destruire

See also: destruiré

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French destruire, from Vulgar Latin *destrugere, present active infinitive of *destrugō, from Classical Latin dēstruō, from dē- (“un-, de-”) + struō (“I build”).

Verb

destruire

1. to destroy

Descendants

• French: détruire

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Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *destrugere, present active infinitive of *destrugō, from Classical Latin dēstruō, from dē- (“un-, de-”) + struō (“I build”).

Verb

destruire

1. to destroy
   • circa 1250, Rutebeuf, Ci encoumence li diz de la voie de tunes:

     Il a destruiz les biens que Dieux li a prestei

     He has destroyed the goods that God has lent to him

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 destruire (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		destruire			avoir destruit
gerund		en destruisant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		destruisant
past participle		destruit
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	destrui	destruis	destruit	destruions	destruiiez	destruient
	imperfect	destruisoie, destruiseie	destruisoies, destruiseies	destruisoit, destruiseit	destruisiiens, destruisiens	destruisiiez, destruisiez	destruisoient, destruiseient
	preterite	destruis	destruisis	destruist	destruisimes	destruisistes	destruistrent
	future	destruirai	destruiras	destruira	destruirons	destruiroiz, destruireiz, destruirez	destruiront
	conditional	destruiroie, destruireie	destruiroies, destruireies	destruiroit, destruireit	destruiriiens, destruiriens	destruiriiez, destruiriez	destruiroient, destruireient
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	destruie	destruies	destruie	destruiiens, destruions	destruiiez	destruient
	imperfect	destruisisse	destruisisses	destruisist	destruisissons, destruisissiens	destruisissoiz, destruisissez, destruisissiez	destruisissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	destrui	—	destruions	destruiiez	—

Descendants

• English: destroy
• Middle French: destruire
  • French: détruire
• Norman: dêtruithe (Jersey)