constitue

== English == === Etymology === Inherited from Middle English constituen, from French constituer. === Pronunciation === enPR: kŏn′stĭ-t(y)o͞o′ (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈkɒn.stɪˌt(j)uː/, (older) /ˈkɔːn.stɪˌt(j)uː/ (General American, Canada, cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈkɑn.stɪˌt(j)u/ (General American, without the cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈkɔn.stɪˌt(j)u/ (Canada, without the cot–caught merger) IPA(key): /ˈkɒn.stɪˌt(j)u/ (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈkɔn.stɪˌt(j)ʉː/ (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈkɒn.stəˌt(j)ʉː/ (Scotland) IPA(key): /ˈkɔn.stɪˌt(j)ʉ/ (India) IPA(key): /ˈkɔn.sʈɪˌʈ(j)uː/ Rhymes: -ɒnstɪtuː, -ɒnstɪtjuː Hyphenation: con‧sti‧tue === Verb === constitue (third-person singular simple present constitues, present participle constituing, simple past and past participle constitued) Obsolete form of constitute. [1489–1594] Misspelling of constitute. ==== Usage notes ==== May occasionally occur as a misspelling. === References === “constitue, v.”, in OED Online ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, launched 2000. == French == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kɔ̃s.ti.ty/ Hyphenation: cons‧ti‧tue === Verb === constitue inflection of constituer: first/third-person singular present indicative/subjunctive second-person singular imperative == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kõːˈstɪ.tu.ɛ] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [konˈstiː.tu.e] Hyphenation: cōn‧sti‧tu‧e === Verb === cōnstitue second-person singular present active imperative of cōnstituō