compassionner
French
Etymology
From compassion + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ̃.pa.sjɔ.ne/ ~ /kɔ̃.pɑ.sjɔ.ne/
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Verb
compassionner
- (archaic) to pity, feel sorry for
Conjugation
Conjugation of compassionner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | compassionner | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | compassionnant /kɔ̃.pa.sjɔ.nɑ̃/ or /kɔ̃.pɑ.sjɔ.nɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | compassionné /kɔ̃.pa.sjɔ.ne/ or /kɔ̃.pɑ.sjɔ.ne/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | compassionne /kɔ̃.pa.sjɔn/ or /kɔ̃.pɑ.sjɔn/ |
compassionnes /kɔ̃.pa.sjɔn/ or /kɔ̃.pɑ.sjɔn/ |
compassionne /kɔ̃.pa.sjɔn/ or /kɔ̃.pɑ.sjɔn/ |
compassionnons /kɔ̃.pa.sjɔ.nɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.pɑ.sjɔ.nɔ̃/ |
compassionnez /kɔ̃.pa.sjɔ.ne/ or /kɔ̃.pɑ.sjɔ.ne/ |
compassionnent /kɔ̃.pa.sjɔn/ or /kɔ̃.pɑ.sjɔn/ |
| imperfect | compassionnais /kɔ̃.pa.sjɔ.nɛ/ or /kɔ̃.pɑ.sjɔ.nɛ/ |
compassionnais /kɔ̃.pa.sjɔ.nɛ/ or /kɔ̃.pɑ.sjɔ.nɛ/ |
compassionnait /kɔ̃.pa.sjɔ.nɛ/ or /kɔ̃.pɑ.sjɔ.nɛ/ |
compassionnions /kɔ̃.pa.sjɔ.njɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.pɑ.sjɔ.njɔ̃/ |
compassionniez /kɔ̃.pa.sjɔ.nje/ or /kɔ̃.pɑ.sjɔ.nje/ |
compassionnaient /kɔ̃.pa.sjɔ.nɛ/ or /kɔ̃.pɑ.sjɔ.nɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | compassionnai /kɔ̃.pa.sjɔ.ne/ or /kɔ̃.pɑ.sjɔ.ne/ |
compassionnas /kɔ̃.pa.sjɔ.na/ or /kɔ̃.pɑ.sjɔ.na/ |
compassionna /kɔ̃.pa.sjɔ.na/ or /kɔ̃.pɑ.sjɔ.na/ |
compassionnâmes /kɔ̃.pa.sjɔ.nam/ or /kɔ̃.pɑ.sjɔ.nam/ |
compassionnâtes /kɔ̃.pa.sjɔ.nat/ or /kɔ̃.pɑ.sjɔ.nat/ |
compassionnèrent /kɔ̃.pa.sjɔ.nɛʁ/ or /kɔ̃.pɑ.sjɔ.nɛʁ/ | |
| future | compassionnerai /kɔ̃.pa.sjɔn.ʁe/ or /kɔ̃.pɑ.sjɔn.ʁe/ |
compassionneras /kɔ̃.pa.sjɔn.ʁa/ or /kɔ̃.pɑ.sjɔn.ʁa/ |
compassionnera /kɔ̃.pa.sjɔn.ʁa/ or /kɔ̃.pɑ.sjɔn.ʁa/ |
compassionnerons /kɔ̃.pa.sjɔn.ʁɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.pɑ.sjɔn.ʁɔ̃/ |
compassionnerez /kɔ̃.pa.sjɔn.ʁe/ or /kɔ̃.pɑ.sjɔn.ʁe/ |
compassionneront /kɔ̃.pa.sjɔn.ʁɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.pɑ.sjɔn.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | compassionnerais /kɔ̃.pa.sjɔn.ʁɛ/ or /kɔ̃.pɑ.sjɔn.ʁɛ/ |
compassionnerais /kɔ̃.pa.sjɔn.ʁɛ/ or /kɔ̃.pɑ.sjɔn.ʁɛ/ |
compassionnerait /kɔ̃.pa.sjɔn.ʁɛ/ or /kɔ̃.pɑ.sjɔn.ʁɛ/ |
compassionnerions /kɔ̃.pa.sjɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.pɑ.sjɔ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
compassionneriez /kɔ̃.pa.sjɔ.nə.ʁje/ or /kɔ̃.pɑ.sjɔ.nə.ʁje/ |
compassionneraient /kɔ̃.pa.sjɔn.ʁɛ/ or /kɔ̃.pɑ.sjɔn.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | compassionne /kɔ̃.pa.sjɔn/ or /kɔ̃.pɑ.sjɔn/ |
compassionnes /kɔ̃.pa.sjɔn/ or /kɔ̃.pɑ.sjɔn/ |
compassionne /kɔ̃.pa.sjɔn/ or /kɔ̃.pɑ.sjɔn/ |
compassionnions /kɔ̃.pa.sjɔ.njɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.pɑ.sjɔ.njɔ̃/ |
compassionniez /kɔ̃.pa.sjɔ.nje/ or /kɔ̃.pɑ.sjɔ.nje/ |
compassionnent /kɔ̃.pa.sjɔn/ or /kɔ̃.pɑ.sjɔn/ |
| imperfect2 | compassionnasse /kɔ̃.pa.sjɔ.nas/ or /kɔ̃.pɑ.sjɔ.nas/ |
compassionnasses /kɔ̃.pa.sjɔ.nas/ or /kɔ̃.pɑ.sjɔ.nas/ |
compassionnât /kɔ̃.pa.sjɔ.na/ or /kɔ̃.pɑ.sjɔ.na/ |
compassionnassions /kɔ̃.pa.sjɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.pɑ.sjɔ.na.sjɔ̃/ |
compassionnassiez /kɔ̃.pa.sjɔ.na.sje/ or /kɔ̃.pɑ.sjɔ.na.sje/ |
compassionnassent /kɔ̃.pa.sjɔ.nas/ or /kɔ̃.pɑ.sjɔ.nas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | compassionne /kɔ̃.pa.sjɔn/ or /kɔ̃.pɑ.sjɔn/ |
— | compassionnons /kɔ̃.pa.sjɔ.nɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.pɑ.sjɔ.nɔ̃/ |
compassionnez /kɔ̃.pa.sjɔ.ne/ or /kɔ̃.pɑ.sjɔ.ne/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “compassionner”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.