croire

== French == === Etymology === Inherited from Old French creire, croire, from Latin crēdere. Cognates with Norman creire, Gallo craire, Picard croère, Bourguignon croire, Franco-Provençal crêre, Occitan creire, créser, Corsican credè. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kʁwaʁ/ === Verb === croire (transitive) to believe (someone) to believe, to accept as true [with à ‘something’] croire à quelque chose ― to believe in something to believe, to have faith [with en ‘in’] croire en quelqu'un, en quelque chose ― to have faith in someone, in something (reflexive, often followed by an adjective) to think of oneself as, to consider oneself ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== croyance ==== Descendants ==== Mauritian Creole: krwar Saint Dominican Creole French: crére Haitian Creole: kwè === Further reading === “croire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Old French == === Alternative forms === credre, creidre (archaic) craire, creire (northern) === Etymology === From Latin crēdere. === Pronunciation === (archaic) IPA(key): /ˈkɾei̯ðɾə/ (classical) IPA(key): /ˈkɾoi̯ɾə/, (northern) /ˈkɾei̯ɾə/ === Verb === croire to believe (reflexive, se croire) to think oneself (to be) Se croire [estre] le rei - to think oneself to be the king ==== Conjugation ==== 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 ==== Bourguignon: croire French: croire Gallo: craire Norman: creire, craithe Picard: croère Walloon: croere === References === “Appendix E: Irregular Verbs” in E. Einhorn (1974), Old French: A Concise Handbook, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 152 == Romanian == === Etymology === From croi +‎ -re. === Noun === croire f (plural croiri) tailoring ==== Declension ==== === References === croire in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN