compresser
French
Pronunciation
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Verb
compresser
- to compress
- (computing) to zip, compress
- Synonym: zipper
- Antonyms: décompresser, dézipper
Conjugation
Conjugation of compresser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | compresser | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | compressant /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sɑ̃/ or /kɔ̃.pʁe.sɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | compressé /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.se/ or /kɔ̃.pʁe.se/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | compresse /kɔ̃.pʁɛs/ | compresses /kɔ̃.pʁɛs/ | compresse /kɔ̃.pʁɛs/ | compressons /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.pʁe.sɔ̃/ | compressez /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.se/ or /kɔ̃.pʁe.se/ | compressent /kɔ̃.pʁɛs/ |
imperfect | compressais /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sɛ/ or /kɔ̃.pʁe.sɛ/ | compressais /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sɛ/ or /kɔ̃.pʁe.sɛ/ | compressait /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sɛ/ or /kɔ̃.pʁe.sɛ/ | compressions /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.pʁe.sjɔ̃/ | compressiez /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sje/ or /kɔ̃.pʁe.sje/ | compressaient /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sɛ/ or /kɔ̃.pʁe.sɛ/ | |
past historic2 | compressai /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.se/ or /kɔ̃.pʁe.se/ | compressas /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sa/ or /kɔ̃.pʁe.sa/ | compressa /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sa/ or /kɔ̃.pʁe.sa/ | compressâmes /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sam/ or /kɔ̃.pʁe.sam/ | compressâtes /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sat/ or /kɔ̃.pʁe.sat/ | compressèrent /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sɛʁ/ or /kɔ̃.pʁe.sɛʁ/ | |
future | compresserai /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sʁe/ or /kɔ̃.pʁe.sʁe/ | compresseras /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sʁa/ or /kɔ̃.pʁe.sʁa/ | compressera /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sʁa/ or /kɔ̃.pʁe.sʁa/ | compresserons /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.pʁe.sʁɔ̃/ | compresserez /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sʁe/ or /kɔ̃.pʁe.sʁe/ | compresseront /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.pʁe.sʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | compresserais /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /kɔ̃.pʁe.sʁɛ/ | compresserais /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /kɔ̃.pʁe.sʁɛ/ | compresserait /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /kɔ̃.pʁe.sʁɛ/ | compresserions /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.pʁe.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ | compresseriez /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sə.ʁje/ or /kɔ̃.pʁe.sə.ʁje/ | compresseraient /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /kɔ̃.pʁe.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 | compresse /kɔ̃.pʁɛs/ | compresses /kɔ̃.pʁɛs/ | compresse /kɔ̃.pʁɛs/ | compressions /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.pʁe.sjɔ̃/ | compressiez /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sje/ or /kɔ̃.pʁe.sje/ | compressent /kɔ̃.pʁɛs/ |
imperfect2 | compressasse /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sas/ or /kɔ̃.pʁe.sas/ | compressasses /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sas/ or /kɔ̃.pʁe.sas/ | compressât /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sa/ or /kɔ̃.pʁe.sa/ | compressassions /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sa.sjɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.pʁe.sa.sjɔ̃/ | compressassiez /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sa.sje/ or /kɔ̃.pʁe.sa.sje/ | compressassent /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sas/ or /kɔ̃.pʁe.sas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | compresse /kɔ̃.pʁɛs/ | — | compressons /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.pʁe.sɔ̃/ | compressez /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.se/ or /kɔ̃.pʁe.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). |
Further reading
- “compresser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.