croîtrons

Croîtrons is the first-person plural future simple form of the French verb croître, meaning to grow or to increase. As a finite verb form, it is used to express that the subject will experience growth at a future time. The form is encountered in literary, formal, and some historical texts, but is less common in everyday spoken French, where other constructions often convey future meaning.

Etymology and related forms: Croître comes from Latin crescere, via Old French croistre. The spelling and accentuation, including the circumflex on the i in croître, reflect historical vowel changes and the loss of certain consonants over time. Related words include croissance (growth) and croissant (crescent or growing, depending on context). The root croîtr- also appears in other conjugated forms such as je croîtrai, tu croîtras, il croîtra, nous croîtrons, vous croîtrez, ils croîtront.

Conjugation notes: The future simple endings attach to the stem croîtr-, yielding je croîtrai, tu croîtras, il croîtra, nous croîtrons, vous croîtrez, ils croîtront. The form croisibly marks a definite future action of growth or increase for the subject “we.” It is easy to confuse croître with croire (to believe), whose future form is croirons; the meanings and verbs are distinct despite phonetic similarity.

Usage considerations: Croîtrons is primarily a literary or formal device rather than a common colloquial choice. It may appear in prose discussing long-term growth, demographic trends, economies, or natural processes when a precise, formal tone is desired. As with other verb forms, context determines whether croître is used as a dynamic action in the future or as part of a broader narrative about change.

See also: croître, croissance, croissant.