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)
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 – 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 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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Italian

Verb

construìre (first-person singular present construìsco, first-person singular past historic construìi, past participle construìto, auxiliary avére)

  1. (transitive, archaic) Alternative form of costruire

Conjugation
    Conjugation of construìre (-ire) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive construìre
auxiliary verb avére gerund construèndo
present participle construènte past participle construìto
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present construìsco construìsci construìsce construiàmo construìte construìscono
imperfect construìvo construìvi construìva construivàmo construivàte construìvano
past historic construìi construìsti construì construìmmo construìste construìrono
future construirò construirài construirà construirémo construiréte construirànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present construirèi construirésti construirèbbe, construirébbe construirémmo construiréste construirèbbero, construirébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present construìsca construìsca construìsca construiàmo construiàte construìscano
imperfect construìssi construìssi construìsse construìssimo construìste construìssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
construìsci construìsca construiàmo construìte construìscano
negative imperative non construìre non construìsca non construiàmo non construìte non construìscano

Including lesser-used forms:

    Conjugation of construìre (-ire; irregular) (See Appendix:Italian verbs)
infinitive construìre
auxiliary verb avére gerund construèndo
present participle construènte past participle construìto, constrùtto1
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present construìsco construìsci construìsce construiàmo construìte construìscono
imperfect construìvo construìvi construìva construivàmo construivàte construìvano
past historic construìi, constrùssi1 construìsti construì, constrùsse1 construìmmo construìste construìrono, constrùssero1
future construirò construirài construirà construirémo construiréte construirànno
conditional io tu lui/lei, esso/essa noi voi loro, essi/esse
present construirèi construirésti construirèbbe, construirébbe construirémmo construiréste construirèbbero, construirébbero
subjunctive che io che tu che lui/che lei, che esso/che essa che noi che voi che loro, che essi/che esse
present construìsca construìsca construìsca construiàmo construiàte construìscano
imperfect construìssi construìssi construìsse construìssimo construìste construìssero
imperative — tu Lei noi voi Loro
construìsci construìsca construiàmo construìte construìscano
negative imperative non construìre non construìsca non construiàmo non construìte non construìscano

1Archaic.

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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
  • French: construire

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

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