croquer

French

Etymology

From Middle French croquer, crocquer, from Old French crokier (“to slap, hit, strike”), probably a variant of the same verb represented by Modern French craquer (“to break, crack, crunch”). More at craquer.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʁɔ.ke/

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Verb

croquer

1. to crunch
2. (colloquial) to waste, squander (money etc.)
3. to sketch, outline

Conjugation

Conjugation of croquer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	croquer
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	croquant /kʁɔ.kɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		croqué /kʁɔ.ke/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	croque /kʁɔk/	croques /kʁɔk/	croque /kʁɔk/	croquons /kʁɔ.kɔ̃/	croquez /kʁɔ.ke/	croquent /kʁɔk/
	imperfect	croquais /kʁɔ.kɛ/	croquais /kʁɔ.kɛ/	croquait /kʁɔ.kɛ/	croquions /kʁɔ.kjɔ̃/	croquiez /kʁɔ.kje/	croquaient /kʁɔ.kɛ/
	past historic2	croquai /kʁɔ.ke/	croquas /kʁɔ.ka/	croqua /kʁɔ.ka/	croquâmes /kʁɔ.kam/	croquâtes /kʁɔ.kat/	croquèrent /kʁɔ.kɛʁ/
	future	croquerai /kʁɔ.kʁe/	croqueras /kʁɔ.kʁa/	croquera /kʁɔ.kʁa/	croquerons /kʁɔ.kʁɔ̃/	croquerez /kʁɔ.kʁe/	croqueront /kʁɔ.kʁɔ̃/
	conditional	croquerais /kʁɔ.kʁɛ/	croquerais /kʁɔ.kʁɛ/	croquerait /kʁɔ.kʁɛ/	croquerions /kʁɔ.kə.ʁjɔ̃/	croqueriez /kʁɔ.kə.ʁje/	croqueraient /kʁɔ.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	croque /kʁɔk/	croques /kʁɔk/	croque /kʁɔk/	croquions /kʁɔ.kjɔ̃/	croquiez /kʁɔ.kje/	croquent /kʁɔk/
	imperfect2	croquasse /kʁɔ.kas/	croquasses /kʁɔ.kas/	croquât /kʁɔ.ka/	croquassions /kʁɔ.ka.sjɔ̃/	croquassiez /kʁɔ.ka.sje/	croquassent /kʁɔ.kas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	croque /kʁɔk/	—	croquons /kʁɔ.kɔ̃/	croquez /kʁɔ.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).

Derived terms

• à croquer
• croquant
• croque gallois
• croque-madame
• croque-monsieur
• croquer la pomme
• croquer le marmot

Further reading

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