compassionner
French
Etymology
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 | |||||
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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.