crever
French
Etymology
From Old French crever, inherited from Latin crepāre, present active infinitive of crepō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱorh₂-.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʁə.ve/
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Verb
crever
- (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
- (intransitive) to have a puncture
- Mon pneu a à nouveau crevé. ― My tire went flat again.
- (informal, intransitive) to snuff it, pop one's clogs (to die)
- crever de faim ― to be starving
- crever de soif ― to be parched
- crever de froid ― to be freezing
- crever de chaud ― to be boiling
- Synonym: mourir
- (informal) to wear out, knacker
Conjugation
This verb is conjugated mostly like the regular -er verbs (parler and chanter and so on), but the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ when the next vowel is a silent or schwa -e-. For example, in the third-person singular present indicative, we have il crève rather than *il creve. Other verbs conjugated this way include lever and mener. Related but distinct conjugations include those of appeler and préférer.
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 | – | – | – | ||||
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
- à crever
- crevant
- crever de faim
- crever l'abcès
- crever la dalle
- crever le plafond
- crever les yeux
- crevure
- marche ou crève
Further reading
- “crever”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Louisiana Creole French
Etymology
From French crever (“to die”).
Verb
crever
- to die
References
- Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales
Old French
Etymology
From Latin crepāre, present active infinitive of crepō.
Verb
crever
- to burst
- to die
Conjugation
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 | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the 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 | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the 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 | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | crieve | — | crevons | crevez | — | ||
Related terms
- creveure
Further reading
- “crever”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (crever)