criquer

Old French

Etymology

From Middle Dutch kricken, crieken (“to creak; crack”), from Proto-West Germanic *krakōn (“to crash, crack, creak”), related to Proto-Germanic *krakōną, ultimately of imitative origin. Related to Middle English creken (“to creak”). More at English creak.

Verb

criquer

1. to creak (making a creaking sound)

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-qu, *-qus, *-qut are modified to c, s, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of criquer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		criquer			avoir criqué
gerund		en criquant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		criquant
past participle		criqué
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	cric	criques	crique	criquons	criquez	criquent
	imperfect	criquoie, criqueie, criquoe, criqueve	criquoies, criqueies, criquoes, criqueves	criquoit, criqueit, criquot, criqueve	criquiiens, criquiens	criquiiez, criquiez	criquoient, criqueient, criquoent, criquevent
	preterite	criquai	criquas	criqua	criquames	criquastes	criquerent
	future	criquerai	criqueras	criquera	criquerons	criqueroiz, criquereiz, criquerez	criqueront
	conditional	criqueroie, criquereie	criqueroies, criquereies	criqueroit, criquereit	criqueriiens, criqueriens	criqueriiez, criqueriez	criqueroient, criquereient
compound tenses	present perfect	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	cric	cris	crit	criquons	criquez	criquent
	imperfect	criquasse	criquasses	criquast	criquissons, criquissiens	criquissoiz, criquissez, criquissiez	criquassent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	crique	—	criquons	criquez	—

Derived terms

• criket

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (criquer)