constituer
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin cōnstituō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ̃s.ti.tɥe/
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Verb
constituer
- to constitute
- to make up
- (reflexive) to build up
Conjugation
Conjugation of constituer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | constituer | |||||
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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 | – | – | – | ||||
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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Derived terms
- constitution
Further reading
- “constituer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- construite
- courtisent