créer

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See also: creer

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin creāre.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʁe.e/
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Verb

créer

  1. to create
    Antonym: détruire

Conjugation

Conjugation of créer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple créer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple créant
/kʁe.ɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle créé
/kʁe.e/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present crée
/kʁe/ 		crées
/kʁe/ 		crée
/kʁe/ 		créons
/kʁe.ɔ̃/ 		créez
/kʁe.e/ 		créent
/kʁe/
imperfect créais
/kʁe.ɛ/ 		créais
/kʁe.ɛ/ 		créait
/kʁe.ɛ/ 		créions
/kʁej.jɔ̃/ or /kʁɛj.jɔ̃/ 		créiez
/kʁej.je/ or /kʁɛj.je/ 		créaient
/kʁe.ɛ/
past historic2 créai
/kʁe.e/ 		créas
/kʁe.a/ 		créa
/kʁe.a/ 		créâmes
/kʁe.am/ 		créâtes
/kʁe.at/ 		créèrent
/kʁe.ɛʁ/
future créerai
/kʁe.ʁe/ 		créeras
/kʁe.ʁa/ 		créera
/kʁe.ʁa/ 		créerons
/kʁe.ʁɔ̃/ 		créerez
/kʁe.ʁe/ 		créeront
/kʁe.ʁɔ̃/
conditional créerais
/kʁe.ʁɛ/ 		créerais
/kʁe.ʁɛ/ 		créerait
/kʁe.ʁɛ/ 		créerions
/kʁe.ʁjɔ̃/ 		créeriez
/kʁe.ʁje/ 		créeraient
/kʁe.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 crée
/kʁe/ 		crées
/kʁe/ 		crée
/kʁe/ 		créions
/kʁej.jɔ̃/ or /kʁɛj.jɔ̃/ 		créiez
/kʁej.je/ or /kʁɛj.je/ 		créent
/kʁe/
imperfect2 créasse
/kʁe.as/ 		créasses
/kʁe.as/ 		créât
/kʁe.a/ 		créassions
/kʁe.a.sjɔ̃/ 		créassiez
/kʁe.a.sje/ 		créassent
/kʁe.as/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — crée
/kʁe/ 		— créons
/kʁe.ɔ̃/ 		créez
/kʁe.e/ 		—
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).

Descendants

  • Haitian Creole: kreye
  • → Dutch: creëren
  • → German: kreieren
  • → Romanian: crea

Further reading

Norman

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin creō, creāre.

Verb

créer

  1. (Jersey) to create

Antonyms

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