cravacher

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French

Etymology

From cravache +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʁa.va.ʃe/
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Verb

cravacher

  1. (transitive) to quirt, whip (hit with a quirt or whip)
  2. (intransitive) to pull one's socks up, knuckle down (work hard)

Conjugation

Conjugation of cravacher (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple cravacher
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple cravachant
/kʁa.va.ʃɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle cravaché
/kʁa.va.ʃe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present cravache
/kʁa.vaʃ/ 		cravaches
/kʁa.vaʃ/ 		cravache
/kʁa.vaʃ/ 		cravachons
/kʁa.va.ʃɔ̃/ 		cravachez
/kʁa.va.ʃe/ 		cravachent
/kʁa.vaʃ/
imperfect cravachais
/kʁa.va.ʃɛ/ 		cravachais
/kʁa.va.ʃɛ/ 		cravachait
/kʁa.va.ʃɛ/ 		cravachions
/kʁa.va.ʃjɔ̃/ 		cravachiez
/kʁa.va.ʃje/ 		cravachaient
/kʁa.va.ʃɛ/
past historic2 cravachai
/kʁa.va.ʃe/ 		cravachas
/kʁa.va.ʃa/ 		cravacha
/kʁa.va.ʃa/ 		cravachâmes
/kʁa.va.ʃam/ 		cravachâtes
/kʁa.va.ʃat/ 		cravachèrent
/kʁa.va.ʃɛʁ/
future cravacherai
/kʁa.vaʃ.ʁe/ 		cravacheras
/kʁa.vaʃ.ʁa/ 		cravachera
/kʁa.vaʃ.ʁa/ 		cravacherons
/kʁa.vaʃ.ʁɔ̃/ 		cravacherez
/kʁa.vaʃ.ʁe/ 		cravacheront
/kʁa.vaʃ.ʁɔ̃/
conditional cravacherais
/kʁa.vaʃ.ʁɛ/ 		cravacherais
/kʁa.vaʃ.ʁɛ/ 		cravacherait
/kʁa.vaʃ.ʁɛ/ 		cravacherions
/kʁa.va.ʃə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		cravacheriez
/kʁa.va.ʃə.ʁje/ 		cravacheraient
/kʁa.vaʃ.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 cravache
/kʁa.vaʃ/ 		cravaches
/kʁa.vaʃ/ 		cravache
/kʁa.vaʃ/ 		cravachions
/kʁa.va.ʃjɔ̃/ 		cravachiez
/kʁa.va.ʃje/ 		cravachent
/kʁa.vaʃ/
imperfect2 cravachasse
/kʁa.va.ʃas/ 		cravachasses
/kʁa.va.ʃas/ 		cravachât
/kʁa.va.ʃa/ 		cravachassions
/kʁa.va.ʃa.sjɔ̃/ 		cravachassiez
/kʁa.va.ʃa.sje/ 		cravachassent
/kʁa.va.ʃas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — cravache
/kʁa.vaʃ/ 		— cravachons
/kʁa.va.ʃɔ̃/ 		cravachez
/kʁa.va.ʃe/ 		—
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 , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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