constituer
French, verb/kɔ̃s.ti.tɥe/
constituer is spelled C-O-N-S-T-I-T-U-E-R (10 letters) and appears 14 times per million words in written French, the 5,118th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Constituer is a French verb meaning “to constitute” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Concourir, avec d’autres éléments, à former une chose en un tout ou l’essence d’une chose”.
What does constituer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to constitute
- 2
to make up
- 3
to build up
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Concourir, avec d’autres éléments, à former une chose en un tout ou l’essence d’une chose. 2. Établir quelqu’un dans une situation légale. 3. Établir une chose d’une façon fixe, définitive. 4. Organiser, former.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of constituer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- constituant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- constitué participle past
- constitue first-person indicative present
- constitues indicative present second-person
- constituons first-person indicative plural
- constituez indicative plural present
- constituent indicative plural present
- constituais first-person imperfect indicative
- constituait imperfect indicative singular
- constituions first-person imperfect indicative
- constituiez imperfect indicative plural
- constituaient imperfect indicative plural
- constituai first-person historic indicative
- constituas historic indicative past
- constitua historic indicative past
- constituâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce constituer?
- /kɔ̃s.ti.tɥe/
- \kɔ̃s.ti.tɥe\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to constituer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is constituer in French?
constituer appears 14 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).