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

Frequency

A1
Pronounced as (IPA)
/kʁwaʁ/
Etymology

In summary

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.

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