compacter

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

compact (verb) +‎ -er

Noun

compacter (plural compacters)

  1. Something that compacts things (e.g. trash).
  2. One who makes a compact or agreement.
Alternative forms
  • (something that compacts things, e.g. trash): compactor

Etymology 2

compact (adjective) +‎ -er

Adjective

compacter

  1. comparative form of compact: more compact

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French

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Verb

compacter

  1. 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 – tu – nous vous –
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:
  • 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).

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