craquer
French, verb/kʁa.ke/
craquer is spelled C-R-A-Q-U-E-R (7 letters) and appears 6.6 times per million words in written French, the 9,132nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Craquer is a French verb meaning “to split, to break” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Produire un bruit sec par le frottement, par l’éclatement ou par la désorganisation de ses éléments”.
What does craquer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to split, to break
- 2
to crack (petroleum)
- 3
to crack, to creak, to crunch
- 4
informalto give up, to break down, to crack
- 5
informalto fall for, to become infatuated with, to yield to, give in to, fall in love with
Elle est vraiment belle. J'ai craqué pour elle.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Produire un bruit sec par le frottement, par l’éclatement ou par la désorganisation de ses éléments. 2. Donner des signes de ruine imminente ; ne pas supporter une pression trop importante, en particulier nerveuse. 3. (Transitif indirect) Être irrésistiblement attiré, attirée. 4. Se dit du cri de la cigogne, de la grue et de la cigale.
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 craquer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- craquant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- craqué participle past
- craque first-person indicative present
- craques indicative present second-person
- craquons first-person indicative plural
- craquez indicative plural present
- craquent indicative plural present
- craquais first-person imperfect indicative
- craquait imperfect indicative singular
- craquions first-person imperfect indicative
- craquiez imperfect indicative plural
- craquaient imperfect indicative plural
- craquai first-person historic indicative
- craquas historic indicative past
- craqua historic indicative past
- craquâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce craquer?
- /kʁa.ke/
- \kʁa.ke\
- [kʁa.ke]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to craquer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is craquer in French?
craquer appears 6.6 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).