crever

French

Etymology

From Old French crever, inherited from Latin crepāre (“to rattle, creak, crack”).

The informal sense of 'die' is shared with the Italian cognate crepare and Romanian crăpa.

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)
Synonym: mourir

crever de faim ― to be starving

crever de soif ― to be parched

crever de froid ― to be freezing

crever de chaud ― to be boiling
(informal) to wear out, knacker

Conjugation

This verb is conjugated like parler, except the -e- /ə/ of the second-to-last syllable becomes -è- /ɛ/ when the next vowel is a silent or schwa -e-, as in the third-person singular present indicative il crève and the third-person singular future indicative il crèvera.

Conjugation of crever (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	compound	avoir + past participle
infinitive	simple	crever
present participle or gerund¹	simple	crevant /kʁə.vɑ̃/
present participle or gerund¹	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/
(simple tenses)	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
(compound tenses)	pluperfect²	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	~~nous~~	~~vous~~	–
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: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

Louisiana Creole

Etymology

From French crever (“to die”).

Verb

crever

to die

References

Alcée Fortier, Louisiana Folktales

Old French

Etymology

From Latin crepāre.

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			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		crevant
past participle		crevé
person		singular			plural
person		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	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	crief	cries	criet	crevons	crevez	crievent
simple tenses	imperfect	crevasse	crevasses	crevast	crevissons, crevissiens	crevissoiz, crevissez, crevissiez	crevassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
compound tenses	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
imperative		—	crieve	—	crevons	crevez	—

Related terms

creveure

crever

French

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Further reading

Louisiana Creole

Etymology

Verb

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Old French

Etymology

Verb

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Related terms

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