ or /kʁɑ.nat/	crânèrent /kʁa.nɛʁ/ or /kʁɑ.nɛʁ/
	future	crânerai /kʁan.ʁe/ or /kʁɑn.ʁe/	crâneras /kʁan.ʁa/ or /kʁɑn.ʁa/	crânera /kʁan.ʁa/ or /kʁɑn.ʁa/	crânerons /kʁan.ʁɔ̃/ or /kʁɑn.ʁɔ̃/	crânerez /kʁan.ʁe/ or /kʁɑn.ʁe/	crâneront /kʁan.ʁɔ̃/ or /kʁɑn.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	crânerais /kʁan.ʁɛ/ or /kʁɑn.ʁɛ/	crânerais /kʁan.ʁɛ/ or /kʁɑn.ʁɛ/	crânerait /kʁan.ʁɛ/ or /kʁɑn.ʁɛ/	crânerions /kʁa.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /kʁɑ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/	crâneriez /kʁa.nə.ʁje/ or /kʁɑ.nə.ʁje/	crâneraient /kʁan.ʁɛ/ or /kʁɑn.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	crâne /kʁan/ or /kʁɑn/	crânes /kʁan/ or /kʁɑn/	crâne /kʁan/ or /kʁɑn/	crânions /kʁa.njɔ̃/ or /kʁɑ.njɔ̃/	crâniez /kʁa.nje/ or /kʁɑ.nje/	crânent /kʁan/ or /kʁɑn/
(simple tenses)	imperfect²	crânasse /kʁa.nas/ or /kʁɑ.nas/	crânasses /kʁa.nas/ or /kʁɑ.nas/	crânât /kʁa.na/ or /kʁɑ.na/	crânassions /kʁa.na.sjɔ̃/ or /kʁɑ.na.sjɔ̃/	crânassiez /kʁa.na.sje/ or /kʁɑ.na.sje/	crânassent /kʁa.nas/ or /kʁɑ.nas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
(compound tenses)	pluperfect²	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	~~nous~~	~~vous~~	–
simple		—	crâne /kʁan/ or /kʁɑn/	—	crânons /kʁa.nɔ̃/ or /kʁɑ.nɔ̃/	crânez /kʁa.ne/ or /kʁɑ.ne/	—
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).