croître

French

Alternative forms

• croitre

Etymology

From Latin crescere, present active infinitive of crescō.

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /kʁwatʁ/, X-SAMPA: /kRwatR/

Verb

croître

1. to grow

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)

		simple			compound
infinitive		croître			avoir crû
gerund		en croissant			en ayant crû
present participle		croissant
past participle		crû
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	croîs	croîs	croît	croissons	croissez	croissent
	imperfect	croissais	croissais	croissait	croissions	croissiez	croissaient
	past historic1	crûs	crûs	crût	crûmes	crûtes	crurent
	future	croîtrai	croîtras	croîtra	croîtrons	croîtrez	croîtront
	conditional	croîtrais	croîtrais	croîtrait	croîtrions	croîtriez	croîtraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	croisse	croisses	croisse	croissions	croissiez	croissent
	imperfect1	crûsse	crûsses	crût	crussions	crussiez	crussent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	croîs	—	croissons	croissez	—
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Antonyms

• décroître

Related terms

• croissance
• croissant