croître

== French == === Alternative forms === croitre (post-1990 spelling) === Etymology === Inherited from Middle French croistre, from Old French croistre, creistre, from Latin crēscere. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kʁwatʁ/ ~ /kʁwɑtʁ/ === Verb === croître to grow Antonym: décroître ==== Conjugation ==== This verb takes an especially irregular conjugation, taking circumflexes in many forms, so as to distinguish from the forms of the verb croire. ==== Related terms ==== croissance croissant === Further reading === “croître”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012