comparer
French, verb/kɔ̃.pa.ʁe/
comparer is spelled C-O-M-P-A-R-E-R (8 letters) and appears 20 times per million words in written French, the 3,835th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Comparer is a French verb meaning “to compare” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Examiner les rapports de ressemblance et de différence entre une chose et une autre, entre une personne et…”.
What does comparer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to compare
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Examiner les rapports de ressemblance et de différence entre une chose et une autre, entre une personne et une autre. 2. Rapprocher, avec la pensée d’égaler. 3. Marquer les rapports de ressemblance entre des choses ou des personnes qui sont de nature ou d’espèce différente. 4. Confronter et examiner si deux choses sont de la même main.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of comparer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- comparant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- comparé participle past
- compare first-person indicative present
- compares indicative present second-person
- comparons first-person indicative plural
- comparez indicative plural present
- comparent indicative plural present
- comparais first-person imperfect indicative
- comparait imperfect indicative singular
- comparions first-person imperfect indicative
- compariez imperfect indicative plural
- comparaient imperfect indicative plural
- comparai first-person historic indicative
- comparas historic indicative past
- compara historic indicative past
- comparâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce comparer?
- /kɔ̃.pa.ʁe/
- \kɔ̃.pa.ʁe\
- [kɔ̃.pa.ʁe]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to comparer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is comparer in French?
comparer appears 20 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).