crouler
French
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin *corrutulare, frequentative of Latin corruere.[1]
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kʁu.le/
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Verb
crouler
- (intransitive) to collapse
Conjugation
Conjugation of crouler (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | crouler | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | croulant /kʁu.lɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | croulé /kʁu.le/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | croule /kʁul/ |
croules /kʁul/ |
croule /kʁul/ |
croulons /kʁu.lɔ̃/ |
croulez /kʁu.le/ |
croulent /kʁul/ |
| imperfect | croulais /kʁu.lɛ/ |
croulais /kʁu.lɛ/ |
croulait /kʁu.lɛ/ |
croulions /kʁu.ljɔ̃/ |
crouliez /kʁu.lje/ |
croulaient /kʁu.lɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | croulai /kʁu.le/ |
croulas /kʁu.la/ |
croula /kʁu.la/ |
croulâmes /kʁu.lam/ |
croulâtes /kʁu.lat/ |
croulèrent /kʁu.lɛʁ/ | |
| future | croulerai /kʁul.ʁe/ |
crouleras /kʁul.ʁa/ |
croulera /kʁul.ʁa/ |
croulerons /kʁul.ʁɔ̃/ |
croulerez /kʁul.ʁe/ |
crouleront /kʁul.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | croulerais /kʁul.ʁɛ/ |
croulerais /kʁul.ʁɛ/ |
croulerait /kʁul.ʁɛ/ |
croulerions /kʁu.lə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
crouleriez /kʁu.lə.ʁje/ |
crouleraient /kʁul.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 | croule /kʁul/ |
croules /kʁul/ |
croule /kʁul/ |
croulions /kʁu.ljɔ̃/ |
crouliez /kʁu.lje/ |
croulent /kʁul/ |
| imperfect2 | croulasse /kʁu.las/ |
croulasses /kʁu.las/ |
croulât /kʁu.la/ |
croulassions /kʁu.la.sjɔ̃/ |
croulassiez /kʁu.la.sje/ |
croulassent /kʁu.las/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | croule /kʁul/ |
— | croulons /kʁu.lɔ̃/ |
croulez /kʁu.le/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Related terms
References
Further reading
- “crouler”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.