What does crevasse in French mean?

What is the meaning of the word crevasse in French? The article explains the full meaning, pronunciation along with bilingual examples and instructions on how to use crevasse in French.

The word crevasse in French means crevasse, crack, split, chap, crack, burst, kill, burst, have a puncture, get a puncture, die, die, burst, work yourself to death, burst, die of, burst, kill. To learn more, please see the details below.

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Meaning of the word crevasse

crevasse

nom féminin (fente profonde)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
En été, des crevasses se forment à la surface de ce glacier.

crack, split, chap

nom féminin (gerçure)

(noun: Refers to person, place, thing, quality, etc.)
Cette pommade évite les crevasses aux lèvres dues au froid.

crack

verbe transitif (fissure, lézarder) (wall, ground)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")

burst

verbe transitif (faire éclater, percer)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Les pointes sur la route ont crevé le pneu de la voiture.
The spikes in the road burst the car's tyre.

kill

verbe transitif (familier (fatiguer, épuiser) (informal, figurative)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Ce marathon m'a crevé.
That marathon killed me!

burst

verbe intransitif (éclater)

(intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.")
Si tu le gonfles trop, le ballon va crever.
If you blow it up too much, the balloon will burst.

have a puncture, get a puncture

verbe intransitif (familier (être victime d'une crevaison)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Nous avons crevé en pleine campagne et avons dû attendre la dépanneuse 2 heures.
We got a puncture in the middle of the countryside and we had to wait for two hours for the recovery vehicle.

die

verbe intransitif (mourir)

(intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.")
Ça pue ici : je pense qu'une bête a dû crever dans un coin.
ⓘCette phrase n'est pas une traduction de la phrase originale. The goldfish snuffed it before we had even got it home.

die

verbe intransitif (argot (êtres humains : mourir)

(intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.")
Beaucoup de poilus crevèrent à Verdun.
Many French soldiers died at Verdun.

burst

verbe pronominal (familier (se percer)

(intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.")
Le ballon s'est crevé en tombant sur une punaise.
The balloon burst when it landed on a drawing pin.

work yourself to death

verbe pronominal (familier (se fatiguer extrêmement) (figurative)

(verbal expression: Phrase with special meaning functioning as verb--for example, "put their heads together," "come to an end.")
Ses parents se crèvent au travail pour qu'il puisse étudier.
His parents are working themselves to death so that he can go to school.

burst

verbe intransitif (percer un abcès)

(intransitive verb: Verb not taking a direct object--for example, "She jokes." "He has arrived.")
Il est soulagé, l'abcès a crevé.
He's in less pain now the abscess has burst.

die of

verbe intransitif (familier (ressentir très fortement un besoin) (figurative)

(phrasal verb, transitive, inseparable: Verb with adverb(s) or preposition(s), having special meaning, not divisible--for example,"go with" [=combine nicely]: "Those red shoes don't go with my dress." NOT [S]"Those red shoes don't go my dress with."[/S])
Il fait si chaud, nous crevons de soif.
It's so hot, we're dying of thirst.

burst

verbe transitif (faire une brèche, un trou)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
La poussée des eaux a crevé la digue.
The water pressure burst the dike.

kill

verbe transitif (argot (tuer) (informal)

(transitive verb: Verb taking a direct object--for example, "Say something." "She found the cat.")
Je vais te crever, sale ordure !!
I'm going to kill you, you bastard!

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