instruire

See also: instruiré

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French instruire, from Old French enstruire~estruire (with latinization of the prefix), from Latin īnstruō. Compare Jersey Norman înstruithe.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ɛ̃s.tʁɥiʁ/
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Verb

instruire

  1. to instruct, to teach
  2. (law) (of a judge or other magistrate) to hear, to try (a case)

Conjugation
Conjugation of instruire (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple instruire
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple instruisant
/ɛ̃s.tʁɥi.zɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle instruit
/ɛ̃s.tʁɥi/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present instruis
/ɛ̃s.tʁɥi/		 instruis
/ɛ̃s.tʁɥi/		 instruit
/ɛ̃s.tʁɥi/		 instruisons
/ɛ̃s.tʁɥi.zɔ̃/		 instruisez
/ɛ̃s.tʁɥi.ze/		 instruisent
/ɛ̃s.tʁɥiz/
imperfect instruisais
/ɛ̃s.tʁɥi.zɛ/		 instruisais
/ɛ̃s.tʁɥi.zɛ/		 instruisait
/ɛ̃s.tʁɥi.zɛ/		 instruisions
/ɛ̃s.tʁɥi.zjɔ̃/		 instruisiez
/ɛ̃s.tʁɥi.zje/		 instruisaient
/ɛ̃s.tʁɥi.zɛ/
past historic2 instruisis
/ɛ̃s.tʁɥi.zi/		 instruisis
/ɛ̃s.tʁɥi.zi/		 instruisit
/ɛ̃s.tʁɥi.zi/		 instruisîmes
/ɛ̃s.tʁɥi.zim/		 instruisîtes
/ɛ̃s.tʁɥi.zit/		 instruisirent
/ɛ̃s.tʁɥi.ziʁ/
future instruirai
/ɛ̃s.tʁɥi.ʁe/		 instruiras
/ɛ̃s.tʁɥi.ʁa/		 instruira
/ɛ̃s.tʁɥi.ʁa/		 instruirons
/ɛ̃s.tʁɥi.ʁɔ̃/		 instruirez
/ɛ̃s.tʁɥi.ʁe/		 instruiront
/ɛ̃s.tʁɥi.ʁɔ̃/
conditional instruirais
/ɛ̃s.tʁɥi.ʁɛ/		 instruirais
/ɛ̃s.tʁɥi.ʁɛ/		 instruirait
/ɛ̃s.tʁɥi.ʁɛ/		 instruirions
/ɛ̃s.tʁɥi.ʁjɔ̃/		 instruiriez
/ɛ̃s.tʁɥi.ʁje/		 instruiraient
/ɛ̃s.tʁɥi.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present instruise
/ɛ̃s.tʁɥiz/		 instruises
/ɛ̃s.tʁɥiz/		 instruise
/ɛ̃s.tʁɥiz/		 instruisions
/ɛ̃s.tʁɥi.zjɔ̃/		 instruisiez
/ɛ̃s.tʁɥi.zje/		 instruisent
/ɛ̃s.tʁɥiz/
imperfect2 instruisisse
/ɛ̃s.tʁɥi.zis/		 instruisisses
/ɛ̃s.tʁɥi.zis/		 instruisît
/ɛ̃s.tʁɥi.zi/		 instruisissions
/ɛ̃s.tʁɥi.zi.sjɔ̃/		 instruisissiez
/ɛ̃s.tʁɥi.zi.sje/		 instruisissent
/ɛ̃s.tʁɥi.zis/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — instruis
/ɛ̃s.tʁɥi/		 — instruisons
/ɛ̃s.tʁɥi.zɔ̃/		 instruisez
/ɛ̃s.tʁɥi.ze/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French, from Latin īnstruō, īnstruere.

Verb

instruire

  1. to teach; to train

Romanian

Etymology

From instrui +‎ -re.

Noun

instruire f (plural instruiri)

  1. instruction, education

Declension
Declension of instruire
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (o) instruire instruirea (niște) instruiri instruirile
genitive/dative (unei) instruiri instruirii (unor) instruiri instruirilor
vocative instruire, instruireo instruirilor
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