construire

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See also: construiré

French

Etymology

From Old French construir, borrowed from Latin cōnstruere, present active infinitive of cōnstruō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ̃s.tʁɥiʁ/
  • audio:(file)

Verb

construire

  1. to build
    Antonym: détruire

Conjugation

Conjugation of construire (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple construire
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple construisant
/kɔ̃s.tʁɥi.zɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle construit
/kɔ̃s.tʁɥi/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present construis
/kɔ̃s.tʁɥi/ 		construis
/kɔ̃s.tʁɥi/ 		construit
/kɔ̃s.tʁɥi/ 		construisons
/kɔ̃s.tʁɥi.zɔ̃/ 		construisez
/kɔ̃s.tʁɥi.ze/ 		construisent
/kɔ̃s.tʁɥiz/
imperfect construisais
/kɔ̃s.tʁɥi.zɛ/ 		construisais
/kɔ̃s.tʁɥi.zɛ/ 		construisait
/kɔ̃s.tʁɥi.zɛ/ 		construisions
/kɔ̃s.tʁɥi.zjɔ̃/ 		construisiez
/kɔ̃s.tʁɥi.zje/ 		construisaient
/kɔ̃s.tʁɥi.zɛ/
past historic2 construisis
/kɔ̃s.tʁɥi.zi/ 		construisis
/kɔ̃s.tʁɥi.zi/ 		construisit
/kɔ̃s.tʁɥi.zi/ 		construisîmes
/kɔ̃s.tʁɥi.zim/ 		construisîtes
/kɔ̃s.tʁɥi.zit/ 		construisirent
/kɔ̃s.tʁɥi.ziʁ/
future construirai
/kɔ̃s.tʁɥi.ʁe/ 		construiras
/kɔ̃s.tʁɥi.ʁa/ 		construira
/kɔ̃s.tʁɥi.ʁa/ 		construirons
/kɔ̃s.tʁɥi.ʁɔ̃/ 		construirez
/kɔ̃s.tʁɥi.ʁe/ 		construiront
/kɔ̃s.tʁɥi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional construirais
/kɔ̃s.tʁɥi.ʁɛ/ 		construirais
/kɔ̃s.tʁɥi.ʁɛ/ 		construirait
/kɔ̃s.tʁɥi.ʁɛ/ 		construirions
/kɔ̃s.tʁɥi.ʁjɔ̃/ 		construiriez
/kɔ̃s.tʁɥi.ʁje/ 		construiraient
/kɔ̃s.tʁɥi.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present construise
/kɔ̃s.tʁɥiz/ 		construises
/kɔ̃s.tʁɥiz/ 		construise
/kɔ̃s.tʁɥiz/ 		construisions
/kɔ̃s.tʁɥi.zjɔ̃/ 		construisiez
/kɔ̃s.tʁɥi.zje/ 		construisent
/kɔ̃s.tʁɥiz/
imperfect2 construisisse
/kɔ̃s.tʁɥi.zis/ 		construisisses
/kɔ̃s.tʁɥi.zis/ 		construisît
/kɔ̃s.tʁɥi.zi/ 		construisissions
/kɔ̃s.tʁɥi.zi.sjɔ̃/ 		construisissiez
/kɔ̃s.tʁɥi.zi.sje/ 		construisissent
/kɔ̃s.tʁɥi.zis/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — construis
/kɔ̃s.tʁɥi/ 		— construisons
/kɔ̃s.tʁɥi.zɔ̃/ 		construisez
/kɔ̃s.tʁɥi.ze/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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Italian

Verb

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  1. (transitive) Obsolete form of costruire.

Conjugation

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Anagrams

Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cōnstruere, present active infinitive of cōnstruō.

Verb

construire

  1. to build

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb ends in a palatal stem, so there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of construire (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive construire avoir construit
gerund en construisant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle construisant
past participle construit
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses 		present construi construis construit construions construiiez construient
imperfect construisoie, construiseie construisoies, construiseies construisoit, construiseit construisiiens, construisiens construisiiez, construisiez construisoient, construiseient
preterite construis construisis construist construisimes construisistes construistrent
future construirai construiras construira construirons construiroiz, construireiz, construirez construiront
conditional construiroie, construireie construiroies, construireies construiroit, construireit construiriiens, construiriens construiriiez, construiriez construiroient, construireient
compound
tenses 		present perfect present tense of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
past anterior preterite tense of avoir + past participle
future perfect future tense of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses 		present construie construies construie construiiens, construions construiiez construient
imperfect construisisse construisisses construisist construisissons, construisissiens construisissoiz, construisissez, construisissiez construisissent
compound
tenses 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— construi — construions construiiez —

Descendants

  • French: construire

Romanian

Etymology

construi +‎ -re

Noun

construire f (plural construiri)

  1. construction (process of constructing)

Declension

Declension of construire
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (o) construire construirea (niște) construiri construirile
genitive/dative (unei) construiri construirii (unor) construiri construirilor
vocative construire, construireo construirilor

Synonyms

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