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.

Conjugation of croître (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple croître
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple croissant
/kʁwa.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle crû
/kʁy/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present croîs
/kʁwa/ 		croîs
/kʁwa/ 		croît
/kʁwa/ 		croissons
/kʁwa.sɔ̃/ 		croissez
/kʁwa.se/ 		croissent
/kʁwas/
imperfect croissais
/kʁwa.sɛ/ 		croissais
/kʁwa.sɛ/ 		croissait
/kʁwa.sɛ/ 		croissions
/kʁwa.sjɔ̃/ 		croissiez
/kʁwa.sje/ 		croissaient
/kʁwa.sɛ/
past historic2 crûs
/kʁy/ 		crûs
/kʁy/ 		crût
/kʁy/ 		crûmes
/kʁym/ 		crûtes
/kʁyt/ 		crûrent
/kʁyʁ/
future croîtrai
/kʁwa.tʁe/ 		croîtras
/kʁwa.tʁa/ 		croîtra
/kʁwa.tʁa/ 		croîtrons
/kʁwa.tʁɔ̃/ 		croîtrez
/kʁwa.tʁe/ 		croîtront
/kʁwa.tʁɔ̃/
conditional croîtrais
/kʁwa.tʁɛ/ 		croîtrais
/kʁwa.tʁɛ/ 		croîtrait
/kʁwa.tʁɛ/ 		croîtrions
/kʁwa.tʁi.jɔ̃/ 		croîtriez
/kʁwa.tʁi.je/ 		croîtraient
/kʁwa.tʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present croisse
/kʁwas/ 		croisses
/kʁwas/ 		croisse
/kʁwas/ 		croissions
/kʁwa.sjɔ̃/ 		croissiez
/kʁwa.sje/ 		croissent
/kʁwas/
imperfect2 crûsse
/kʁys/ 		crûsses
/kʁys/ 		crût
/kʁy/ 		crûssions
/kʁy.sjɔ̃/ 		crûssiez
/kʁy.sje/ 		crûssent
/kʁys/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — croîs
/kʁwa/ 		— croissons
/kʁwa.sɔ̃/ 		croissez
/kʁwa.se/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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