croître

grow, increase

verb KRWAHTR Rare

Origin: Latin 'crescere' (to grow)

Usage Note

Croître is a formal or literary verb; in everyday speech grandir (for living things) or augmenter (for quantities) are more common. It is irregular: il croît (note the circumflex to distinguish from croire). The 1990 reform allows croitre without the circumflex. The noun croissance (f) (growth) is widely used.

Examples

"La population de la ville continue de croître."

Natural Translation

The city's population continues to grow.

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