compacter

English

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /kɑmˈpæktɚ/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kɒmˈpæktə/
• Rhymes: -æktə(ɹ)
• Homophone: compactor

Etymology 1

From 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

From compact (adjective) +‎ -er.

Adjective

compacter

1. comparative form of compact: more compact

Anagrams

• recompact

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).

Further reading

• “compacter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.