craindre

Meaning

1. (transitive) to fear
2. (intransitive, slang) to suck (to be unwanted or bad)

Concepts

fear

😨

be afraid

dread

be afraid of

worry

have fear

be nervous

be scare

be scared of

be shy

flee from

be susceptible

care

concern

interest

occupy

afraid of

Synonyms

redouter

avoir peur

😨

avoir peur de

peur

😨

crainte

😨

avoir la colique

appréhender

intérêt

occuper

peureux

😨

poltron

porter

préoccuper

respecter

soin

souci

angoissé

😟

bénéficier

être effrayé

se méfier

s’inquiéter

agir

soucier

avoirpeur

encourager

éviter

inquiéter

intégrer

intéresser

Translations

temer

😨

fürchten

😨

vrezen

😨

korkmak

😨

befürchten

😨

duchten

😨

schromen

😨

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kʁɛ̃dʁ/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French: -

Inherited from Old French: criembre

Cognate with Breton: kridien

Cognate with Scottish Gaelic: crith

Cognate with Occitan: crénher

In summary

Inherited from Middle French, from Old French criembre, criendre (later creindre), from Classical Latin tremere, from Proto-Indo-European *trem- (“to tremble”). Altered into a regional Gallo-Romance Vulgar Latin form *cremere, with the initial c- under the influence of the Celtic root *krit- (Breton kridien, Scottish Gaelic crith), ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *krey-. Compare the similar Occitan crénher.

Sentences

Elle sembla le craindre .

She seemed to fear him.

Et de cette façon nous n’aurons point à craindre d’incendie.

And in this way we will not have to fear a fire.