creuser
French
Etymology
See creux.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʁø.ze/
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Verb
creuser
- to dig
- to hollow out
- (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 | – | – | – | ||||
| 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:
(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)
- (Jersey) to dig
Synonyms
- foui
- fouoilli