craqueler
French, verb/kʁa.kle/
craqueler is spelled C-R-A-Q-U-E-L-E-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 30 million words in written French, the 175,987th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Craqueler is a French verb meaning “to crack” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Fissurer ; former des craquelures, du faïençage”.
What does craqueler mean in English?
verb
- 1
to crack
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Fissurer ; former des craquelures, du faïençage.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of craqueler
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- craquelant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- craquelé participle past
- craquelle first-person indicative present
- craquèle first-person indicative present
- craquelles indicative present second-person
- craquèles indicative present second-person
- craquelons first-person indicative plural
- craquelez indicative plural present
- craquellent indicative plural present
- craquèlent indicative plural present
- craquelais first-person imperfect indicative
- craquelait imperfect indicative singular
- craquelions first-person imperfect indicative
- craqueliez imperfect indicative plural
- craquelaient imperfect indicative plural
- craquelai first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce craqueler?
- /kʁa.kle/
- \kʁa.kə.le\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is craqueler in French?
craqueler appears about once in every 30 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).