recroqueviller
French
Etymology
Alteration of recoquiller, probably after croc.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ʁə.kʁɔk.vi.je/
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Verb
recroqueviller
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to curl up, to shrivel (up)
- Synonym: racrapoter
- 2005, Charles Aznavour (lyrics and music), “Désintoxication”, in Insolitement vôtre:
- J’ai connu cette peur qui glace, recroquevillé sur mon lit / Lorsque des rats et des rapaces venaient m’attaquer chaque nuit
- I’ve known this freezing fear, curled up in my bed / While rats and raptors came to attack me each night
Conjugation
Conjugation of se recroqueviller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | se recroqueviller | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | s'être + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | se recroquevillant /sə ʁə.kʁɔk.vi.jɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant or étant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | recroquevillé /ʁə.kʁɔk.vi.je/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | me recroqueville /mə ʁə.kʁɔk.vij/ | te recroquevilles /tə ʁə.kʁɔk.vij/ | se recroqueville /sə ʁə.kʁɔk.vij/ | nous recroquevillons /nu ʁə.kʁɔk.vi.jɔ̃/ | vous recroquevillez /vu ʁə.kʁɔk.vi.je/ | se recroquevillent /sə ʁə.kʁɔk.vij/ |
| imperfect | me recroquevillais /mə ʁə.kʁɔk.vi.jɛ/ | te recroquevillais /tə ʁə.kʁɔk.vi.jɛ/ | se recroquevillait /sə ʁə.kʁɔk.vi.jɛ/ | nous recroquevillions /nu ʁə.kʁɔk.vij.jɔ̃/ | vous recroquevilliez /vu ʁə.kʁɔk.vij.je/ | se recroquevillaient /sə ʁə.kʁɔk.vi.jɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | me recroquevillai /mə ʁə.kʁɔk.vi.je/ | te recroquevillas /tə ʁə.kʁɔk.vi.ja/ | se recroquevilla /sə ʁə.kʁɔk.vi.ja/ | nous recroquevillâmes /nu ʁə.kʁɔk.vi.jam/ | vous recroquevillâtes /vu ʁə.kʁɔk.vi.jat/ | se recroquevillèrent /sə ʁə.kʁɔk.vi.jɛʁ/ | |
| future | me recroquevillerai /mə ʁə.kʁɔk.vij.ʁe/ | te recroquevilleras /tə ʁə.kʁɔk.vij.ʁa/ | se recroquevillera /sə ʁə.kʁɔk.vij.ʁa/ | nous recroquevillerons /nu ʁə.kʁɔk.vij.ʁɔ̃/ | vous recroquevillerez /vu ʁə.kʁɔk.vij.ʁe/ | se recroquevilleront /sə ʁə.kʁɔk.vij.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | me recroquevillerais /mə ʁə.kʁɔk.vij.ʁɛ/ | te recroquevillerais /tə ʁə.kʁɔk.vij.ʁɛ/ | se recroquevillerait /sə ʁə.kʁɔk.vij.ʁɛ/ | nous recroquevillerions /nu ʁə.kʁɔk.vi.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ | vous recroquevilleriez /vu ʁə.kʁɔk.vi.jə.ʁje/ | se recroquevilleraient /sə ʁə.kʁɔk.vij.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | me recroqueville /mə ʁə.kʁɔk.vij/ | te recroquevilles /tə ʁə.kʁɔk.vij/ | se recroqueville /sə ʁə.kʁɔk.vij/ | nous recroquevillions /nu ʁə.kʁɔk.vij.jɔ̃/ | vous recroquevilliez /vu ʁə.kʁɔk.vij.je/ | se recroquevillent /sə ʁə.kʁɔk.vij/ |
| imperfect2 | me recroquevillasse /mə ʁə.kʁɔk.vi.jas/ | te recroquevillasses /tə ʁə.kʁɔk.vi.jas/ | se recroquevillât /sə ʁə.kʁɔk.vi.ja/ | nous recroquevillassions /nu ʁə.kʁɔk.vi.ja.sjɔ̃/ | vous recroquevillassiez /vu ʁə.kʁɔk.vi.ja.sje/ | se recroquevillassent /sə ʁə.kʁɔk.vi.jas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | recroqueville-toi /ʁə.kʁɔk.vij.twa/ | — | recroquevillons-nous /ʁə.kʁɔk.vi.jɔ̃.nu/ | recroquevillez-vous /ʁə.kʁɔk.vi.je.vu/ | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | simple imperative of s'être + 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
- “recroqueviller”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.