comparaître
See also: comparaitre
French edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Formed from paraître, apparaître based on Old French comparoir, from Latin comparere.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
comparaître
Conjugation edit
This 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 edit
Further reading edit
- “comparaître”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.