bâtir
/bɑ.tiʁ/
verb
B1
le (masc.) la (fem.)
Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.
Forms
- present
- bâtit
- past
- a bâti
- perfect
- bâti
Meaning
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to build
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Ils bâtissent leur maison eux-mêmes.
They are building their house themselves.
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Ses grands-parents ont bâti cette maison de leurs propres mains dans les années 1960. Elle appartient encore à la famille aujourd'hui.
Her grandparents built this house with their own hands in the 1960s. It still belongs to the family today.
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Similar words
bâtir is slightly more formal or literary; construire is the everyday word — both mean "to build."
Similar in other languages
Practice
1 What does bâtir mean?
to build
2 Which fingerprint chart matches bâtir?
bâtir: neutral register, common frequency, general domain, neutral connotation.
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