credere

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Italian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin crēdere (to believe), 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).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈkre.de.re/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -edere
  • Hyphenation: cré‧de‧re

Verb[edit]

crédere (first-person singular present crédo, first-person singular past historic credétti or (traditional) credètti, past participle credùto, auxiliary avére)

  1. to believe
  2. to think

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Further reading[edit]

  • credere in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Latin[edit]

Verb[edit]

crēdēre

  1. second-person singular future passive indicative of crēdō

Verb[edit]

crēdere

  1. inflection of crēdō:
    1. present active infinitive
    2. second-person singular present passive imperative/indicative
    crēdere — “to believe”

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From crede +‎ -re.

Noun[edit]

credere f (plural crederi)

  1. (dated) belief

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