"détruire" meaning in French

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Verb

IPA: /de.tʁɥiʁ/ Audio: Fr-détruire.ogg
Rhymes: -iʁ Etymology: Inherited from Middle French destruire, from Old French destruire, from Vulgar Latin *destrugere, from Classical Latin dēstruō, from dē- (“un-, de-”) + struō (“to build”). Etymology templates: {{glossary|Inherited}} Inherited, {{inh|fr|frm|destruire|||g=|g2=|g3=|id=|lit=|nocat=|pos=|sc=|sort=|tr=|ts=}} Middle French destruire, {{inh+|fr|frm|destruire}} Inherited from Middle French destruire, {{inh|fr|fro|destruire}} Old French destruire, {{inh|fr|VL.|*destrugō|*destrugere}} Vulgar Latin *destrugere, {{inh|fr|la|dēstruō}} Latin dēstruō, {{m|la|de-|dē-|un-, de-}} dē- (“un-, de-”), {{m|la|struō||to build}} struō (“to build”) Head templates: {{fr-verb}} détruire Inflection templates: {{fr-conj-auto}} Forms: no-table-tags [table-tags], détruire [infinitive], avoir + past participle [infinitive, multiword-construction], détruisant [gerund, participle, present], ayant + past participle [gerund, multiword-construction, participle, present], détruit [participle, past], détruis [first-person, indicative, present, singular], détruis [indicative, present, second-person, singular], détruit [indicative, present, singular, third-person], détruisons [first-person, indicative, plural, present], détruisez [indicative, plural, present, second-person], détruisent [indicative, plural, present, third-person], détruisais [first-person, imperfect, indicative, singular], détruisais [imperfect, indicative, second-person, singular], détruisait [imperfect, indicative, singular, third-person], détruisions [first-person, imperfect, indicative, plural], détruisiez [imperfect, indicative, plural, second-person], détruisaient [imperfect, indicative, plural, third-person], détruisis [first-person, historic, indicative, past, singular], détruisis [historic, indicative, past, second-person, singular], détruisit [historic, indicative, past, singular, third-person], détruisîmes [first-person, historic, indicative, past, plural], détruisîtes [historic, indicative, past, plural, second-person], détruisirent [historic, indicative, past, plural, third-person], détruirai [first-person, future, indicative, singular], détruiras [future, indicative, second-person, singular], détruira [future, indicative, singular, third-person], détruirons [first-person, future, indicative, plural], détruirez [future, indicative, plural, second-person], détruiront [future, indicative, plural, third-person], détruirais [conditional, first-person, singular], détruirais [conditional, second-person, singular], détruirait [conditional, singular, third-person], détruirions [conditional, first-person, plural], détruiriez [conditional, plural, second-person], détruiraient [conditional, plural, third-person], present indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, perfect, present], imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle [indicative, multiword-construction, pluperfect], past historic of avoir + past participle [anterior, indicative, multiword-construction, past], future of avoir + past participle [future, indicative, multiword-construction, perfect], conditional of avoir + past participle [conditional, multiword-construction, perfect], détruise [first-person, present, singular, subjunctive], détruises [present, second-person, singular, subjunctive], détruise [present, singular, subjunctive, third-person], détruisions [first-person, plural, present, subjunctive], détruisiez [plural, present, second-person, subjunctive], détruisent [plural, present, subjunctive, third-person], détruisisse [first-person, imperfect, singular, subjunctive], détruisisses [imperfect, second-person, singular, subjunctive], détruisît [imperfect, singular, subjunctive, third-person], détruisissions [first-person, imperfect, plural, subjunctive], détruisissiez [imperfect, plural, second-person, subjunctive], détruisissent [imperfect, plural, subjunctive, third-person], present subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, past, subjunctive], imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle [multiword-construction, pluperfect, subjunctive], détruis [imperative, second-person, singular], détruisons [first-person, imperative, plural], détruisez [imperative, plural, second-person], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, second-person, singular], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [first-person, imperative, multiword-construction, plural], simple imperative of avoir + past participle [imperative, multiword-construction, plural, second-person]
  1. (transitive) to destroy Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-détruire-fr-verb-z~oZCw4l Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 43 46 11
  2. (transitive) to destruct Tags: transitive
    Sense id: en-détruire-fr-verb-JHmulQuA Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 43 46 11
  3. (transitive) to demolish Tags: transitive Synonyms: démolir
    Sense id: en-détruire-fr-verb-6u8Zt~fb Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 43 46 11
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: détruit, destructeur, destructif, destruction, indestructible

Inflected forms

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      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/0/0b/Fr-d%C3%A9truire.ogg",
      "text": "audio"
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}

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