cravacher

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 [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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