accroître

/a.kʁwatʁ/

verb B1

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

V Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Common Domain General Tone Neutral
Word fingerprint: Register: neutral. Era: current. Frequency: common. Domain: general. Connotation: neutral.

Forms

present
accroît
past
a accru
perfect
accru

Meaning

  1. to increase

V Category Occurrence Concreteness Concrete Agency Voluntary Duration Durative Transitivity Transitive
Meaning fingerprint: Category: occurrence. Concreteness: concrete. Agency: voluntary. Duration: durative. Transitivity: transitive.

Similar words

augmenter

accroître is more formal or literary; augmenter is the everyday word — both mean "to increase."

Practice

1 What does accroître mean?

2 Fill the gap: Cette technologie ___ la productivité.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches accroître?

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