croître

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See also: croitre

French

Alternative forms

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French croistre, from Old French croistre, creistre, from Latin crēscere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kʁwatʁ/ ~ /kʁwɑtʁ/
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Verb

croître

  1. to grow
    Antonym: décroître

Conjugation

This verb takes an especially irregular conjugation, taking circumflexes in many forms, so as to distinguish from the forms of the verb croire.

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