compacter
English
Pronunciation
- (General American) IPA(key): /kɑmˈpæktɚ/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /kɒmˈpæktə/
- Rhymes: -æktə(ɹ)
- Homophone: compactor
Etymology 1
Noun
compacter (plural compacters)
Alternative forms
- (something that compacts things, e.g. trash): compactor
Etymology 2
From compact (adjective) + -er.
Adjective
compacter
Anagrams
French
Pronunciation
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Verb
compacter
- to compact
Conjugation
Conjugation of compacter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | compacter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | compactant /kɔ̃.pak.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | compacté /kɔ̃.pak.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) |
present | compacte /kɔ̃.pakt/ |
compactes /kɔ̃.pakt/ |
compacte /kɔ̃.pakt/ |
compactons /kɔ̃.pak.tɔ̃/ |
compactez /kɔ̃.pak.te/ |
compactent /kɔ̃.pakt/ |
| imperfect | compactais /kɔ̃.pak.tɛ/ |
compactais /kɔ̃.pak.tɛ/ |
compactait /kɔ̃.pak.tɛ/ |
compactions /kɔ̃.pak.tjɔ̃/ |
compactiez /kɔ̃.pak.tje/ |
compactaient /kɔ̃.pak.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | compactai /kɔ̃.pak.te/ |
compactas /kɔ̃.pak.ta/ |
compacta /kɔ̃.pak.ta/ |
compactâmes /kɔ̃.pak.tam/ |
compactâtes /kɔ̃.pak.tat/ |
compactèrent /kɔ̃.pak.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | compacterai /kɔ̃.pak.tə.ʁe/ |
compacteras /kɔ̃.pak.tə.ʁa/ |
compactera /kɔ̃.pak.tə.ʁa/ |
compacterons /kɔ̃.pak.tə.ʁɔ̃/ |
compacterez /kɔ̃.pak.tə.ʁe/ |
compacteront /kɔ̃.pak.tə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | compacterais /kɔ̃.pak.tə.ʁɛ/ |
compacterais /kɔ̃.pak.tə.ʁɛ/ |
compacterait /kɔ̃.pak.tə.ʁɛ/ |
compacterions /kɔ̃.pak.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ |
compacteriez /kɔ̃.pak.tə.ʁje/ |
compacteraient /kɔ̃.pak.tə.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 | compacte /kɔ̃.pakt/ |
compactes /kɔ̃.pakt/ |
compacte /kɔ̃.pakt/ |
compactions /kɔ̃.pak.tjɔ̃/ |
compactiez /kɔ̃.pak.tje/ |
compactent /kɔ̃.pakt/ |
| imperfect2 | compactasse /kɔ̃.pak.tas/ |
compactasses /kɔ̃.pak.tas/ |
compactât /kɔ̃.pak.ta/ |
compactassions /kɔ̃.pak.ta.sjɔ̃/ |
compactassiez /kɔ̃.pak.ta.sje/ |
compactassent /kɔ̃.pak.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) |
past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | compacte /kɔ̃.pakt/ |
— | compactons /kɔ̃.pak.tɔ̃/ |
compactez /kɔ̃.pak.te/ |
— | |
| 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). | |||||||
Further reading
- “compacter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.