cravater

French

Etymology

cravate +‎ -er

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kʁa.va.te/
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Verb

cravater

  1. (transitive) to put on a tie
  2. (transitive) to decorate someone with a chain or ribbon around the neck
  3. (transitive) to strangle, choke

Conjugation
Conjugation of cravater (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple cravater
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple cravatant
/kʁa.va.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle cravaté
/kʁa.va.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present cravate
/kʁa.vat/		 cravates
/kʁa.vat/		 cravate
/kʁa.vat/		 cravatons
/kʁa.va.tɔ̃/		 cravatez
/kʁa.va.te/		 cravatent
/kʁa.vat/
imperfect cravatais
/kʁa.va.tɛ/		 cravatais
/kʁa.va.tɛ/		 cravatait
/kʁa.va.tɛ/		 cravations
/kʁa.va.tjɔ̃/		 cravatiez
/kʁa.va.tje/		 cravataient
/kʁa.va.tɛ/
past historic2 cravatai
/kʁa.va.te/		 cravatas
/kʁa.va.ta/		 cravata
/kʁa.va.ta/		 cravatâmes
/kʁa.va.tam/		 cravatâtes
/kʁa.va.tat/		 cravatèrent
/kʁa.va.tɛʁ/
future cravaterai
/kʁa.va.tʁe/		 cravateras
/kʁa.va.tʁa/		 cravatera
/kʁa.va.tʁa/		 cravaterons
/kʁa.va.tʁɔ̃/		 cravaterez
/kʁa.va.tʁe/		 cravateront
/kʁa.va.tʁɔ̃/
conditional cravaterais
/kʁa.va.tʁɛ/		 cravaterais
/kʁa.va.tʁɛ/		 cravaterait
/kʁa.va.tʁɛ/		 cravaterions
/kʁa.va.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 cravateriez
/kʁa.va.tə.ʁje/		 cravateraient
/kʁa.va.tʁɛ/
(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 cravate
/kʁa.vat/		 cravates
/kʁa.vat/		 cravate
/kʁa.vat/		 cravations
/kʁa.va.tjɔ̃/		 cravatiez
/kʁa.va.tje/		 cravatent
/kʁa.vat/
imperfect2 cravatasse
/kʁa.va.tas/		 cravatasses
/kʁa.va.tas/		 cravatât
/kʁa.va.ta/		 cravatassions
/kʁa.va.ta.sjɔ̃/		 cravatassiez
/kʁa.va.ta.sje/		 cravatassent
/kʁa.va.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — cravate
/kʁa.vat/		 — cravatons
/kʁa.va.tɔ̃/		 cravatez
/kʁa.va.te/		 —
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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