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construire
construire
See also: construiré
French
Verb
construire
- to build
Related terms
Conjugation
Conjugation of construire (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | construire | avoir construit | |||||
| gerund | en construisant | en ayant construit | |||||
| present participle | construisant /kɔ̃s.tʁɥi.zɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | construit /kɔ̃s.tʁɥi/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| 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/ |
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| past historic1 | construisis /kɔ̃s.tʁɥi.zi/ |
construisis /kɔ̃s.tʁɥi.zi/ |
construisit /kɔ̃s.tʁɥi.zi/ |
construisîmes /kɔ̃s.tʁɥi.zim/ |
construisîtes /kɔ̃s.tʁɥi.zit/ |
construisirent /kɔ̃s.tʁɥi.ziʁ/ |
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| 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/ |
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| 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/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | construise /kɔ̃s.tʁɥiz/ |
construises /kɔ̃s.tʁɥiz/ |
construise /kɔ̃s.tʁɥiz/ |
construisions /kɔ̃s.tʁɥi.zjɔ̃/ |
construisiez /kɔ̃s.tʁɥi.zje/ |
construisent /kɔ̃s.tʁɥiz/ |
| imperfect1 |
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/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | construis /kɔ̃s.tʁɥi/ |
— | construisons /kɔ̃s.tʁɥi.zɔ̃/ |
construisez /kɔ̃s.tʁɥi.ze/ |
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Anagrams
Italian
Verb
construire
- (transitive, obsolete) Variant of costruire.
Derived terms
Conjugation
Conjugation of construire
Anagrams
Old French
Etymology
Borrowing 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.
Conjugation of construire (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| infinitive | construire | avoir construit | |||||
| gerund | en construisant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the 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 | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the 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 | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | construi | — | construions | construiiez | — | ||
Descendants
- French: construire
Romanian
Noun
construire f
- construction (process of constructing)
This Romanian entry was created from the translations listed at construction. It may be less reliable than other entries, and may be missing parts of speech or additional senses. Please also see construire in the Romanian Wiktionary. This notice will be removed when the entry is checked. (more information) July 2009