compenser
French
editEtymology
editBorrowed from Latin compēnsāre, from com- (“together”) + pensō (“to weigh”).
Pronunciation
editVerb
editcompenser
- to compensate for, to offset
Conjugation
editConjugation of compenser (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | compenser | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | compensant /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | compensé /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.se/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | compense /kɔ̃.pɑ̃s/ |
compenses /kɔ̃.pɑ̃s/ |
compense /kɔ̃.pɑ̃s/ |
compensons /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sɔ̃/ |
compensez /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.se/ |
compensent /kɔ̃.pɑ̃s/ |
| imperfect | compensais /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sɛ/ |
compensais /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sɛ/ |
compensait /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sɛ/ |
compensions /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
compensiez /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sje/ |
compensaient /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | compensai /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.se/ |
compensas /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sa/ |
compensa /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sa/ |
compensâmes /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sam/ |
compensâtes /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sat/ |
compensèrent /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sɛʁ/ | |
| future | compenserai /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sʁe/ |
compenseras /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sʁa/ |
compensera /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sʁa/ |
compenserons /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/ |
compenserez /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sʁe/ |
compenseront /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | compenserais /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sʁɛ/ |
compenserais /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sʁɛ/ |
compenserait /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sʁɛ/ |
compenserions /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
compenseriez /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sə.ʁje/ |
compenseraient /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sʁɛ/ | |
| (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 | compense /kɔ̃.pɑ̃s/ |
compenses /kɔ̃.pɑ̃s/ |
compense /kɔ̃.pɑ̃s/ |
compensions /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sjɔ̃/ |
compensiez /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sje/ |
compensent /kɔ̃.pɑ̃s/ |
| imperfect2 | compensasse /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sas/ |
compensasses /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sas/ |
compensât /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sa/ |
compensassions /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/ |
compensassiez /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sa.sje/ |
compensassent /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | compense /kɔ̃.pɑ̃s/ |
— | compensons /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sɔ̃/ |
compensez /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.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
editRelated terms
editFurther reading
edit- “compenser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
editVerb
editcompēnser