croire

Meaning

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

Concepts

believe

think

acknowledge

recognize

accredit

deem

suppose

admit

trust

guess

feel

opine

recognise

account

have faith in

consider

reckon

imagine

conceive

avow

concede

credit

believe in

confide in

place trust in

hold

judge

calculate

have trust in

be of the opinion

hope

know

take for

view as

intend

mean

find

avouch

receipt

notice

discern

distinguish

make out

pick out

spot

tell apart

cede

grant

yield

accommodate

allow

rely

buy

recall

recollect

remember

remind

administer justice

appreciate

assess

estimate

evaluate

qualify

reason

try

understand

expect

believes

Pronounced as (IPA)

/kʁwaʁ/

Etymology

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.

Sentences

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.