croiser
French
Etymology
croix + -er. Compare Spanish and Portuguese cruzar.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʁwa.ze/
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Verb
croiser
- to cross, to put in the shape of a cross
- to cross, to go across
- Croisez le chemin. ― Cross the path.
- (of two routes) to cross, to intersect
- to cross, to crossbreed
- to meet unexpectedly, to run into, to bump into
Conjugation
Conjugation of croiser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | croiser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | croisant /kʁwa.zɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | croisé /kʁwa.ze/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | croise /kʁwaz/ | croises /kʁwaz/ | croise /kʁwaz/ | croisons /kʁwa.zɔ̃/ | croisez /kʁwa.ze/ | croisent /kʁwaz/ |
| imperfect | croisais /kʁwa.zɛ/ | croisais /kʁwa.zɛ/ | croisait /kʁwa.zɛ/ | croisions /kʁwa.zjɔ̃/ | croisiez /kʁwa.zje/ | croisaient /kʁwa.zɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | croisai /kʁwa.ze/ | croisas /kʁwa.za/ | croisa /kʁwa.za/ | croisâmes /kʁwa.zam/ | croisâtes /kʁwa.zat/ | croisèrent /kʁwa.zɛʁ/ | |
| future | croiserai /kʁwaz.ʁe/ | croiseras /kʁwaz.ʁa/ | croisera /kʁwaz.ʁa/ | croiserons /kʁwaz.ʁɔ̃/ | croiserez /kʁwaz.ʁe/ | croiseront /kʁwaz.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | croiserais /kʁwaz.ʁɛ/ | croiserais /kʁwaz.ʁɛ/ | croiserait /kʁwaz.ʁɛ/ | croiserions /kʁwa.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ | croiseriez /kʁwa.zə.ʁje/ | croiseraient /kʁwaz.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 | croise /kʁwaz/ | croises /kʁwaz/ | croise /kʁwaz/ | croisions /kʁwa.zjɔ̃/ | croisiez /kʁwa.zje/ | croisent /kʁwaz/ |
| imperfect2 | croisasse /kʁwa.zas/ | croisasses /kʁwa.zas/ | croisât /kʁwa.za/ | croisassions /kʁwa.za.sjɔ̃/ | croisassiez /kʁwa.za.sje/ | croisassent /kʁwa.zas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | croise /kʁwaz/ | — | croisons /kʁwa.zɔ̃/ | croisez /kʁwa.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
- croisade
- croisement
- croiser le fer
- croiser les doigts
- croiseur
- entrecroiser
- feux croisés
- mots croisés
- rester les bras croisés
- se croiser les bras
Further reading
- “croiser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- sorcier