croire

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French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French creire, croire, from Latin crēdere, from Proto-Italic *krezðō, from Proto-Indo-European *ḱred dʰeh₁- (to place one's heart, i.e. to trust, believe), compound phrase of oblique case form of *ḱḗr (heart) and *dʰeh₁- (to put, place, set).

See cognates in regional languages in France : Norman creire, Gallo craire, Picard croère, Bourguignon croire, Franco-Provençal crêre, Occitan creire or créser, Corsican credè.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /kʁwaʁ/
  • Audio:(file)

Verb

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croire

  1. (transitive) to believe (someone)
    Il jure qu’il dit la vérité. Je ne le crois pas.
    He swears that he's telling the truth. I do not believe him.
    Je crois que c’est vrai.
    I believe that it is true.
  2. to believe, to accept as true [with à ‘something’]
    croire à quelque choseto believe in something
    Les français croient à l’amour.
    The French believe in love.
    Croyez-vous à l’existence de Dieu?
    Do you believe in the existence of God?
    Nous croyons à la venue du messie.
    We believe in the coming of the Messiah.
  3. to believe, to have faith [with en ‘in’]
    croire en quelqu’un, en quelque choseto have faith in someone, in something
    Oui, je crois en Dieu.
    Yes, I believe in God.
    Je crois en toi.
    I have faith in you.
    Il ne croit qu’en soi.
    He only believes in himself.
    • 2013, Zaz, Je rentre:
      Je fais la promesse de ne plus croire en ce qui me ment / Ne plus me nier dans ma souffrance
      I promise to stop believing in things that deceive me / To no longer deny myself in my suffering
  4. (reflexive, often followed by an adjective) to think of oneself as, to consider oneself
    Il se croit parfait.
    He thinks he's perfect.

Conjugation

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Derived terms

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Descendants

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  • Saint Dominican Creole French: crére
    • Haitian Creole: kwè

Further reading

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Old French

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Alternative forms

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Etymology

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From Latin crēdere.

Pronunciation

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  • (archaic) IPA(key): /ˈkɾei̯ðɾə/
  • (classical) IPA(key): /ˈkɾoi̯ɾə/, (northern) /ˈkɾei̯ɾə/

Verb

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croire

  1. to believe
  2. (reflexive, se croire) to think oneself (to be)
    Se croire [estre] le rei - to think oneself to be the king

Conjugation

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This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem croi distinct from the unstressed stem cre, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Descendants

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References

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  • “Appendix E: Irregular Verbs” in E. Einhorn (1974), Old French: A Concise Handbook, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 152

Romanian

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Etymology

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From croi +‎ -re.

Noun

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croire f (plural croiri)

  1. tailoring

Declension

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References

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  • croire in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN