crève
French, noun
crève is spelled C-R-È-V-E (5 letters) and appears 6.0 times per million words in written French, the 9,803rd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Crève is a French feminine noun meaning “nasty cold” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive of crever. With an accent, crevé is a different word: “popped”. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Rhume, refroidissement”.
What does crève mean in English?
noun
- 1
colloquialfemininenasty cold
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
adjective
- 1
popped
- 2
slangdead
- 3
slangknackered, exhausted, wiped out
verb
- 1
past participle of crever
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Mort. 2. Extrêmement fatigué. 3. Bouffi, obèse. 4. Percé.
noun: 1. Certaines ouvertures pratiquées aux manches des robes de femme ou des habits à l’espagnole. 2. Élément dessiné qui sort des limites d’une carte. 3. Personne affectant dans ses allures, ses gestes, sa démarche, l’impression d’être toujours épuisée.
noun: 1. Rhume, refroidissement 2. Angine ou grippe.
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 crève
- crevée feminine
- crevés masculine plural
- crevées feminine plural
- crèves plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
English words that translate to crève
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is crève in French?
crève appears 6.0 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).