compromettre
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin comprōmittō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛtʁ/
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Verb
compromettre
- (transitive) to compromise, jeopardise
Conjugation
This verb is conjugated like mettre. That means it is conjugated like battre except that its past participle is compromis, not *compromettu, and its past historic and imperfect subjunctive are formed with compromi-, not *comprometti-.
Conjugation of compromettre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | compromettre | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | compromettant /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛ.tɑ̃/ or /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.me.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | compromis /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mi/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | compromets /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛ/ |
compromets /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛ/ |
compromet /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛ/ |
compromettons /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛ.tɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.me.tɔ̃/ |
compromettez /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛ.te/ or /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.me.te/ |
compromettent /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛt/ |
| imperfect | compromettais /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛ.tɛ/ or /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.me.tɛ/ |
compromettais /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛ.tɛ/ or /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.me.tɛ/ |
compromettait /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛ.tɛ/ or /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.me.tɛ/ |
compromettions /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛ.tjɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.me.tjɔ̃/ |
compromettiez /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛ.tje/ or /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.me.tje/ |
compromettaient /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛ.tɛ/ or /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.me.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | compromis /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mi/ |
compromis /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mi/ |
compromit /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mi/ |
compromîmes /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mim/ |
compromîtes /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mit/ |
compromirent /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.miʁ/ | |
| future | compromettrai /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛ.tʁe/ or /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.me.tʁe/ |
compromettras /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛ.tʁa/ or /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.me.tʁa/ |
compromettra /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛ.tʁa/ or /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.me.tʁa/ |
compromettrons /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.me.tʁɔ̃/ |
compromettrez /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛ.tʁe/ or /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.me.tʁe/ |
compromettront /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.me.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | compromettrais /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛ.tʁɛ/ or /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.me.tʁɛ/ |
compromettrais /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛ.tʁɛ/ or /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.me.tʁɛ/ |
compromettrait /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛ.tʁɛ/ or /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.me.tʁɛ/ |
compromettrions /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛ.tʁi.jɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.me.tʁi.jɔ̃/ |
compromettriez /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛ.tʁi.je/ or /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.me.tʁi.je/ |
compromettraient /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛ.tʁɛ/ or /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.me.tʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | compromette /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛt/ |
compromettes /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛt/ |
compromette /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛt/ |
compromettions /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛ.tjɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.me.tjɔ̃/ |
compromettiez /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛ.tje/ or /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.me.tje/ |
compromettent /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛt/ |
| imperfect2 | compromisse /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mis/ |
compromisses /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mis/ |
compromît /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mi/ |
compromissions /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mi.sjɔ̃/ |
compromissiez /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mi.sje/ |
compromissent /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mis/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | compromets /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛ/ |
— | compromettons /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛ.tɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.me.tɔ̃/ |
compromettez /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛ.te/ or /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.me.te/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Related terms
Descendants
- Russian: компромети́ровать (komprometírovatʹ)
Further reading
- “compromettre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.