constituer

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin cōnstituō.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kɔ̃s.ti.tɥe/
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Verb

constituer

  1. to constitute
  2. to make up
  3. (reflexive) to build up

Conjugation
Conjugation of constituer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple constituer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple constituant
/kɔ̃s.ti.tɥɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle constitué
/kɔ̃s.ti.tɥe/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present constitue
/kɔ̃s.ti.ty/		 constitues
/kɔ̃s.ti.ty/		 constitue
/kɔ̃s.ti.ty/		 constituons
/kɔ̃s.ti.tɥɔ̃/		 constituez
/kɔ̃s.ti.tɥe/		 constituent
/kɔ̃s.ti.ty/
imperfect constituais
/kɔ̃s.ti.tɥɛ/		 constituais
/kɔ̃s.ti.tɥɛ/		 constituait
/kɔ̃s.ti.tɥɛ/		 constituions
/kɔ̃s.ti.ty.jɔ̃/		 constituiez
/kɔ̃s.ti.ty.je/		 constituaient
/kɔ̃s.ti.tɥɛ/
past historic2 constituai
/kɔ̃s.ti.tɥe/		 constituas
/kɔ̃s.ti.tɥa/		 constitua
/kɔ̃s.ti.tɥa/		 constituâmes
/kɔ̃s.ti.tɥam/		 constituâtes
/kɔ̃s.ti.tɥat/		 constituèrent
/kɔ̃s.ti.tɥɛʁ/
future constituerai
/kɔ̃s.ti.ty.ʁe/		 constitueras
/kɔ̃s.ti.ty.ʁa/		 constituera
/kɔ̃s.ti.ty.ʁa/		 constituerons
/kɔ̃s.ti.ty.ʁɔ̃/		 constituerez
/kɔ̃s.ti.ty.ʁe/		 constitueront
/kɔ̃s.ti.ty.ʁɔ̃/
conditional constituerais
/kɔ̃s.ti.ty.ʁɛ/		 constituerais
/kɔ̃s.ti.ty.ʁɛ/		 constituerait
/kɔ̃s.ti.ty.ʁɛ/		 constituerions
/kɔ̃s.ti.ty.ʁjɔ̃/		 constitueriez
/kɔ̃s.ti.ty.ʁje/		 constitueraient
/kɔ̃s.ti.ty.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 constitue
/kɔ̃s.ti.ty/		 constitues
/kɔ̃s.ti.ty/		 constitue
/kɔ̃s.ti.ty/		 constituions
/kɔ̃s.ti.ty.jɔ̃/		 constituiez
/kɔ̃s.ti.ty.je/		 constituent
/kɔ̃s.ti.ty/
imperfect2 constituasse
/kɔ̃s.ti.tɥas/		 constituasses
/kɔ̃s.ti.tɥas/		 constituât
/kɔ̃s.ti.tɥa/		 constituassions
/kɔ̃s.ti.tɥa.sjɔ̃/		 constituassiez
/kɔ̃s.ti.tɥa.sje/		 constituassent
/kɔ̃s.ti.tɥas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — constitue
/kɔ̃s.ti.ty/		 — constituons
/kɔ̃s.ti.tɥɔ̃/		 constituez
/kɔ̃s.ti.tɥe/		 —
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:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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