compenser
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin compensāre, present active infinitive of compensō, from com- (“together”) + pensō (“to weigh”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.se/
Audio (file)
Verb
compenser
- to compensate for, to offset
Conjugation
Conjugation of compenser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | compenser | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | compensant /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | compensé /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.se/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | compense /kɔ̃.pɑ̃s/ | compenses /kɔ̃.pɑ̃s/ | compense /kɔ̃.pɑ̃s/ | compensons /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sɔ̃/ | compensez /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.se/ | compensent /kɔ̃.pɑ̃s/ |
imperfect | compensais /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sɛ/ | compensais /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sɛ/ | compensait /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sɛ/ | compensions /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sjɔ̃/ | compensiez /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sje/ | compensaient /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sɛ/ | |
past historic2 | compensai /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.se/ | compensas /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sa/ | compensa /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sa/ | compensâmes /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sam/ | compensâtes /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sat/ | compensèrent /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sɛʁ/ | |
future | compenserai /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sʁe/ | compenseras /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sʁa/ | compensera /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sʁa/ | compenserons /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/ | compenserez /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sʁe/ | compenseront /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | compenserais /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sʁɛ/ | compenserais /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sʁɛ/ | compenserait /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sʁɛ/ | compenserions /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ | compenseriez /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sə.ʁje/ | compenseraient /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sʁɛ/ | |
(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 | compense /kɔ̃.pɑ̃s/ | compenses /kɔ̃.pɑ̃s/ | compense /kɔ̃.pɑ̃s/ | compensions /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sjɔ̃/ | compensiez /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sje/ | compensent /kɔ̃.pɑ̃s/ |
imperfect2 | compensasse /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sas/ | compensasses /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sas/ | compensât /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sa/ | compensassions /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/ | compensassiez /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sa.sje/ | compensassent /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | compense /kɔ̃.pɑ̃s/ | — | compensons /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sɔ̃/ | compensez /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.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
- compensable
- compensatoire
Related terms
- compensation
Further reading
- “compenser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Verb
compēnser
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of compēnsō