compenser

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin compēnsāre, from com- (“together”) + pensō (“to weigh”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.se/

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Verb

compenser

1. to compensate for, to offset

Conjugation

Conjugation of compenser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	compenser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	compensant /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		compensé /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	compense /kɔ̃.pɑ̃s/	compenses /kɔ̃.pɑ̃s/	compense /kɔ̃.pɑ̃s/	compensons /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sɔ̃/	compensez /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.se/	compensent /kɔ̃.pɑ̃s/
	imperfect	compensais /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sɛ/	compensais /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sɛ/	compensait /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sɛ/	compensions /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sjɔ̃/	compensiez /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sje/	compensaient /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sɛ/
	past historic2	compensai /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.se/	compensas /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sa/	compensa /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sa/	compensâmes /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sam/	compensâtes /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sat/	compensèrent /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sɛʁ/
	future	compenserai /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sʁe/	compenseras /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sʁa/	compensera /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sʁa/	compenserons /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/	compenserez /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sʁe/	compenseront /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	compenserais /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sʁɛ/	compenserais /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sʁɛ/	compenserait /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sʁɛ/	compenserions /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	compenseriez /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sə.ʁje/	compenseraient /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sʁɛ/
(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	compense /kɔ̃.pɑ̃s/	compenses /kɔ̃.pɑ̃s/	compense /kɔ̃.pɑ̃s/	compensions /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sjɔ̃/	compensiez /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sje/	compensent /kɔ̃.pɑ̃s/
	imperfect2	compensasse /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sas/	compensasses /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sas/	compensât /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sa/	compensassions /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sa.sjɔ̃/	compensassiez /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sa.sje/	compensassent /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	compense /kɔ̃.pɑ̃s/	—	compensons /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.sɔ̃/	compensez /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.se/	—
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

• compensable
• compensatoire

Related terms

• compensation

Further reading

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

Latin

Verb

compēnser

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of compēnsō