crocheter
English
Etymology
crochet + -er
Noun
crocheter (plural crocheters)
- One who crochets.
French
Etymology
From crochet + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʁɔʃ.te/
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Verb
crocheter
- (transitive) to pick (a lock)
- J'aimerais apprendre à crocheter une serrure.
- (transitive, soccer, rugby) to sidestep
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 crochète rather than *il crochete. Other verbs conjugated this way include lever and mener. Related but distinct conjugations include those of appeler and préférer.
infinitive | simple | crocheter | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | crochetant /kʁɔʃ.tɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | crocheté /kʁɔʃ.te/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | crochète /kʁɔ.ʃɛt/ | crochètes /kʁɔ.ʃɛt/ | crochète /kʁɔ.ʃɛt/ | crochetons /kʁɔʃ.tɔ̃/ | crochetez /kʁɔʃ.te/ | crochètent /kʁɔ.ʃɛt/ |
imperfect | crochetais /kʁɔʃ.tɛ/ | crochetais /kʁɔʃ.tɛ/ | crochetait /kʁɔʃ.tɛ/ | crochetions /kʁɔ.ʃə.tjɔ̃/ | crochetiez /kʁɔ.ʃə.tje/ | crochetaient /kʁɔʃ.tɛ/ | |
past historic2 | crochetai /kʁɔʃ.te/ | crochetas /kʁɔʃ.ta/ | crocheta /kʁɔʃ.ta/ | crochetâmes /kʁɔʃ.tam/ | crochetâtes /kʁɔʃ.tat/ | crochetèrent /kʁɔʃ.tɛʁ/ | |
future | crochèterai /kʁɔ.ʃɛ.tʁe/ or /kʁɔ.ʃe.tʁe/ | crochèteras /kʁɔ.ʃɛ.tʁa/ or /kʁɔ.ʃe.tʁa/ | crochètera /kʁɔ.ʃɛ.tʁa/ or /kʁɔ.ʃe.tʁa/ | crochèterons /kʁɔ.ʃɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /kʁɔ.ʃe.tʁɔ̃/ | crochèterez /kʁɔ.ʃɛ.tʁe/ or /kʁɔ.ʃe.tʁe/ | crochèteront /kʁɔ.ʃɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /kʁɔ.ʃe.tʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | crochèterais /kʁɔ.ʃɛ.tʁɛ/ or /kʁɔ.ʃe.tʁɛ/ | crochèterais /kʁɔ.ʃɛ.tʁɛ/ or /kʁɔ.ʃe.tʁɛ/ | crochèterait /kʁɔ.ʃɛ.tʁɛ/ or /kʁɔ.ʃe.tʁɛ/ | crochèterions /kʁɔ.ʃɛ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /kʁɔ.ʃe.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ | crochèteriez /kʁɔ.ʃɛ.tə.ʁje/ or /kʁɔ.ʃe.tə.ʁje/ | crochèteraient /kʁɔ.ʃɛ.tʁɛ/ or /kʁɔ.ʃe.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 | crochète /kʁɔ.ʃɛt/ | crochètes /kʁɔ.ʃɛt/ | crochète /kʁɔ.ʃɛt/ | crochetions /kʁɔ.ʃə.tjɔ̃/ | crochetiez /kʁɔ.ʃə.tje/ | crochètent /kʁɔ.ʃɛt/ |
imperfect2 | crochetasse /kʁɔʃ.tas/ | crochetasses /kʁɔʃ.tas/ | crochetât /kʁɔʃ.ta/ | crochetassions /kʁɔʃ.ta.sjɔ̃/ | crochetassiez /kʁɔʃ.ta.sje/ | crochetassent /kʁɔʃ.tas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | crochète /kʁɔ.ʃɛt/ | — | crochetons /kʁɔʃ.tɔ̃/ | crochetez /kʁɔʃ.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
- “crocheter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Norman
Etymology
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Verb
crocheter
- (Jersey) to cluck
Synonyms
- clioutchi
- couarder
- queûqu'ter