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crever.

to pop, burst

6 characters2 syllables approx.Français language

Meaning & usage

verb/kʁə.ve/
  1. to pop, burst

    transitive
    crever un œil à quelqu'un
    crever les yeux
  2. to have a puncture

    intransitive
    Mon pneu a à nouveau crevé.
  3. to snuff it, pop one's clogs; to die

    informal · intransitive
    à crever
    crever de faim
  4. to wear out, knacker

    informal
Where this word comes from

From Old French crever, inherited from Latin crepāre (“to rattle, creak, crack”). The informal sense of 'die' is shared with the Italian cognate crepare and Romanian crăpa.

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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.