construire
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See also: construiré
Etymology
Inherited from Old French construir, borrowed from Latin cōnstruere.
Pronunciation
Verb
construire
Conjugation
| 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 | – | – | – | ||||
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Conjugation of construire (see also Appendix:French verbs)
Derived terms
Related terms
Further reading
- “construire”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
Verb
construìre (first-person singular present construìsco, first-person singular past historic construìi, past participle construìto, auxiliary avére)
- (transitive, archaic) Alternative form of costruire
Conjugation
Including lesser-used forms:
1Archaic.
Related terms
Anagrams
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cōnstruere, present active infinitive of cōnstruō.
Verb
construire
- 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.
| 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
Etymology
Noun
construire f (plural construiri)
- construction (process of constructing)
- Synonym: construcție
Declension
| 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 | ||
Declension of construire
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