le

masculine

/kʁe.di/

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Translation

credit, loan

Word origin

From Italian credito, from Latin creditum ('a loan, a thing entrusted'), the past participle of credere ('to believe, to entrust'). English 'credit', 'creed' and 'credible' come from the same verb.

Origin: Latin
Root: creditum
English cognates: credit, creed, credible

Grammar

Gendermasculine

Pluralcrédits

Examples

We bought the car on credit.

The bank refused him a loan.

I have very little credit left on my phone.

électeurs .

His standing with the voters has fallen a great deal.

We have been paying off this loan for ten years.

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This word is part of lesson 33.