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compasser
compasser
French
Verb
compasser
- to compass (measure with a compass)
Conjugation
Conjugation of compasser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | compasser | avoir compassé | |||||
| gerund | en compassant | en ayant compassé | |||||
| present participle | compassant /kɔ̃.pɑ.sɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | compassé /kɔ̃.pɑ.se/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | compasse /kɔ̃.pɑs/ |
compasses /kɔ̃.pɑs/ |
compasse /kɔ̃.pɑs/ |
compassons /kɔ̃.pɑ.sɔ̃/ |
compassez /kɔ̃.pɑ.se/ |
compassent /kɔ̃.pɑs/ |
| imperfect | compassais /kɔ̃.pɑ.sɛ/ |
compassais /kɔ̃.pɑ.sɛ/ |
compassait /kɔ̃.pɑ.sɛ/ |
compassions /kɔ̃.pɑ.sjɔ̃/ |
compassiez /kɔ̃.pɑ.sje/ |
compassaient /kɔ̃.pɑ.sɛ/ |
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| past historic1 | compassai /kɔ̃.pɑ.se/ |
compassas /kɔ̃.pɑ.sa/ |
compassa /kɔ̃.pɑ.sa/ |
compassâmes /kɔ̃.pɑ.sam/ |
compassâtes /kɔ̃.pɑ.sat/ |
compassèrent /kɔ̃.pɑ.sɛʁ/ |
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| future | compasserai /kɔ̃.pɑ.sʁe/ |
compasseras /kɔ̃.pɑ.sʁa/ |
compassera /kɔ̃.pɑ.sʁa/ |
compasserons /kɔ̃.pɑ.sʁɔ̃/ |
compasserez /kɔ̃.pɑ.sʁe/ |
compasseront /kɔ̃.pɑ.sʁɔ̃/ |
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| conditional | compasserais /kɔ̃.pɑ.sʁɛ/ |
compasserais /kɔ̃.pɑ.sʁɛ/ |
compasserait /kɔ̃.pɑ.sʁɛ/ |
compasserions /kɔ̃.pɑ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
compasseriez /kɔ̃.pɑ.sə.ʁje/ |
compasseraient /kɔ̃.pɑ.sʁɛ/ |
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| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior1 | Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il | que nous | que vous | qu’ils | |
| simple tenses |
present | compasse /kɔ̃.pɑs/ |
compasses /kɔ̃.pɑs/ |
compasse /kɔ̃.pɑs/ |
compassions /kɔ̃.pɑ.sjɔ̃/ |
compassiez /kɔ̃.pɑ.sje/ |
compassent /kɔ̃.pɑs/ |
| imperfect1 |
compassasse /kɔ̃.pɑ.sas/ |
compassasses /kɔ̃.pɑ.sas/ |
compassât /kɔ̃.pɑ.sa/ |
compassassions /kɔ̃.pɑ.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
compassassiez /kɔ̃.pɑ.sa.sje/ |
compassassent /kɔ̃.pɑ.sas/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | compasse /kɔ̃.pɑs/ |
— | compassons /kɔ̃.pɑ.sɔ̃/ |
compassez /kɔ̃.pɑ.se/ |
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Derived terms
- compassement
- compasseur
References
- “compasser” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Old French
Verb
compasser
- to compass (measure with a compass)
Conjugation
This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ss, *-sss, *-sst are modified to s, s, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.
Conjugation of compasser (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | compasser | avoir compassé | |||||
| gerund | en compassant | Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| present participle | compassant | ||||||
| past participle | compassé | ||||||
| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | jo | tu | il | nos | vos | il | |
| simple tenses |
present | compas | compasses | compasse | compassons | compassez | compassent |
| imperfect | compassoie, compasseie, compassoe, compasseve | compassoies, compasseies, compassoes, compasseves | compassoit, compasseit, compassot, compasseve | compassiiens, compassiens | compassiiez, compassiez | compassoient, compasseient, compassoent, compassevent | |
| preterite | compassai | compassas | compassa | compassames | compassastes | compasserent | |
| future | compasserai | compasseras | compassera | compasserons | compasseroiz, compassereiz, compasserez | compasseront | |
| conditional | compasseroie, compassereie | compasseroies, compassereies | compasseroit, compassereit | compasseriiens, compasseriens | compasseriiez, compasseriez | compasseroient, compassereient | |
| compound tenses |
present perfect | Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| past anterior | Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que jo | que tu | qu’il | que nos | que vos | qu’il | |
| simple tenses |
present | compas | compas | compast | compassons | compassez | compassent |
| imperfect | compassasse | compassasses | compassast | compassissons, compassissiens | compassissoiz, compassissez, compassissiez | compassassent | |
| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nos | vos | – | |
| — | compasse | — | compassons | compassez | — | ||
References
- “compasser” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).