craqueter
French edit
Etymology edit
From craquer.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
craqueter
- (intransitive) to crackle, snap, crepitate
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 craquète and the third-person singular future indicative il craquètera.
Conjugation of craqueter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | craqueter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | craquetant /kʁak.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | craqueté /kʁak.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | craquète /kʁa.kɛt/ |
craquètes /kʁa.kɛt/ |
craquète /kʁa.kɛt/ |
craquetons /kʁak.tɔ̃/ |
craquetez /kʁak.te/ |
craquètent /kʁa.kɛt/ |
| imperfect | craquetais /kʁak.tɛ/ |
craquetais /kʁak.tɛ/ |
craquetait /kʁak.tɛ/ |
craquetions /kʁa.kə.tjɔ̃/ |
craquetiez /kʁa.kə.tje/ |
craquetaient /kʁak.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | craquetai /kʁak.te/ |
craquetas /kʁak.ta/ |
craqueta /kʁak.ta/ |
craquetâmes /kʁak.tam/ |
craquetâtes /kʁak.tat/ |
craquetèrent /kʁak.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | craquèterai /kʁa.kɛ.tʁe/ or /kʁa.ke.tʁe/ |
craquèteras /kʁa.kɛ.tʁa/ or /kʁa.ke.tʁa/ |
craquètera /kʁa.kɛ.tʁa/ or /kʁa.ke.tʁa/ |
craquèterons /kʁa.kɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /kʁa.ke.tʁɔ̃/ |
craquèterez /kʁa.kɛ.tʁe/ or /kʁa.ke.tʁe/ |
craquèteront /kʁa.kɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /kʁa.ke.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | craquèterais /kʁa.kɛ.tʁɛ/ or /kʁa.ke.tʁɛ/ |
craquèterais /kʁa.kɛ.tʁɛ/ or /kʁa.ke.tʁɛ/ |
craquèterait /kʁa.kɛ.tʁɛ/ or /kʁa.ke.tʁɛ/ |
craquèterions /kʁa.kɛ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /kʁa.ke.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
craquèteriez /kʁa.kɛ.tə.ʁje/ or /kʁa.ke.tə.ʁje/ |
craquèteraient /kʁa.kɛ.tʁɛ/ or /kʁa.ke.tʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | craquète /kʁa.kɛt/ |
craquètes /kʁa.kɛt/ |
craquète /kʁa.kɛt/ |
craquetions /kʁa.kə.tjɔ̃/ |
craquetiez /kʁa.kə.tje/ |
craquètent /kʁa.kɛt/ |
| imperfect2 | craquetasse /kʁak.tas/ |
craquetasses /kʁak.tas/ |
craquetât /kʁak.ta/ |
craquetassions /kʁak.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
craquetassiez /kʁak.ta.sje/ |
craquetassent /kʁak.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | craquète /kʁa.kɛt/ |
— | craquetons /kʁak.tɔ̃/ |
craquetez /kʁak.te/ |
— | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading edit
- “craqueter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.