comparer
English
Etymology
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kəmˈpɛəɹə(ɹ)/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
Noun
comparer (plural comparers)
- One who, or that which, compares.
- Synonym: comparator
Dalmatian
Alternative forms
- conparer, konparer
Etymology
From Latin compareo, comparere. Compare Italian comparire.
Verb
comparer
- to appear
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin comparāre (“compare, match, place together, couple”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe/
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Verb
comparer
- to compare
Conjugation
Conjugation of comparer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | comparer | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | comparant /kɔ̃.pa.ʁɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | comparé /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | compare /kɔ̃.paʁ/ |
compares /kɔ̃.paʁ/ |
compare /kɔ̃.paʁ/ |
comparons /kɔ̃.pa.ʁɔ̃/ |
comparez /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe/ |
comparent /kɔ̃.paʁ/ |
| imperfect | comparais /kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ/ |
comparais /kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ/ |
comparait /kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ/ |
comparions /kɔ̃.pa.ʁjɔ̃/ |
compariez /kɔ̃.pa.ʁje/ |
comparaient /kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | comparai /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe/ |
comparas /kɔ̃.pa.ʁa/ |
compara /kɔ̃.pa.ʁa/ |
comparâmes /kɔ̃.pa.ʁam/ |
comparâtes /kɔ̃.pa.ʁat/ |
comparèrent /kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛʁ/ | |
| future | comparerai /kɔ̃.pa.ʁə.ʁe/ |
compareras /kɔ̃.pa.ʁə.ʁa/ |
comparera /kɔ̃.pa.ʁə.ʁa/ |
comparerons /kɔ̃.pa.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ |
comparerez /kɔ̃.pa.ʁə.ʁe/ |
compareront /kɔ̃.pa.ʁə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | comparerais /kɔ̃.pa.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
comparerais /kɔ̃.pa.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
comparerait /kɔ̃.pa.ʁə.ʁɛ/ |
comparerions /kɔ̃.pa.ʁə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
compareriez /kɔ̃.pa.ʁə.ʁje/ |
compareraient /kɔ̃.pa.ʁə.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 | compare /kɔ̃.paʁ/ |
compares /kɔ̃.paʁ/ |
compare /kɔ̃.paʁ/ |
comparions /kɔ̃.pa.ʁjɔ̃/ |
compariez /kɔ̃.pa.ʁje/ |
comparent /kɔ̃.paʁ/ |
| imperfect2 | comparasse /kɔ̃.pa.ʁas/ |
comparasses /kɔ̃.pa.ʁas/ |
comparât /kɔ̃.pa.ʁa/ |
comparassions /kɔ̃.pa.ʁa.sjɔ̃/ |
comparassiez /kɔ̃.pa.ʁa.sje/ |
comparassent /kɔ̃.pa.ʁas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | compare /kɔ̃.paʁ/ |
— | comparons /kɔ̃.pa.ʁɔ̃/ |
comparez /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe/ |
— | |
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Derived terms
Derived terms
Further reading
- “comparer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Verb
comparer
- first-person singular present passive subjunctive of comparō