accroître

== French == === Alternative forms === accroitre (post-1990 spelling) === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French accroistre, from Old French acroistre, acreistre, inherited from Latin accrēscere. By surface analysis, a- +‎ croître. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /a.kʁwatʁ/ === Verb === accroître (transitive) to increase (reflexive, s'accroître) to increase, to grow ==== Conjugation ==== This verb is conjugated like croître except that it takes fewer circumflexes than that verb does. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “accroître”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012