recroqueviller
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French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Alteration of recoquiller, probably after croc.
Pronunciation[edit]
Verb[edit]
recroqueviller
- (takes a reflexive pronoun) to curl up, to shrivel (up)
- Synonym: racrapoter
- 2005, Charles Aznavour (lyrics and music), “Désintoxication”, in Insolitement vôtre:
- J’ai connu cette peur qui glace, recroquevillé sur mon lit / Lorsque des rats et des rapaces venaient m’attaquer chaque nuit
- I’ve known this freezing fear, curled up in my bed / While rats and raptors came to attack me each night
Conjugation[edit]
Conjugation of se recroqueviller (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | se recroqueviller | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | s'être + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | se recroquevillant /sə ʁə.kʁɔk.vi.jɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant or étant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | recroquevillé /ʁə.kʁɔk.vi.je/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | me recroqueville /mə ʁə.kʁɔk.vij/ |
te recroquevilles /tə ʁə.kʁɔk.vij/ |
se recroqueville /sə ʁə.kʁɔk.vij/ |
nous recroquevillons /nu ʁə.kʁɔk.vi.jɔ̃/ |
vous recroquevillez /vu ʁə.kʁɔk.vi.je/ |
se recroquevillent /sə ʁə.kʁɔk.vij/ |
| imperfect | me recroquevillais /mə ʁə.kʁɔk.vi.jɛ/ |
te recroquevillais /tə ʁə.kʁɔk.vi.jɛ/ |
se recroquevillait /sə ʁə.kʁɔk.vi.jɛ/ |
nous recroquevillions /nu ʁə.kʁɔk.vij.jɔ̃/ |
vous recroquevilliez /vu ʁə.kʁɔk.vij.je/ |
se recroquevillaient /sə ʁə.kʁɔk.vi.jɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | me recroquevillai /mə ʁə.kʁɔk.vi.je/ |
te recroquevillas /tə ʁə.kʁɔk.vi.ja/ |
se recroquevilla /sə ʁə.kʁɔk.vi.ja/ |
nous recroquevillâmes /nu ʁə.kʁɔk.vi.jam/ |
vous recroquevillâtes /vu ʁə.kʁɔk.vi.jat/ |
se recroquevillèrent /sə ʁə.kʁɔk.vi.jɛʁ/ | |
| future | me recroquevillerai /mə ʁə.kʁɔk.vij.ʁe/ |
te recroquevilleras /tə ʁə.kʁɔk.vij.ʁa/ |
se recroquevillera /sə ʁə.kʁɔk.vij.ʁa/ |
nous recroquevillerons /nu ʁə.kʁɔk.vij.ʁɔ̃/ |
vous recroquevillerez /vu ʁə.kʁɔk.vij.ʁe/ |
se recroquevilleront /sə ʁə.kʁɔk.vij.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | me recroquevillerais /mə ʁə.kʁɔk.vij.ʁɛ/ |
te recroquevillerais /tə ʁə.kʁɔk.vij.ʁɛ/ |
se recroquevillerait /sə ʁə.kʁɔk.vij.ʁɛ/ |
nous recroquevillerions /nu ʁə.kʁɔk.vi.jə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vous recroquevilleriez /vu ʁə.kʁɔk.vi.jə.ʁje/ |
se recroquevilleraient /sə ʁə.kʁɔk.vij.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | me recroqueville /mə ʁə.kʁɔk.vij/ |
te recroquevilles /tə ʁə.kʁɔk.vij/ |
se recroqueville /sə ʁə.kʁɔk.vij/ |
nous recroquevillions /nu ʁə.kʁɔk.vij.jɔ̃/ |
vous recroquevilliez /vu ʁə.kʁɔk.vij.je/ |
se recroquevillent /sə ʁə.kʁɔk.vij/ |
| imperfect2 | me recroquevillasse /mə ʁə.kʁɔk.vi.jas/ |
te recroquevillasses /tə ʁə.kʁɔk.vi.jas/ |
se recroquevillât /sə ʁə.kʁɔk.vi.ja/ |
nous recroquevillassions /nu ʁə.kʁɔk.vi.ja.sjɔ̃/ |
vous recroquevillassiez /vu ʁə.kʁɔk.vi.ja.sje/ |
se recroquevillassent /sə ʁə.kʁɔk.vi.jas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | recroqueville-toi /ʁə.kʁɔk.vij.twa/ |
— | recroquevillons-nous /ʁə.kʁɔk.vi.jɔ̃.nu/ |
recroquevillez-vous /ʁə.kʁɔk.vi.je.vu/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | simple imperative of s'être + 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading[edit]
- “recroqueviller”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.