comparer

English

Etymology

compare +‎ -er

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /kəmˈpɛəɹə(ɹ)/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)

Noun

comparer (plural comparers)

  1. One who, or that which, compares.
    Synonym: comparator

Dalmatian

Alternative forms

Etymology

From Latin compareo, comparere. Compare Italian comparire.

Verb

comparer

  1. 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

  1. 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 – tu – nous vous –
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:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

Derived terms

Further reading

Latin

Verb

comparer

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of comparō
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