croire

Signification

1. to believe (someone)
2. to believe, to accept as true
3. to believe, to have faith
4. to think of oneself as, to consider oneself

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/kʁwaʁ/

Étymologie

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.

Phrases

On ne veut pas qu’il commence à se croire responsable .

We don't want him to start thinking he's responsible.

Pour croire à la pieuvre , il faut l’avoir vue .

To believe in the octopus, you have to have seen it.