# croire
## French
### 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.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /kʁwaʁ/
* Audio:(file)

### Verb

croire
* (transitive) to believe (someone)
    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.
    Je crois que c’est vrai.I believe that it is true.
* to believe, to accept as true [with à ‘something’]
    croire à quelque chose ― to believe in something
    Les français croient à l’amour.The French believe in love.
    Croyez-vous à l’existence de Dieu?Do you believe in the existence of God?
    Nous croyons à la venue du messie.We believe in the coming of the Messiah.
* to believe, to have faith [with en ‘in’]
    croire en quelqu’un, en quelque chose ― to have faith in someone, in something
    Oui, je crois en Dieu.Yes, I believe in God.
    Je crois en toi.I have faith in you.
    Il ne croit qu’en soi.He only believes in himself.
** 2013, Zaz, Je rentre:Je fais la promesse de ne plus croire en ce qui me ment / Ne plus me nier dans ma souffranceI promise to stop believing in things that deceive me / To no longer deny myself in my suffering
* (reflexive, often followed by an adjective) to think of oneself as, to consider oneself
    Il se croit parfait.He thinks he's perfect.

#### Derived terms

* à en croire
* croire dur comme fer
* croire sur parole
* croyez-le ou non
* il faut le voir pour le croire
* ne pas croire si bien dire
* ne pas en croire ses oreilles
* ne pas en croire ses yeux
* que tu crois
* recroire
* se croire le premier moutardier du pape
* se croire sorti de la cuisse de Jupiter
* tel est pris qui croyait prendre

#### Related terms

* croyance

#### Descendants

* Saint Dominican Creole French: crére
** Haitian Creole: kwè

### Further reading

* “croire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Old French
### Alternative forms

* credre, creidre (archaic)
* craire, creire (northern)

### Etymology

From Latin crēdere.

### Pronunciation

* (archaic) IPA: /ˈkɾei̯ðɾə/
* (classical) IPA: /ˈkɾoi̯ɾə/, (northern) /ˈkɾei̯ɾə/

### Verb

croire
* to believe
* (reflexive, se croire) to think oneself (to be)
    Se croire [estre] le rei - to think oneself to be the king

#### Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has a stressed present stem croi distinct from the unstressed stem cre, as well as other irregularities. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

#### Descendants

* Bourguignon: croire
* French: croire
* Gallo: craire
* Norman: creire, craithe
* Picard: croère
* Walloon: croere

### References

* “Appendix E: Irregular Verbs” in E. Einhorn (1974), Old French: A Concise Handbook, Cambridge, UK: Cambridge University Press, →ISBN, page 152

## Romanian
### Etymology

From croi +‎ -re.

### Noun

croire f (plural croiri)
* tailoring

#### Declension
### References

* croire in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN