construire

See also: construiré

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kɔ̃s.tʁɥiʁ/
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Verb

construire

  1. to build
    Antonym: détruire

Conjugation
Conjugation of construire (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle construisant
/kɔ̃s.tʁɥi.zɑ̃/
past participle construit
/kɔ̃s.tʁɥi/
infinitive
simple construire
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple construisant
/kɔ̃s.tʁɥi.zɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle 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 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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Anagrams

Italian

Verb

construire

  1. (transitive, obsolete) Variant of costruire.

Conjugation
    Conjugation of construire
infinitive construire
auxiliary verb avere gerund construendo
present participle construente past participle construito
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present construisco construisci construisce construiamo construite construiscono
imperfect construivo construivi construiva construivamo construivate construivano
past historic construii construisti construì construimmo construiste construirono
future construirò construirai construirà construiremo construirete construiranno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present construirei construiresti construirebbe construiremmo construireste construirebbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present construisca construisca construisca construiamo construiate construiscano
imperfect construissi construissi construisse construissimo construiste construissero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
construisci, non construire construisca construiamo construite construiscano

Derived terms

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 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

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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