comporter

French

Etymology

From Latin comportō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.te/

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Verb

comporter

1. (transitive) to include

   Le frontispice de l’édifice public comportait d'ailleurs toujours l’inscription « Ecole-Marie ».

   The frontispiece of the public building still included the inscription "Ecole-Marie."

2. (transitive) to consist of, comprise
3. (transitive) to entail (formal, risk), involve
4. (reflexive) to behave, act

Conjugation

Conjugation of comporter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	comporter
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	comportant /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		comporté /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	comporte /kɔ̃.pɔʁt/	comportes /kɔ̃.pɔʁt/	comporte /kɔ̃.pɔʁt/	comportons /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tɔ̃/	comportez /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.te/	comportent /kɔ̃.pɔʁt/
	imperfect	comportais /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tɛ/	comportais /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tɛ/	comportait /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tɛ/	comportions /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tjɔ̃/	comportiez /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tje/	comportaient /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tɛ/
	past historic2	comportai /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.te/	comportas /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.ta/	comporta /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.ta/	comportâmes /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tam/	comportâtes /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tat/	comportèrent /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tɛʁ/
	future	comporterai /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁe/	comporteras /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁa/	comportera /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁa/	comporterons /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɔ̃/	comporterez /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁe/	comporteront /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	comporterais /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɛ/	comporterais /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɛ/	comporterait /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɛ/	comporterions /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	comporteriez /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁje/	comporteraient /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.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	comporte /kɔ̃.pɔʁt/	comportes /kɔ̃.pɔʁt/	comporte /kɔ̃.pɔʁt/	comportions /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tjɔ̃/	comportiez /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tje/	comportent /kɔ̃.pɔʁt/
	imperfect2	comportasse /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tas/	comportasses /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tas/	comportât /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.ta/	comportassions /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.ta.sjɔ̃/	comportassiez /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.ta.sje/	comportassent /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	comporte /kɔ̃.pɔʁt/	—	comportons /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tɔ̃/	comportez /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.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).

Conjugation of se comporter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	se comporter
	compound	s'être + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	se comportant /sə kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tɑ̃/
	compound	ayant or étant + past participle
past participle		comporté /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.te/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	me comporte /mə kɔ̃.pɔʁt/	te comportes /tə kɔ̃.pɔʁt/	se comporte /sə kɔ̃.pɔʁt/	nous comportons /nu kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tɔ̃/	vous comportez /vu kɔ̃.pɔʁ.te/	se comportent /sə kɔ̃.pɔʁt/
	imperfect	me comportais /mə kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tɛ/	te comportais /tə kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tɛ/	se comportait /sə kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tɛ/	nous comportions /nu kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tjɔ̃/	vous comportiez /vu kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tje/	se comportaient /sə kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tɛ/
	past historic2	me comportai /mə kɔ̃.pɔʁ.te/	te comportas /tə kɔ̃.pɔʁ.ta/	se comporta /sə kɔ̃.pɔʁ.ta/	nous comportâmes /nu kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tam/	vous comportâtes /vu kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tat/	se comportèrent /sə kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tɛʁ/
	future	me comporterai /mə kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁe/	te comporteras /tə kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁa/	se comportera /sə kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁa/	nous comporterons /nu kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɔ̃/	vous comporterez /vu kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁe/	se comporteront /sə kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	me comporterais /mə kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɛ/	te comporterais /tə kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɛ/	se comporterait /sə kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɛ/	nous comporterions /nu kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁjɔ̃/	vous comporteriez /vu kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁje/	se comporteraient /sə kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tə.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of s'être + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of s'être + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of s'être + past participle
	future perfect	future of s'être + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of s'être + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	me comporte /mə kɔ̃.pɔʁt/	te comportes /tə kɔ̃.pɔʁt/	se comporte /sə kɔ̃.pɔʁt/	nous comportions /nu kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tjɔ̃/	vous comportiez /vu kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tje/	se comportent /sə kɔ̃.pɔʁt/
	imperfect2	me comportasse /mə kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tas/	te comportasses /tə kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tas/	se comportât /sə kɔ̃.pɔʁ.ta/	nous comportassions /nu kɔ̃.pɔʁ.ta.sjɔ̃/	vous comportassiez /vu kɔ̃.pɔʁ.ta.sje/	se comportassent /sə kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of s'être + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of s'être + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	comporte-toi /kɔ̃.pɔʁt.twa/	—	comportons-nous /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.tɔ̃.nu/	comportez-vous /kɔ̃.pɔʁ.te.vu/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of s'être + past participle	—	simple imperative of s'être + past participle	simple imperative of s'être + 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).

Related terms

• colporter
• comportement
• comporteur

Descendants

• → Dutch: comporteren

Further reading

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

Latin

Verb

comporter

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of comportō