constituer

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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