destruire

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See also: destruiré

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French destruire, from Vulgar Latin *destrugere, present active infinitive of *destrugō, from Classical Latin dēstruō, from dē- (“un-, de-”) + struō (“I build”).

Verb

destruire

  1. to destroy

Descendants

  • French: détruire

Old French

Etymology

From Vulgar Latin *destrugere, present active infinitive of *destrugō, from Classical Latin dēstruō, from dē- (“un-, de-”) + struō (“I build”).

Verb

destruire

  1. to destroy

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb ends in a palatal stem, so there is an extra i before the e of some endings. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of destruire (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive destruire avoir destruit
gerund en destruisant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle destruisant
past participle destruit
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses 		present destrui destruis destruit destruions destruiiez destruient
imperfect destruisoie, destruiseie destruisoies, destruiseies destruisoit, destruiseit destruisiiens, destruisiens destruisiiez, destruisiez destruisoient, destruiseient
preterite destruis destruisis destruist destruisimes destruisistes destruistrent
future destruirai destruiras destruira destruirons destruiroiz, destruireiz, destruirez destruiront
conditional destruiroie, destruireie destruiroies, destruireies destruiroit, destruireit destruiriiens, destruiriens destruiriiez, destruiriez destruiroient, destruireient
compound
tenses 		present perfect present tense of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
past anterior preterite tense of avoir + past participle
future perfect future tense of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses 		present destruie destruies destruie destruiiens, destruions destruiiez destruient
imperfect destruisisse destruisisses destruisist destruisissons, destruisissiens destruisissoiz, destruisissez, destruisissiez destruisissent
compound
tenses 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— destrui — destruions destruiiez —

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