Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb créner
Introduction to the verb créner
The English translation of the French verb “créner” is “to crenellate.” The infinitive form is pronounced as “kreh-neh.”
The word “créner” comes from the Old French word “crénier,” which means “to crenellate.” In everyday French, “créner” is most often used in the context of architecture and refers to the action of adding notches or openings (crenels) to the top of a wall or a fortress, creating a crenellated or battlemented appearance.
Examples of usage:
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Les architectes ont décidé de créner les murs du château pour lui donner un aspect médiéval.
(The architects decided to crenellate the walls of the castle to give it a medieval look.) -
On peut voir des créneaux sur les fortifications de cette ancienne cité.
(You can see crenels on the fortifications of this ancient city.) -
Autrefois, les châteaux étaient souvent crénelés pour des raisons défensives.
(In the past, castles were often crenellated for defensive purposes.)
Créner – About the French Present Tense
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Common Everyday Usage Patterns For Le Present
Interactions with Other Tenses
Table of the Present Tense Conjugation of créner
Pronoun | Conjugation | Short Example | English Translation |
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je | crène | Je crène chaque matin. | I notched every morning. |
tu | crènes | Tu crènes tes papiers. | You notch your papers. |
il | crène | Il crène le bois. | He notches the wood. |
elle | crène | Elle crène son couteau. | She notches her knife. |
on | crène | On crène la surface. | One notches the surface. |
nous | crénon | Nous crénon les murs. | We notch the walls. |
vous | crénez | Vous crénez les branches. | You notch the branches. |
ils | crénnent | Ils crénnent les clôtures. | They notch the fences. |
elles | crénnent | Elles crénnent les planches. | They notch the planks. |
Other Conjugations for Créner.
Le Present (Present Tense) Conjugation of the French Verb créner (You’re reading it right now!)
Imparfait (Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb créner
Passé Simple (Simple Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb créner
Passé Composé (Present Perfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb créner
Futur Simple (Simple Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb créner
Futur Proche (Near Future) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb créner
Plus-que-parfait (Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb créner
Passé Antérieur (Past Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb créner
Futur Antérieur (Future Anterior) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb créner
Subjonctif Présent (Subjunctive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb créner
Subjonctif Passé (Subjunctive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb créner
Subjonctif Imparfait (Subjunctive Imperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb créner
Subjonctif Plus-que-parfait (Subjunctive Pluperfect) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb créner
Conditionnel Présent (Conditional Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb créner
Conditionnel Passé (Conditional Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb créner
Conditionnel Passé II (Conditional Past II) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb créner
L’impératif Présent (Imperative Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb créner
L’impératif Passé (Imperative Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb créner
L’infinitif Présent (Infinitive Present) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb créner
L’infinitif Passé (Infinitive Past) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb créner
Le Participe Présent (Present Participle) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb créner
Le Participe Passé (Past Participle) Tense Conjugation of the French Verb créner
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