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compromettre
compromettre
French
Verb
compromettre
- 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)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | compromettre | avoir compromis | |||||
| gerund | en compromettant | en ayant compromis | |||||
| present participle | compromettant /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛ.tɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | compromis /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mi/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | compromets /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛ/ |
compromets /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛ/ |
compromet /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛ/ |
compromettons /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛ.tɔ̃/ |
compromettez /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛ.te/ |
compromettent /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛt/ |
| imperfect | compromettais /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛ.tɛ/ |
compromettais /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛ.tɛ/ |
compromettait /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛ.tɛ/ |
compromettions /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛ.tjɔ̃/ |
compromettiez /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛ.tje/ |
compromettaient /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛ.tɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | compromis /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mi/ |
compromis /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mi/ |
compromit /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mi/ |
compromîmes /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mim/ |
compromîtes /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mit/ |
compromirent /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.miʁ/ |
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| future | compromettrai /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛ.tʁe/ |
compromettras /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛ.tʁa/ |
compromettra /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛ.tʁa/ |
compromettrons /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛ.tʁɔ̃/ |
compromettrez /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛ.tʁe/ |
compromettront /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛ.tʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | compromettrais /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛ.tʁɛ/ |
compromettrais /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛ.tʁɛ/ |
compromettrait /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛ.tʁɛ/ |
compromettrions /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛ.tʁi.jɔ̃/ |
compromettriez /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛ.tʁi.je/ |
compromettraient /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛ.tʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | compromette /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛt/ |
compromettes /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛt/ |
compromette /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛt/ |
compromettions /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛ.tjɔ̃/ |
compromettiez /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛ.tje/ |
compromettent /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛt/ |
| imperfect1 |
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/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | compromets /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛ/ |
— | compromettons /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛ.tɔ̃/ |
compromettez /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛ.te/ |
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| 1literary tenses | |||||||
Descendants
- Russian: компромети́ровать (komprometírovatʹ)