comparoir
French, verb/kɔ̃.pa.ʁwaʁ/
comparoir is spelled C-O-M-P-A-R-O-I-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 91 million words in written French, the 298,135th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Comparoir is a French verb meaning “to appear before a court; to be arraigned” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Comparaître en justice”.
What does comparoir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to appear before a court; to be arraigned
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Comparaître en justice.
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 comparoir
- comparant participle present
- avoir comparu infinitive past
- en comparant gerund present
- en ayant comparu gerund past
- comparu participle past
- je comparois indicative
- tu comparois indicative
- il/elle/on comparoit indicative
- nous comparoissons indicative
- vous comparoissez indicative
- ils/elles comparoissoent indicative
- j’ai comparu indicative past multiword-construction
- tu as comparu indicative past multiword-construction
- il/elle/on a comparu indicative past multiword-construction
- nous avons comparu indicative past multiword-construction
- vous avez comparu indicative past multiword-construction
- ils/elles ont comparu indicative past multiword-construction
- je comparoissois indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce comparoir?
- /kɔ̃.pa.ʁwaʁ/
- \kɔ̃.pa.ʁwaʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is comparoir in French?
comparoir appears about once in every 91 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).