crouler

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French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *corrutulare, frequentative of Latin corruere.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʁu.le/
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Verb

crouler

  1. (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 – tu – nous vous –
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:
  • 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).

References

  1. ^ "crouler", Supplément au dictionnaire oeconomique: contenant divers moyens d'augmenter son bien et de conserver sa santé...

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