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croire

/kʁwaʁ/

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verb/kʁwaʁ/

to believe (someone); to believe, to accept as true; to believe, to have faith; to think of oneself as, to consider oneself

Il jure qu'il dit la vérité. Je ne le crois pas.He swears that he's telling the truth. I do not believe him.

Inherited from Old French creire, croire, from Latin crēdere. Cognates with Norman creire, Gallo craire, Picard croère, Bourguignon croire, Franco-Provençal crêre, Occitan creire, créser, Corsican credè.