interrompre

See also: interrompré

Catalan

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin interrumpere, and modeled after rompre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [in.təˈrom.pɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [in.teˈrom.pɾe]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Verb

interrompre (first-person singular present interrompo, first-person singular preterite interrompí, past participle interromput)

1. (transitive) to interrupt
2. (pronominal) to shut off, to go out (of electricity)

   S’ha interromput el corrent. ― The power went out.

Conjugation

    Conjugation of interrompre (second conjugation)

infinitive			interrompre
gerund			interrompent
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		interromput		interrompuda
		plural		interromputs		interrompudes
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	interrompo	interromps	interromp	interrompem	interrompeu	interrompen
	imperfect	interrompia	interrompies	interrompia	interrompíem	interrompíeu	interrompien
	future	interrompré	interrompràs	interromprà	interromprem	interrompreu	interrompran
	preterite	interrompí	interromperes	interrompé	interrompérem	interrompéreu	interromperen
	conditional	interrompria	interrompries	interrompria	interrompríem	interrompríeu	interromprien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	interrompi	interrompis	interrompi	interrompem	interrompeu	interrompin
	imperfect	interrompés	interrompessis	interrompés	interrompéssim	interrompéssiu	interrompessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
	affirmative	—	interromp	interrompi	interrompem	interrompeu	interrompin
	negative (no)	—	no interrompis	no interrompi	no interrompem	no interrompeu	no interrompin

Related terms

• interrupció
• interrupte
• interruptor

Further reading

• “interrompre”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “interrompre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

From Middle French interrompre, partial relatinization of Old French entrerompre, itself a calque of Latin interrumpere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ̃pʁ/ ~ /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ̃pʁ/

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Verb

interrompre

1. to interrupt

Conjugation

This verb is conjugated like rompre. That means it is conjugated like vendre, except that it adds an extra -t in the third-person singular form of the present indicative: il interrompt, not *il interromp. This is strictly a spelling change; pronunciation-wise, the verb is conjugated exactly like vendre.

Conjugation of interrompre (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	interrompre
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	interrompant /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ̃.pɑ̃/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ̃.pɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		interrompu /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ̃.py/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ̃.py/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	interromps /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ̃/	interromps /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ̃/	interrompt /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ̃/	interrompons /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ̃.pɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ̃.pɔ̃/	interrompez /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ̃.pe/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ̃.pe/	interrompent /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ̃p/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ̃p/
	imperfect	interrompais /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ̃.pɛ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ̃.pɛ/	interrompais /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ̃.pɛ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ̃.pɛ/	interrompait /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ̃.pɛ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ̃.pɛ/	interrompions /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ̃.pjɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ̃.pjɔ̃/	interrompiez /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ̃.pje/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ̃.pje/	interrompaient /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ̃.pɛ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ̃.pɛ/
	past historic2	interrompis /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ̃.pi/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ̃.pi/	interrompis /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ̃.pi/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ̃.pi/	interrompit /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ̃.pi/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ̃.pi/	interrompîmes /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ̃.pim/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ̃.pim/	interrompîtes /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ̃.pit/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ̃.pit/	interrompirent /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ̃.piʁ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ̃.piʁ/
	future	interromprai /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ̃.pʁe/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ̃.pʁe/	interrompras /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ̃.pʁa/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ̃.pʁa/	interrompra /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ̃.pʁa/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ̃.pʁa/	interromprons /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ̃.pʁɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ̃.pʁɔ̃/	interromprez /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ̃.pʁe/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ̃.pʁe/	interrompront /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ̃.pʁɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ̃.pʁɔ̃/
	conditional	interromprais /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ̃.pʁɛ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ̃.pʁɛ/	interromprais /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ̃.pʁɛ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ̃.pʁɛ/	interromprait /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ̃.pʁɛ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ̃.pʁɛ/	interromprions /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ̃.pʁi.jɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ̃.pʁi.jɔ̃/	interrompriez /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ̃.pʁi.je/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ̃.pʁi.je/	interrompraient /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ̃.pʁɛ/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ̃.pʁɛ/
(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	interrompe /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ̃p/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ̃p/	interrompes /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ̃p/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ̃p/	interrompe /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ̃p/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ̃p/	interrompions /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ̃.pjɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ̃.pjɔ̃/	interrompiez /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ̃.pje/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ̃.pje/	interrompent /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ̃p/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ̃p/
	imperfect2	interrompisse /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ̃.pis/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ̃.pis/	interrompisses /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ̃.pis/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ̃.pis/	interrompît /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ̃.pi/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ̃.pi/	interrompissions /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ̃.pi.sjɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ̃.pi.sjɔ̃/	interrompissiez /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ̃.pi.sje/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ̃.pi.sje/	interrompissent /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ̃.pis/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ̃.pis/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	interromps /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ̃/	—	interrompons /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ̃.pɔ̃/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ̃.pɔ̃/	interrompez /ɛ̃.tɛ.ʁɔ̃.pe/ or /ɛ̃.te.ʁɔ̃.pe/	—
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

• coït interrompu

Related terms

• interruption
• rompre

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• réprimeront