comporter
French
Etymology
From Latin comportare.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ̃pɔʁte/
Verb
comporter
- (transitive) to include
- Le frontispice de l’édifice public comportait d'ailleurs toujours l’inscription « Ecole-Marie ».
- The frontispiece of the public building still included the inscription "Ecole-Marie."
- Le frontispice de l’édifice public comportait d'ailleurs toujours l’inscription « Ecole-Marie ».
- (transitive) to consist of, comprise
- (transitive) to entail (formal, risk), involve
- (reflexive) to behave, act
Conjugation
Conjugation of comporter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| present participle | comportant /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tɑ̃/ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| past participle | comporté /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.te/ | ||||||
| infinitive | |||||||
| simple | comporter | ||||||
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| gerund1 | |||||||
| simple | comportant /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tɑ̃/ | ||||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | comporte /kɔ̃.pɔʁt/ |
comportes /kɔ̃.pɔʁt/ |
comporte /kɔ̃.pɔʁt/ |
comportons /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tɔ̃/ |
comportez /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.te/ |
comportent /kɔ̃.pɔʁt/ |
| imperfect | comportais /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tɛ/ |
comportais /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tɛ/ |
comportait /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tɛ/ |
comportions /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tjɔ̃/ |
comportiez /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tje/ |
comportaient /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | comportai /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.te/ |
comportas /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.ta/ |
comporta /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.ta/ |
comportâmes /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tam/ |
comportâtes /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tat/ |
comportèrent /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | comporterai /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁe/ |
comporteras /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁa/ |
comportera /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁa/ |
comporterons /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɔ̃/ |
comporterez /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁe/ |
comporteront /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | comporterais /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɛ/ |
comporterais /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɛ/ |
comporterait /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɛ/ |
comporterions /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
comporteriez /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁje/ |
comporteraient /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | comporte /kɔ̃.pɔʁt/ |
comportes /kɔ̃.pɔʁt/ |
comporte /kɔ̃.pɔʁt/ |
comportions /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tjɔ̃/ |
comportiez /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tje/ |
comportent /kɔ̃.pɔʁt/ |
| imperfect2 | comportasse /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tas/ |
comportasses /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tas/ |
comportât /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.ta/ |
comportassions /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
comportassiez /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.ta.sje/ |
comportassent /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | comporte /kɔ̃.pɔʁt/ |
— | comportons /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tɔ̃/ |
comportez /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.te/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 Only usable with preposition en. | |||||||
| 2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Conjugation of se comporter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| present participle | se comportant /sə kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tɑ̃/ | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| past participle | comporté /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.te/ | ||||||
| infinitive | |||||||
| simple | se comporter | ||||||
| compound | s'être + past participle | ||||||
| gerund1 | |||||||
| simple | se comportant /sə kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tɑ̃/ | ||||||
| compound | s'étant + past participle | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | me comporte /mə kɔ̃.pɔʁt/ |
te comportes /tə kɔ̃.pɔʁt/ |
se comporte /sə kɔ̃.pɔʁt/ |
nous comportons /nu kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tɔ̃/ |
vous comportez /vu kɔ̃.pɔʁ.te/ |
se comportent /sə kɔ̃.pɔʁt/ |
| imperfect | me comportais /mə kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tɛ/ |
te comportais /tə kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tɛ/ |
se comportait /sə kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tɛ/ |
nous comportions /nu kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tjɔ̃/ |
vous comportiez /vu kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tje/ |
se comportaient /sə kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | me comportai /mə kɔ̃.pɔʁ.te/ |
te comportas /tə kɔ̃.pɔʁ.ta/ |
se comporta /sə kɔ̃.pɔʁ.ta/ |
nous comportâmes /nu kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tam/ |
vous comportâtes /vu kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tat/ |
se comportèrent /sə kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | me comporterai /mə kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁe/ |
te comporteras /tə kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁa/ |
se comportera /sə kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁa/ |
nous comporterons /nu kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɔ̃/ |
vous comporterez /vu kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁe/ |
se comporteront /sə kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | me comporterais /mə kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɛ/ |
te comporterais /tə kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɛ/ |
se comporterait /sə kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɛ/ |
nous comporterions /nu kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
vous comporteriez /vu kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁje/ |
se comporteraient /sə kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
present perfect | present indicative of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | me comporte /mə kɔ̃.pɔʁt/ |
te comportes /tə kɔ̃.pɔʁt/ |
se comporte /sə kɔ̃.pɔʁt/ |
nous comportions /nu kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tjɔ̃/ |
vous comportiez /vu kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tje/ |
se comportent /sə kɔ̃.pɔʁt/ |
| imperfect2 | me comportasse /mə kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tas/ |
te comportasses /tə kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tas/ |
se comportât /sə kɔ̃.pɔʁ.ta/ |
nous comportassions /nu kɔ̃.pɔʁ.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
vous comportassiez /vu kɔ̃.pɔʁ.ta.sje/ |
se comportassent /sə kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of s'être + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | comporte-toi /kɔ̃.pɔʁt.twa/ |
— | comportons-nous /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tɔ̃.nu/ |
comportez-vous /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.te.vu/ |
— | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | simple imperative of s'être + past participle | — | |
| 1 Only usable with preposition en. | |||||||
| 2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Related terms
- comportement
- comporteur, colporteur
Further reading
- “comporter” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
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