compromettre

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin comprōmittō (con- + prōmittō).

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛtʁ/

Verb

compromettre

  1. 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)
present participle compromettant
/kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛ.tɑ̃/
past participle compromis
/kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mi/
infinitive
simple compromettre
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple compromettant
/kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛ.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 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/
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/		 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/
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/
(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/		 compromettiez
/kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛ.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/		 compromettez
/kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛ.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).

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