bâtisse

• IPA^(key): /ba.tis/ ~ /bɑ.tis/

Alteration of Middle French bastissement, with loss of suffix.

bâtisse f (plural bâtisses)

1. (obsolete) (act of) building
2. (chiefly derogatory) construction

Inflected forms.

bâtisse

1. inflection of bâtir:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. first-person singular imperfect subjunctive

• “bâtisse”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

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bâtisse m (plural bâtisses)

1. (Jersey) building

• bâtisse à stâtionner (“multistorey car park”)
• bâtisseux (“builder”)

• bâti (“to build”)