bâtir

See also: batir

French

Etymology

From Middle French bastir, from Old French bastir, from Vulgar Latin *bastīre (to build, construct; weave, sew), borrowed from Frankish *bastijan (to sew, weave).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ba.tiʁ/, /bɑ.tiʁ/
  • (file)
  • Rhymes: -iʁ

Verb

bâtir

  1. to build; to construct
  2. 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-.

Derived terms

Further reading

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