comparaître
See also: comparaitre
French
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editFormed from paraître, apparaître based on Old French comparoir, from Latin comparere.
Pronunciation
editVerb
editcomparaître
Conjugation
editThis verb is one of a fairly small group of -re verbs, that are all conjugated the same way. They are unlike other verb groups in that the 'i' is given a circumflex before a 't'.
Conjugation of comparaître (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | comparaître | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | comparaissant /kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ.sɑ̃/ or /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe.sɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | comparu /kɔ̃.pa.ʁy/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) |
present | comparais /kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ/ |
comparais /kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ/ |
comparaît /kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ/ |
comparaissons /kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe.sɔ̃/ |
comparaissez /kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ.se/ or /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe.se/ |
comparaissent /kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛs/ |
imperfect | comparaissais /kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ.sɛ/ or /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe.sɛ/ |
comparaissais /kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ.sɛ/ or /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe.sɛ/ |
comparaissait /kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ.sɛ/ or /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe.sɛ/ |
comparaissions /kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe.sjɔ̃/ |
comparaissiez /kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ.sje/ or /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe.sje/ |
comparaissaient /kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ.sɛ/ or /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe.sɛ/ | |
past historic2 | comparus /kɔ̃.pa.ʁy/ |
comparus /kɔ̃.pa.ʁy/ |
comparut /kɔ̃.pa.ʁy/ |
comparûmes /kɔ̃.pa.ʁym/ |
comparûtes /kɔ̃.pa.ʁyt/ |
comparurent /kɔ̃.pa.ʁyʁ/ | |
future | comparaîtrai /kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ.tʁe/ or /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe.tʁe/ |
comparaîtras /kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ.tʁa/ or /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe.tʁa/ |
comparaîtra /kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ.tʁa/ or /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe.tʁa/ |
comparaîtrons /kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe.tʁɔ̃/ |
comparaîtrez /kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ.tʁe/ or /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe.tʁe/ |
comparaîtront /kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ.tʁɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe.tʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | comparaîtrais /kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ.tʁɛ/ or /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe.tʁɛ/ |
comparaîtrais /kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ.tʁɛ/ or /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe.tʁɛ/ |
comparaîtrait /kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ.tʁɛ/ or /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe.tʁɛ/ |
comparaîtrions /kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ.tʁi.jɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe.tʁi.jɔ̃/ |
comparaîtriez /kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ.tʁi.je/ or /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe.tʁi.je/ |
comparaîtraient /kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ.tʁɛ/ or /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe.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 | comparaisse /kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛs/ |
comparaisses /kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛs/ |
comparaisse /kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛs/ |
comparaissions /kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe.sjɔ̃/ |
comparaissiez /kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ.sje/ or /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe.sje/ |
comparaissent /kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛs/ |
imperfect2 | comparusse /kɔ̃.pa.ʁys/ |
comparusses /kɔ̃.pa.ʁys/ |
comparût /kɔ̃.pa.ʁy/ |
comparussions /kɔ̃.pa.ʁy.sjɔ̃/ |
comparussiez /kɔ̃.pa.ʁy.sje/ |
comparussent /kɔ̃.pa.ʁys/ | |
(compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | comparais /kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ/ |
— | comparaissons /kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe.sɔ̃/ |
comparaissez /kɔ̃.pa.ʁɛ.se/ or /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe.se/ |
— | |
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
editFurther reading
edit- “comparaître”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.