compoter

French

Etymology

From compote +‎ -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.pɔ.te/

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Verb

compoter

1. (transitive) to stew (fruit, etc.)

Conjugation

Conjugation of compoter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	compoter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	compotant /kɔ̃.pɔ.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		compoté /kɔ̃.pɔ.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	compote /kɔ̃.pɔt/	compotes /kɔ̃.pɔt/	compote /kɔ̃.pɔt/	compotons /kɔ̃.pɔ.tɔ̃/	compotez /kɔ̃.pɔ.te/	compotent /kɔ̃.pɔt/
	imperfect	compotais /kɔ̃.pɔ.tɛ/	compotais /kɔ̃.pɔ.tɛ/	compotait /kɔ̃.pɔ.tɛ/	compotions /kɔ̃.pɔ.tjɔ̃/	compotiez /kɔ̃.pɔ.tje/	compotaient /kɔ̃.pɔ.tɛ/
	past historic2	compotai /kɔ̃.pɔ.te/	compotas /kɔ̃.pɔ.ta/	compota /kɔ̃.pɔ.ta/	compotâmes /kɔ̃.pɔ.tam/	compotâtes /kɔ̃.pɔ.tat/	compotèrent /kɔ̃.pɔ.tɛʁ/
	future	compoterai /kɔ̃.pɔ.tʁe/	compoteras /kɔ̃.pɔ.tʁa/	compotera /kɔ̃.pɔ.tʁa/	compoterons /kɔ̃.pɔ.tʁɔ̃/	compoterez /kɔ̃.pɔ.tʁe/	compoteront /kɔ̃.pɔ.tʁɔ̃/
	conditional	compoterais /kɔ̃.pɔ.tʁɛ/	compoterais /kɔ̃.pɔ.tʁɛ/	compoterait /kɔ̃.pɔ.tʁɛ/	compoterions /kɔ̃.pɔ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	compoteriez /kɔ̃.pɔ.tə.ʁje/	compoteraient /kɔ̃.pɔ.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	compote /kɔ̃.pɔt/	compotes /kɔ̃.pɔt/	compote /kɔ̃.pɔt/	compotions /kɔ̃.pɔ.tjɔ̃/	compotiez /kɔ̃.pɔ.tje/	compotent /kɔ̃.pɔt/
	imperfect2	compotasse /kɔ̃.pɔ.tas/	compotasses /kɔ̃.pɔ.tas/	compotât /kɔ̃.pɔ.ta/	compotassions /kɔ̃.pɔ.ta.sjɔ̃/	compotassiez /kɔ̃.pɔ.ta.sje/	compotassent /kɔ̃.pɔ.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	compote /kɔ̃.pɔt/	—	compotons /kɔ̃.pɔ.tɔ̃/	compotez /kɔ̃.pɔ.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: 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).