No. 269 in French

créer

To create.

In a sentence

Marie aime créer des peintures pendant son temps libre.
Marie likes to create paintings during her free time.
In this sentence, 'créer' is used in its primary sense of 'to create', referring to the artistic or generative act of producing something new.
Ils ont décidé de créer une nouvelle entreprise ensemble.
They decided to create a new company together.
Here, 'créer' conveys the initiation or foundation of an organization or project, emphasizing the start of something.
Ce film a réussi à créer une atmosphère de mystère captivante.
This movie managed to create a captivating atmosphere of mystery.
In this instance, 'créer' signifies evoking or generating a particular feeling or environment.

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