croire
French, verb/kʁwaʁ/
croire is spelled C-R-O-I-R-E (6 letters) and appears 141 times per million words in written French, the 579th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Croire is a French verb meaning “to believe (someone)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Tenir pour véritable”.
What does croire mean in English?
verb
- 1
to believe (someone)
Il jure qu'il dit la vérité. Je ne le crois pas.
- 2
to believe, to accept as true
croire à quelque chose
- 3
to believe, to have faith
croire en quelqu'un, en quelque chose
- 4
to think of oneself as, to consider oneself
Il se croit parfait.
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Tenir pour véritable. 2. Avoir la foi et recevoir avec soumission d’esprit tout ce que la religion enseigne. 3. Tenir pour sincère ou véridique. 4. S’en rapporter à quelqu’un, à quelque chose.
noun: 1. Phénomène par lequel l’individu ou une collectivité a tendance à croire à quelque chose de l’ordre du spirituel.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of croire
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- croyant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- cru participle past
- crois first-person indicative present
- croit indicative present singular
- croyons first-person indicative plural
- croyez indicative plural present
- croient indicative plural present
- croyais first-person imperfect indicative
- croyait imperfect indicative singular
- croyions first-person imperfect indicative
- croyiez imperfect indicative plural
- croyaient imperfect indicative plural
- crus first-person historic indicative
- crut historic indicative past
- crûmes first-person historic indicative
- crûtes historic indicative past
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce croire?
- /kʁwaʁ/
- /kʁwɑʁ/
- \kʁwaʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to croire
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is croire in French?
croire appears 141 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).