craqueler

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

craqueler

1. (reflexive) to crack

Conjugation

With the exception of appeler, jeter and their derived verbs, all verbs that used to double the consonants can now also be conjugated like amener.

Conjugation of craqueler (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	craqueler
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	craquelant /kʁa.klɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		craquelé /kʁa.kle/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	craquelle or craquèle /kʁa.kɛl/	craquelles or craquèles /kʁa.kɛl/	craquelle or craquèle /kʁa.kɛl/	craquelons /kʁa.klɔ̃/	craquelez /kʁa.kle/	craquellent or craquèlent /kʁa.kɛl/
	imperfect	craquelais /kʁa.klɛ/	craquelais /kʁa.klɛ/	craquelait /kʁa.klɛ/	craquelions /kʁa.kə.ljɔ̃/	craqueliez /kʁa.kə.lje/	craquelaient /kʁa.klɛ/
	past historic2	craquelai /kʁa.kle/	craquelas /kʁa.kla/	craquela /kʁa.kla/	craquelâmes /kʁa.klam/	craquelâtes /kʁa.klat/	craquelèrent /kʁa.klɛʁ/
	future	craquellerai or craquèlerai /kʁa.kɛl.ʁe/	craquelleras or craquèleras /kʁa.kɛl.ʁa/	craquellera or craquèlera /kʁa.kɛl.ʁa/	craquellerons or craquèlerons /kʁa.kɛl.ʁɔ̃/	craquellerez or craquèlerez /kʁa.kɛl.ʁe/	craquelleront or craquèleront /kʁa.kɛl.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	craquellerais or craquèlerais /kʁa.kɛl.ʁɛ/	craquellerais or craquèlerais /kʁa.kɛl.ʁɛ/	craquellerait or craquèlerait /kʁa.kɛl.ʁɛ/	craquellerions or craquèlerions /kʁa.kɛ.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /kʁa.ke.lə.ʁjɔ̃/	craquelleriez or craquèleriez /kʁa.kɛ.lə.ʁje/ or /kʁa.ke.lə.ʁje/	craquelleraient or craquèleraient /kʁa.kɛl.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	craquelle or craquèle /kʁa.kɛl/	craquelles or craquèles /kʁa.kɛl/	craquelle or craquèle /kʁa.kɛl/	craquelions /kʁa.kə.ljɔ̃/	craqueliez /kʁa.kə.lje/	craquellent or craquèlent /kʁa.kɛl/
	imperfect2	craquelasse /kʁa.klas/	craquelasses /kʁa.klas/	craquelât /kʁa.kla/	craquelassions /kʁa.kla.sjɔ̃/	craquelassiez /kʁa.kla.sje/	craquelassent /kʁa.klas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	craquelle or craquèle /kʁa.kɛl/	—	craquelons /kʁa.klɔ̃/	craquelez /kʁa.kle/	—
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

• craquelé
• craquelure

Further reading

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