craquer

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French craquer, from Middle Dutch kraken (“to crack, crackle”), from Old Dutch *krakōn, from Frankish *krakōn (“to crack, crackle, shriek”), from Proto-Indo-European *gerg- (“to crow, shout”).

Cognate with Old High German krahhōn, Old English cracian. More at crack.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /kʁa.ke/
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Verb

craquer

(ergative) to split; to break
(organic chemistry) to crack (petroleum)
(intransitive) to crack; to creak; to crunch
(informal, intransitive) to give up; to break down; to crack
(informal, followed by pour) to fall for; to become infatuated with; to yield to; give in to; fall in love with
Elle est vraiment belle. J'ai craqué pour elle.
She's so beautiful. I've fallen in love with her.
- 2017, Bastien Vivès, Une sœur, Paris: Casterman, →ISBN, page 88:
  Je te le dis. Toutes les petites meufs vont craquer.
  (please add an English translation of this quotation)

Conjugation

Conjugation of craquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	compound	avoir + past participle
infinitive	simple	craquer
present participle or gerund¹	simple	craquant /kʁa.kɑ̃/
present participle or gerund¹	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		craqué /kʁa.ke/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	craque /kʁak/	craques /kʁak/	craque /kʁak/	craquons /kʁa.kɔ̃/	craquez /kʁa.ke/	craquent /kʁak/
	imperfect	craquais /kʁa.kɛ/	craquais /kʁa.kɛ/	craquait /kʁa.kɛ/	craquions /kʁa.kjɔ̃/	craquiez /kʁa.kje/	craquaient /kʁa.kɛ/
	past historic²	craquai /kʁa.ke/	craquas /kʁa.ka/	craqua /kʁa.ka/	craquâmes /kʁa.kam/	craquâtes /kʁa.kat/	craquèrent /kʁa.kɛʁ/
	future	craquerai /kʁa.kʁe/	craqueras /kʁa.kʁa/	craquera /kʁa.kʁa/	craquerons /kʁa.kʁɔ̃/	craquerez /kʁa.kʁe/	craqueront /kʁa.kʁɔ̃/
	conditional	craquerais /kʁa.kʁɛ/	craquerais /kʁa.kʁɛ/	craquerait /kʁa.kʁɛ/	craquerions /kʁa.kə.ʁjɔ̃/	craqueriez /kʁa.kə.ʁje/	craqueraient /kʁa.kʁɛ/
(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	craque /kʁak/	craques /kʁak/	craque /kʁak/	craquions /kʁa.kjɔ̃/	craquiez /kʁa.kje/	craquent /kʁak/
(simple tenses)	imperfect²	craquasse /kʁa.kas/	craquasses /kʁa.kas/	craquât /kʁa.ka/	craquassions /kʁa.ka.sjɔ̃/	craquassiez /kʁa.ka.sje/	craquassent /kʁa.kas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
(compound tenses)	pluperfect²	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	~~nous~~	~~vous~~	–
simple		—	craque /kʁak/	—	craquons /kʁa.kɔ̃/	craquez /kʁa.ke/	—
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).