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bâtir

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See also: batir

French

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Etymology

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From Middle French bastir, from Old French bastir, from Vulgar Latin *bastīre (to build, construct; weave, sew), borrowed from Frankish *bastijan (to sew, weave).

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ba.tiʁ/ ~ /bɑ.tiʁ/
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  • Rhymes: -iʁ

Verb

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bâtir

  1. to build; to construct
  2. to build up

Conjugation

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This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.

Derived terms

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Further reading

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