creire

Alternative forms

• craithe (Jersey)

Etymology

From Old French creire, croire, from Latin crēdere, present active infinitive of crēdō (“I believe”).

Verb

creire

1. (Guernsey, France) to think, believe

    Continental Norman - Conjugation

infinitive			creire
gerund			criyaunt
auxiliary			avaer
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		creu		creue
		plural		creus		creues
		singular			plural
		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		je (j')	tu (t')	i (il), o (ol), no (no-z-)	je	vos	i (il), o (ol)
	present	creis	creis	creit	criyoums	criyiz	creient
	imperfect	criyeis	criyeis	criyeit	criyioums	criyiaez	criyeient
	preterite	creus (or criyis)	creus (or criyis)	creut (or criyit)	creûmes (or criyîmes)	creûtes (or criyîtes)	creûtent (or criyîtent)
	future	creirai	creiras	creira	creiroums	creiraez	creirount
	conditional	creireis	creireis	creireit	creirioums	creiriaez	creireient
subjunctive		qùe je (j')	qùe te (t')	qù'i (il), qù'o (ol), qùe no (no-z-)	qùe je	qùe vos	qù'i (il), qù'o (ol)
	present	creie (or creige)	creies (or creiges)	creie (or creige)	criyioums (or creigioums)	criyiaez (or creigiaez)	creient (or creigent)
	imperfect	creusse (or criyisse)	creusses (or criyisses)	creusse (or criyisse)	creussioums (or criyissioums)	creussiaez (or criyissiaez)	creûtent (or criyîtent)
imperative		—	tu	—	je	vos	—
	affirmative		creis		criyoums	criyiz
	past		(a)ie creu		ayoums creu	ayaez creu

Alternative forms

• criyaunche

Alternative forms

• créder, créser

Etymology

From Old Occitan creire, from Latin crēdere, present active infinitive of crēdō.

Verb

creire

1. to believe

Verb

creire

1. Alternative form of croire

Etymology

From Latin crēdere, present active infinitive of crēdō.

Verb

creire

1. to believe

References

• von Wartburg, Walther (1928-2002), “crēdere”, in Französisches Etymologisches Wörterbuch (in German), volume 20, page 1298