croit

Croit is the third-person singular present indicative form of the French verb croire, meaning to believe. It is used to express that someone believes, assumes, or is convinced of something in the present.

Croit comes from the verb croire, which is irregular in its present tense. The full present tense of croire is: je crois, tu crois, il croit, nous croyons, vous croyez, ils croient. It is important to distinguish this from the verb croître (to grow), whose third-person singular present indicative is il croît (with a circumflex). The forms crois, croit, croyons, croyez, croient are unique to croire and do not apply to croître.

Pronunciation of croit is typically /kwa/. The final t is not pronounced, so il croit sounds like “il kwa.”

Usage notes: Croit is used with a clause or proposition introduced by que or with other constructions to express belief. For example: Il croit que tout va bien (He believes that everything is fine). Elle croit en lui (She believes in him). In questions, one can say: Croyez-vous à ces idées? In negative form: Il ne croit pas.

Related forms include the present participle croyant and the noun croyance (belief). Verbs related in meaning include croire itself and its related forms in various tenses.

See also: croire, croître, croyant, croyance.