bâtir

Meaning

1. to build; to construct
2. to build up

Concepts

build

construct

baste

combine

erect

make

establish

compose

fabricate

manufacture

build up

work up

locate

conjoin

put up

set up

pile up

amass

raise

progress

ramp up

settle

reconstruct

retrace

emplace

deposit

fix

posit

situate

place

site

body-build

habitus

physique

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ba.tiʁ/

Etymology

From Middle French bastir, from Old French bastir, from Vulgar Latin *bastīre (“to build, construct; weave, sew”), borrowed from Frankish *bastijan (“to sew, weave”).