comparaître
See also: comparaitre
French
Alternative forms
- comparaitre
Etymology
Formed from paraître, apparaître based on Old French comparoir, from Latin compareo, comparere.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛtʁ/
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Verb
comparaître
- (law) to appear before a judge or government official
Conjugation
This verb is one of a fairly small group of -re verbs, that are all conjugated the same way. They are unlike other verb groups in that the 'i' is given a circumflex before a 't'.
Conjugation of comparaître (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | comparaître | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | comparaissant /kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ.sɑ̃/ or /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | comparu /kɔ̃.pa.ʁy/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | comparais /kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ/ | comparais /kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ/ | comparaît /kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ/ | comparaissons /kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe.sɔ̃/ | comparaissez /kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ.se/ or /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe.se/ | comparaissent /kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛs/ |
| imperfect | comparaissais /kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ.sɛ/ or /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe.sɛ/ | comparaissais /kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ.sɛ/ or /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe.sɛ/ | comparaissait /kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ.sɛ/ or /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe.sɛ/ | comparaissions /kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe.sjɔ̃/ | comparaissiez /kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ.sje/ or /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe.sje/ | comparaissaient /kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ.sɛ/ or /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | comparus /kɔ̃.pa.ʁy/ | comparus /kɔ̃.pa.ʁy/ | comparut /kɔ̃.pa.ʁy/ | comparûmes /kɔ̃.pa.ʁym/ | comparûtes /kɔ̃.pa.ʁyt/ | comparurent /kɔ̃.pa.ʁyʁ/ | |
| future | comparaîtrai /kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ.tʁe/ or /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe.tʁe/ | comparaîtras /kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ.tʁa/ or /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe.tʁa/ | comparaîtra /kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ.tʁa/ or /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe.tʁa/ | comparaîtrons /kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe.tʁɔ̃/ | comparaîtrez /kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ.tʁe/ or /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe.tʁe/ | comparaîtront /kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe.tʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | comparaîtrais /kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ.tʁɛ/ or /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe.tʁɛ/ | comparaîtrais /kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ.tʁɛ/ or /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe.tʁɛ/ | comparaîtrait /kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ.tʁɛ/ or /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe.tʁɛ/ | comparaîtrions /kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ.tʁi.jɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe.tʁi.jɔ̃/ | comparaîtriez /kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ.tʁi.je/ or /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe.tʁi.je/ | comparaîtraient /kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ.tʁɛ/ or /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe.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 | comparaisse /kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛs/ | comparaisses /kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛs/ | comparaisse /kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛs/ | comparaissions /kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe.sjɔ̃/ | comparaissiez /kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ.sje/ or /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe.sje/ | comparaissent /kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛs/ |
| imperfect2 | comparusse /kɔ̃.pa.ʁys/ | comparusses /kɔ̃.pa.ʁys/ | comparût /kɔ̃.pa.ʁy/ | comparussions /kɔ̃.pa.ʁy.sjɔ̃/ | comparussiez /kɔ̃.pa.ʁy.sje/ | comparussent /kɔ̃.pa.ʁys/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | comparais /kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ/ | — | comparaissons /kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe.sɔ̃/ | comparaissez /kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ.se/ or /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe.se/ | — | |
| 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). | |||||||
Derived terms
- comparution
Further reading
- “comparaître”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- comparerait