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Verb conjugation

crevasser

to chap

Usage

Crevasser means to crack open into crevices, most often used for skin chapping in the cold (avoir les mains crevassées) or for dry ground splitting apart (la terre crevassée par la sécheresse).

Examples
  • Le froid lui a crevassé les lèvres.The cold chapped her lips.
  • La terre était toute crevassée après des mois sans pluie.The ground was all cracked after months without rain.
  • Ses mains sont crevassées à force de travailler dehors en hiver.His hands are chapped from working outside all winter in the cold.
Common mistake

Crevasser describes a network of small, deep cracks specifically — for a single clean break (a plate, a bone), casser or se fissurer is the right word; crevasser is reserved for that chapped-skin or dried-earth texture.

Simple tenses

Present

jecrevasse
tucrevasses
il/ellecrevasse
nouscrevassons
vouscrevassez
ils/ellescrevassent

Imperfect

jecrevassais
tucrevassais
il/ellecrevassait
nouscrevassions
vouscrevassiez
ils/ellescrevassaient

Past historic (passé simple)

jecrevassai
tucrevassas
il/ellecrevassa
nouscrevassâmes
vouscrevassâtes
ils/ellescrevassèrent

Future

jecrevasserai
tucrevasseras
il/ellecrevassera
nouscrevasserons
vouscrevasserez
ils/ellescrevasseront

Conditional

jecrevasserais
tucrevasserais
il/ellecrevasserait
nouscrevasserions
vouscrevasseriez
ils/ellescrevasseraient

Subjunctive

jecrevasse
tucrevasses
il/ellecrevasse
nouscrevassions
vouscrevassiez
ils/ellescrevassent

Subjunctive (imperfect)

jecrevassasse
tucrevassasses
il/ellecrevassât
nouscrevassassions
vouscrevassassiez
ils/ellescrevassassent

Imperative

tucrevasse
nouscrevassons
vouscrevassez

Compound tenses

Passé composé

jeai crevassé
tuas crevassé
il/ellea crevassé
nousavons crevassé
vousavez crevassé
ils/ellesont crevassé

Plus-que-parfait

jeavais crevassé
tuavais crevassé
il/elleavait crevassé
nousavions crevassé
vousaviez crevassé
ils/ellesavaient crevassé

Passé antérieur

jeeus crevassé
tueus crevassé
il/elleeut crevassé
nouseûmes crevassé
vouseûtes crevassé
ils/elleseurent crevassé

Futur antérieur

jeaurai crevassé
tuauras crevassé
il/elleaura crevassé
nousaurons crevassé
vousaurez crevassé
ils/ellesauront crevassé

Conditionnel passé

jeaurais crevassé
tuaurais crevassé
il/elleaurait crevassé
nousaurions crevassé
vousauriez crevassé
ils/ellesauraient crevassé

Subjonctif passé

jeaie crevassé
tuaies crevassé
il/elleait crevassé
nousayons crevassé
vousayez crevassé
ils/ellesaient crevassé

Subjonctif plus-que-parfait

jeeusse crevassé
tueusses crevassé
il/elleeût crevassé
nouseussions crevassé
vouseussiez crevassé
ils/elleseussent crevassé

Impératif passé

tuaie crevassé
nousayons crevassé
vousayez crevassé

Other

Present participle

crevassant

Past participle

crevassé

Infinitive

crevasser

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Frequently asked questions

What does "crevasser" mean?

"crevasser" means "to chap".

How do you conjugate "crevasser" in the present tense?

The present of "crevasser" is: je crevasse, tu crevasses, il/elle crevasse, nous crevassons, vous crevassez, ils/elles crevassent.

What is the Passé composé of "crevasser"?

The passé composé of "crevasser" is: je ai crevassé, tu as crevassé, il/elle a crevassé, nous avons crevassé, vous avez crevassé, ils/elles ont crevassé.

What is the Imperative of "crevasser"?

The imperative of "crevasser" is: tu crevasse, nous crevassons, vous crevassez.