croulé
French, verb
croulé is spelled C-R-O-U-L-É (6 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 42,227th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Croulé is a French verb meaning “past participle of crouler” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). Without its accent, croule is a different word: “first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive”.
What does croulé mean in English?
verb
- 1
past participle of crouler
verb
- 1
first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive
- 2
second-person singular imperative
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Qui a subi un écroulement.
noun: 1. Variante de croûle. 2. Variante de croûle.
noun: 1. Sorte de chasse par piégeage ou au fusil, au temps des amours, de la bécasse. 2. Le chant et le vol nuptial de la bécasse mâle. 3. Période des amours de la bécasse.
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 croulé
- croulée feminine
- croulés masculine plural
- croulées feminine plural
- croule
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How common is croulé in French?
croulé appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).