croasser

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʁɔ.a.se/

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Verb

croasser

1. to caw (of a crow, to make its cry)
2. to croak (of a frog, to make its cry)

Conjugation

Conjugation of croasser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	croasser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	croassant /kʁɔ.a.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		croassé /kʁɔ.a.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	croasse /kʁɔ.as/	croasses /kʁɔ.as/	croasse /kʁɔ.as/	croassons /kʁɔ.a.sɔ̃/	croassez /kʁɔ.a.se/	croassent /kʁɔ.as/
	imperfect	croassais /kʁɔ.a.sɛ/	croassais /kʁɔ.a.sɛ/	croassait /kʁɔ.a.sɛ/	croassions /kʁɔ.a.sjɔ̃/	croassiez /kʁɔ.a.sje/	croassaient /kʁɔ.a.sɛ/
	past historic2	croassai /kʁɔ.a.se/	croassas /kʁɔ.a.sa/	croassa /kʁɔ.a.sa/	croassâmes /kʁɔ.a.sam/	croassâtes /kʁɔ.a.sat/	croassèrent /kʁɔ.a.sɛʁ/
	future	croasserai /kʁɔ.a.sʁe/	croasseras /kʁɔ.a.sʁa/	croassera /kʁɔ.a.sʁa/	croasserons /kʁɔ.a.sʁɔ̃/	croasserez /kʁɔ.a.sʁe/	croasseront /kʁɔ.a.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	croasserais /kʁɔ.a.sʁɛ/	croasserais /kʁɔ.a.sʁɛ/	croasserait /kʁɔ.a.sʁɛ/	croasserions /kʁɔ.a.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	croasseriez /kʁɔ.a.sə.ʁje/	croasseraient /kʁɔ.a.sʁɛ/
(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	croasse /kʁɔ.as/	croasses /kʁɔ.as/	croasse /kʁɔ.as/	croassions /kʁɔ.a.sjɔ̃/	croassiez /kʁɔ.a.sje/	croassent /kʁɔ.as/
	imperfect2	croassasse /kʁɔ.a.sas/	croassasses /kʁɔ.a.sas/	croassât /kʁɔ.a.sa/	croassassions /kʁɔ.a.sa.sjɔ̃/	croassassiez /kʁɔ.a.sa.sje/	croassassent /kʁɔ.a.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	croasse /kʁɔ.as/	—	croassons /kʁɔ.a.sɔ̃/	croassez /kʁɔ.a.se/	—
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).

Related terms

• croa
• croassement

Further reading

• “croasser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• carrosse, scoreras