construire
French, verb/kɔ̃s.tʁɥiʁ/
construire is spelled C-O-N-S-T-R-U-I-R-E (10 letters) and appears 49 times per million words in written French, the 1,704th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Construire is a French verb meaning “to build” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Bâtir, élever, avec de la pierre, du bois, du métal, etc., d’après un plan déterminé”.
What does construire mean in English?
verb
- 1
to build
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Bâtir, élever, avec de la pierre, du bois, du métal, etc., d’après un plan déterminé. 2. Faire, créer suivant un ensemble rationnel et harmonieux. 3. Tracer. 4. Disposer en suivant les règles et l’usage de la syntaxe.
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 construire
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- construisant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- construit participle past
- construis first-person indicative present
- construisons first-person indicative plural
- construisez indicative plural present
- construisent indicative plural present
- construisais first-person imperfect indicative
- construisait imperfect indicative singular
- construisions first-person imperfect indicative
- construisiez imperfect indicative plural
- construisaient imperfect indicative plural
- construisis first-person historic indicative
- construisit historic indicative past
- construisîmes first-person historic indicative
- construisîtes historic indicative past
- construisirent historic indicative past
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce construire?
- /kɔ̃s.tʁɥiʁ/
- \kɔ̃s.tʁɥiʁ\
- [kɔ̃.stʁy.iʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to construire
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is construire in French?
construire appears 49 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).