comparaitre

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See also: comparaître

French

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Verb

comparaitre

  1. Alternative spelling of comparaître

Conjugation

This verb is one of a fairly small group of -re verbs, that are all conjugated the same way. They are conjugated the same as the alternative spelling, which has a circumflex over the 'i', except that the circumflex is dropped here.

Conjugation of comparaitre (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple comparaitre
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple comparaissant
/kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ.sɑ̃/ or /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe.sɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle comparu
/kɔ̃.pa.ʁy/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present comparais
/kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ/ 		comparais
/kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ/ 		comparait
/kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ/ 		comparaissons
/kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe.sɔ̃/ 		comparaissez
/kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ.se/ or /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe.se/ 		comparaissent
/kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛs/
imperfect comparaissais
/kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ.sɛ/ or /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe.sɛ/ 		comparaissais
/kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ.sɛ/ or /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe.sɛ/ 		comparaissait
/kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ.sɛ/ or /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe.sɛ/ 		comparaissions
/kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe.sjɔ̃/ 		comparaissiez
/kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ.sje/ or /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe.sje/ 		comparaissaient
/kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ.sɛ/ or /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe.sɛ/
past historic2 comparus
/kɔ̃.pa.ʁy/ 		comparus
/kɔ̃.pa.ʁy/ 		comparut
/kɔ̃.pa.ʁy/ 		comparûmes
/kɔ̃.pa.ʁym/ 		comparûtes
/kɔ̃.pa.ʁyt/ 		comparurent
/kɔ̃.pa.ʁyʁ/
future comparaitrai
/kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ.tʁe/ or /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe.tʁe/ 		comparaitras
/kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ.tʁa/ or /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe.tʁa/ 		comparaitra
/kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ.tʁa/ or /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe.tʁa/ 		comparaitrons
/kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe.tʁɔ̃/ 		comparaitrez
/kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ.tʁe/ or /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe.tʁe/ 		comparaitront
/kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe.tʁɔ̃/
conditional comparaitrais
/kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ.tʁɛ/ or /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe.tʁɛ/ 		comparaitrais
/kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ.tʁɛ/ or /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe.tʁɛ/ 		comparaitrait
/kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ.tʁɛ/ or /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe.tʁɛ/ 		comparaitrions
/kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ.tʁi.jɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe.tʁi.jɔ̃/ 		comparaitriez
/kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ.tʁi.je/ or /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe.tʁi.je/ 		comparaitraient
/kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ.tʁɛ/ or /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe.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 comparaisse
/kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛs/ 		comparaisses
/kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛs/ 		comparaisse
/kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛs/ 		comparaissions
/kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe.sjɔ̃/ 		comparaissiez
/kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ.sje/ or /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe.sje/ 		comparaissent
/kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛs/
imperfect2 comparusse
/kɔ̃.pa.ʁys/ 		comparusses
/kɔ̃.pa.ʁys/ 		comparût
/kɔ̃.pa.ʁy/ 		comparussions
/kɔ̃.pa.ʁy.sjɔ̃/ 		comparussiez
/kɔ̃.pa.ʁy.sje/ 		comparussent
/kɔ̃.pa.ʁys/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — comparais
/kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ/ 		— comparaissons
/kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe.sɔ̃/ 		comparaissez
/kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ.se/ or /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe.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:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris , Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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