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bâtir

bâtir

See also: batir

French

Verb

bâtir

  1. to build; to construct
  2. to build up

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Conjugation

This is a regular verb of the second conjugation, like finir, choisir, and most other verbs with infinitives ending in -ir. One salient feature of this conjugation is the repeated appearance of the infix -iss-.

  Conjugation of bâtir (see also Appendix:French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive bâtir avoir bâti
gerund en bâtissant en ayant bâti
present participle bâtissant
/bɑ.ti.sɑ̃/
past participle bâti
/bɑ.ti/
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il nous vous ils
simple
tenses		 present bâtis
/bɑ.ti/ 		bâtis
/bɑ.ti/ 		bâtit
/bɑ.ti/ 		bâtissons
/bɑ.ti.sɔ̃/ 		bâtissez
/bɑ.ti.se/ 		bâtissent
/bɑ.tis/
imperfect bâtissais
/bɑ.ti.sɛ/ 		bâtissais
/bɑ.ti.sɛ/ 		bâtissait
/bɑ.ti.sɛ/ 		bâtissions
/bɑ.ti.sjɔ̃/ 		bâtissiez
/bɑ.ti.sje/ 		bâtissaient
/bɑ.ti.sɛ/
past historic1 bâtis
/bɑ.ti/ 		bâtis
/bɑ.ti/ 		bâtit
/bɑ.ti/ 		bâtîmes
/bɑ.tim/ 		bâtîtes
/bɑ.tit/ 		bâtirent
/bɑ.tiʁ/
future bâtirai
/bɑ.ti.ʁe/ 		bâtiras
/bɑ.ti.ʁa/ 		bâtira
/bɑ.ti.ʁa/ 		bâtirons
/bɑ.ti.ʁɔ̃/ 		bâtirez
/bɑ.ti.ʁe/ 		bâtiront
/bɑ.ti.ʁɔ̃/
conditional bâtirais
/bɑ.ti.ʁɛ/ 		bâtirais
/bɑ.ti.ʁɛ/ 		bâtirait
/bɑ.ti.ʁɛ/ 		bâtirions
/bɑ.ti.ʁjɔ̃/ 		bâtiriez
/bɑ.ti.ʁje/ 		bâtiraient
/bɑ.ti.ʁɛ/
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 bâtisse
/bɑ.tis/ 		bâtisses
/bɑ.tis/ 		bâtisse
/bɑ.tis/ 		bâtissions
/bɑ.ti.sjɔ̃/ 		bâtissiez
/bɑ.ti.sje/ 		bâtissent
/bɑ.tis/
imperfect1 bâtisse
/bɑ.tis/ 		bâtisses
/bɑ.tis/ 		bâtît
/bɑ.ti/ 		bâtissions
/bɑ.ti.sjɔ̃/ 		bâtissiez
/bɑ.ti.sje/ 		bâtissent
/bɑ.tis/
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 –
— bâtis
/bɑ.ti/ 		— bâtissons
/bɑ.ti.sɔ̃/ 		bâtissez
/bɑ.ti.se/ 		—
1literary tenses

Etymology

From Middle French bastir, from Old French bastir ‎(“to build, make, sew”), from Old Frankish *bastijan ‎(“to darn, weave, treat hemp threads”), from Proto-Germanic *bastijaną ‎(“to bind with a thread, lace”), perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *bhas-, *bhasḱ-, *bhask- ‎(“to bind, bundle”). Cognate with Old High German besten ‎(“to sew, weave, lace”), Old English bæst ‎(“bast”). More at bast.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /bɑ.tiʁ/
  • Rhymes: -iʁ

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