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instruit

educated, well-informed, instructs, teaches, instructed

ɛ̃ s . t ʁ ɥ i → instruire
instru to instruct, to educate + it 3rd-person singular present or singular past participle
adjective · singular Rare #32,441
educated, well-informed
FR: Il est très instruit.
EN: He is very educated.

C'est juste un imbécile instruit !

He's just an educated fool!

— Masaan (2015)

Il est fort instruit.

He is highly educated.

Vous êtes un homme instruit.

You are an educated man.

Il était très instruit, mais il ne le savait pas.

He was very well-educated, but he didn’t know it.

C'est un homme instruit, il a étudié.

He is an educated man; he has studied.

— Rome, ville ouverte (1945)

C'est vrai que c'est un homme instruit, mais il manque de bon sens.

It’s true that he’s an educated man, but he lacks common sense.

Vous êtes instruit.

You are educated.

— Interstellar (2014)

Il a lu, il est instruit.

He has read, he is educated.

— Les Nuits de Cabiria (1957)

Tant pis pour le mythe de l'immortel super instruit.

So much for the myth of the immortal know-it-all.

— The Man from Earth (2007)

verb · masculine singular · past Rare #38,895
instructs, teaches
FR: Le professeur instruit ses élèves avec patience.
EN: The teacher instructs his students patiently.
instructed, taught Past participle of « instruire »; it is also used in compound tenses.
FR: Il a instruit les nouveaux employés pendant une semaine.
EN: He instructed the new employees for a week.
Conjugation of instruire
Past
instruit
Indicative present
SingularPlural
Third instruit —

Où instruit-on les procès ?

Where are the trials held?

— Séquences et conséquences (2000)

Il m'instruit.

He is teaching me.

Bien sûr, instruit tes camarades.

Of course, teach your classmates.

— The Legend of Bhagat Singh (2002)

N'as-tu pas été instruit et formé, en étant à mes côtés ?

Were you not taught and trained by being at my side?

— Black Panther (2018)

Elle instruit les étudiants en anglais.

She instructs students in English.

Je l'ai instruit en Anglais.

I taught him in English.