No. 144 in French
doivent
"Doivent" means "must" or "have to" (third person plural of "devoir").
In a sentence
Les étudiants doivent terminer leurs devoirs avant demain.
The students must finish their homework before tomorrow.
obligation
Ces fleurs doivent pousser rapidement sous cette lumière.
These flowers should grow quickly under this light.
expectation
Les clés doivent être quelque part dans la maison.
The keys must be somewhere in the house.
probability
Hear it in real podcasts
The recording above is a synthetic voice. Hear how people say “doivent” in actual French podcasts.
Find “doivent” in podcastsLearn it from shows you like
LangTurbo plays French podcasts with a transcript and the English under every line. Tap a word like this one and it tells you what it means right there. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
Learning English?
LangTurbo plays real English podcasts with every line translated into français, and tells you what any word means in that sentence. For iPhone, iPad and Android.
French books and courses on Amazon (an affiliate link: a purchase through it supports this site).