compromettre

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin comprōmittō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛtʁ/
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Verb

compromettre

  1. (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 – tu – nous vous –
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:
  • 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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