décroître

See also: décroitre

French

Alternative forms

Etymology

From dé- +‎ croître or from Old French descreistre; perhaps corresponding to Latin decrēscere, but more likely an internal formation.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /de.kʁwatʁ/
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Verb

décroître

  1. (intransitive) to decrease

Conjugation

Some sources indicate the circumflexes are placed on the same forms than croître.
This verb is conjugated like croître except that it takes fewer circumflexes than that verb does.

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