constituer

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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 , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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