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
- compromis
Descendants
- Russian: компромети́ровать (komprometírovatʹ)
Further reading
- “compromettre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.