crisser

French

Etymology 1

From Frankish *kriskjan (“to squeal or creak”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʁi.se/

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Verb

crisser

1. to screech, to squeak
2. to crunch (noise made by walking in snow)

Conjugation

Conjugation of crisser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	crisser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	crissant /kʁi.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		crissé /kʁi.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	crisse /kʁis/	crisses /kʁis/	crisse /kʁis/	crissons /kʁi.sɔ̃/	crissez /kʁi.se/	crissent /kʁis/
	imperfect	crissais /kʁi.sɛ/	crissais /kʁi.sɛ/	crissait /kʁi.sɛ/	crissions /kʁi.sjɔ̃/	crissiez /kʁi.sje/	crissaient /kʁi.sɛ/
	past historic2	crissai /kʁi.se/	crissas /kʁi.sa/	crissa /kʁi.sa/	crissâmes /kʁi.sam/	crissâtes /kʁi.sat/	crissèrent /kʁi.sɛʁ/
	future	crisserai /kʁi.sʁe/	crisseras /kʁi.sʁa/	crissera /kʁi.sʁa/	crisserons /kʁi.sʁɔ̃/	crisserez /kʁi.sʁe/	crisseront /kʁi.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	crisserais /kʁi.sʁɛ/	crisserais /kʁi.sʁɛ/	crisserait /kʁi.sʁɛ/	crisserions /kʁi.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	crisseriez /kʁi.sə.ʁje/	crisseraient /kʁi.sʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	crisse /kʁis/	crisses /kʁis/	crisse /kʁis/	crissions /kʁi.sjɔ̃/	crissiez /kʁi.sje/	crissent /kʁis/
	imperfect2	crissasse /kʁi.sas/	crissasses /kʁi.sas/	crissât /kʁi.sa/	crissassions /kʁi.sa.sjɔ̃/	crissassiez /kʁi.sa.sje/	crissassent /kʁi.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	crisse /kʁis/	—	crissons /kʁi.sɔ̃/	crissez /kʁi.se/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Etymology 2

From crisse, a swear word, from Quebec eye-dialect spelling of Christ (“Christ”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʁi.se/

Verb

crisser

1. (Quebec, vulgar, slang) to throw

   Elle a crissé l’assiette par terre. ― She threw the plate on the ground.

   Je vais lui crisser une claque dans’ face.

   I'm gonna fucking slap him in the face.

   (literally, “I'm going to throw him a slap in the face.”)

2. (Quebec, vulgar, slang, reflexive) to not give a fuck, to not care

   Je m’en crisse! ― I don't give a fuck!

Conjugation

Conjugation of crisser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	crisser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	crissant /kʁi.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		crissé /kʁi.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	crisse /kʁis/	crisses /kʁis/	crisse /kʁis/	crissons /kʁi.sɔ̃/	crissez /kʁi.se/	crissent /kʁis/
	imperfect	crissais /kʁi.sɛ/	crissais /kʁi.sɛ/	crissait /kʁi.sɛ/	crissions /kʁi.sjɔ̃/	crissiez /kʁi.sje/	crissaient /kʁi.sɛ/
	past historic2	crissai /kʁi.se/	crissas /kʁi.sa/	crissa /kʁi.sa/	crissâmes /kʁi.sam/	crissâtes /kʁi.sat/	crissèrent /kʁi.sɛʁ/
	future	crisserai /kʁi.sʁe/	crisseras /kʁi.sʁa/	crissera /kʁi.sʁa/	crisserons /kʁi.sʁɔ̃/	crisserez /kʁi.sʁe/	crisseront /kʁi.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	crisserais /kʁi.sʁɛ/	crisserais /kʁi.sʁɛ/	crisserait /kʁi.sʁɛ/	crisserions /kʁi.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	crisseriez /kʁi.sə.ʁje/	crisseraient /kʁi.sʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	crisse /kʁis/	crisses /kʁis/	crisse /kʁis/	crissions /kʁi.sjɔ̃/	crissiez /kʁi.sje/	crissent /kʁis/
	imperfect2	crissasse /kʁi.sas/	crissasses /kʁi.sas/	crissât /kʁi.sa/	crissassions /kʁi.sa.sjɔ̃/	crissassiez /kʁi.sa.sje/	crissassent /kʁi.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	crisse /kʁis/	—	crissons /kʁi.sɔ̃/	crissez /kʁi.se/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

• “crisser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.