bâtir
See also: batir
French
Etymology
From Middle French bastir, from Old French bastir (“to build, make; to sew”), from Medieval Latin bastiō (“to build, construct; to weave, sew”), borrowed from Frankish *bastijan (“to sew, weave”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ba.tiʁ/, /bɑ.tiʁ/
audio (file) - Rhymes: -iʁ
Verb
bâtir
- to build; to construct
- to build up
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)
| infinitive | simple | bâtir | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | bâtissant /ba.ti.sɑ̃/ or /bɑ.ti.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | bâti /ba.ti/ or /bɑ.ti/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | bâtis /ba.ti/ or /bɑ.ti/ | bâtis /ba.ti/ or /bɑ.ti/ | bâtit /ba.ti/ or /bɑ.ti/ | bâtissons /ba.ti.sɔ̃/ or /bɑ.ti.sɔ̃/ | bâtissez /ba.ti.se/ or /bɑ.ti.se/ | bâtissent /ba.tis/ or /bɑ.tis/ |
| imperfect | bâtissais /ba.ti.sɛ/ or /bɑ.ti.sɛ/ | bâtissais /ba.ti.sɛ/ or /bɑ.ti.sɛ/ | bâtissait /ba.ti.sɛ/ or /bɑ.ti.sɛ/ | bâtissions /ba.ti.sjɔ̃/ or /bɑ.ti.sjɔ̃/ | bâtissiez /ba.ti.sje/ or /bɑ.ti.sje/ | bâtissaient /ba.ti.sɛ/ or /bɑ.ti.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | bâtis /ba.ti/ or /bɑ.ti/ | bâtis /ba.ti/ or /bɑ.ti/ | bâtit /ba.ti/ or /bɑ.ti/ | bâtîmes /ba.tim/ or /bɑ.tim/ | bâtîtes /ba.tit/ or /bɑ.tit/ | bâtirent /ba.tiʁ/ or /bɑ.tiʁ/ | |
| future | bâtirai /ba.ti.ʁe/ or /bɑ.ti.ʁe/ | bâtiras /ba.ti.ʁa/ or /bɑ.ti.ʁa/ | bâtira /ba.ti.ʁa/ or /bɑ.ti.ʁa/ | bâtirons /ba.ti.ʁɔ̃/ or /bɑ.ti.ʁɔ̃/ | bâtirez /ba.ti.ʁe/ or /bɑ.ti.ʁe/ | bâtiront /ba.ti.ʁɔ̃/ or /bɑ.ti.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | bâtirais /ba.ti.ʁɛ/ or /bɑ.ti.ʁɛ/ | bâtirais /ba.ti.ʁɛ/ or /bɑ.ti.ʁɛ/ | bâtirait /ba.ti.ʁɛ/ or /bɑ.ti.ʁɛ/ | bâtirions /ba.ti.ʁjɔ̃/ or /bɑ.ti.ʁjɔ̃/ | bâtiriez /ba.ti.ʁje/ or /bɑ.ti.ʁje/ | bâtiraient /ba.ti.ʁɛ/ or /bɑ.ti.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 | bâtisse /ba.tis/ or /bɑ.tis/ | bâtisses /ba.tis/ or /bɑ.tis/ | bâtisse /ba.tis/ or /bɑ.tis/ | bâtissions /ba.ti.sjɔ̃/ or /bɑ.ti.sjɔ̃/ | bâtissiez /ba.ti.sje/ or /bɑ.ti.sje/ | bâtissent /ba.tis/ or /bɑ.tis/ |
| imperfect2 | bâtisse /ba.tis/ or /bɑ.tis/ | bâtisses /ba.tis/ or /bɑ.tis/ | bâtît /ba.ti/ or /bɑ.ti/ | bâtissions /ba.ti.sjɔ̃/ or /bɑ.ti.sjɔ̃/ | bâtissiez /ba.ti.sje/ or /bɑ.ti.sje/ | bâtissent /ba.tis/ or /bɑ.tis/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | bâtis /ba.ti/ or /bɑ.ti/ | — | bâtissons /ba.ti.sɔ̃/ or /bɑ.ti.sɔ̃/ | bâtissez /ba.ti.se/ or /bɑ.ti.se/ | — | |
| 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
- bâtir des châteaux en Espagne
- bâtir des plans sur la comète
- terrain à bâtir
Related terms
- bâtiment
- bâtissable
- bâtisseur
Further reading
- “bâtir”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.