compasser
French, verb/kɔ̃.pa.se/
compasser is spelled C-O-M-P-A-S-S-E-R (9 letters). Compasser is a French verb meaning “to compass (measure with a compass)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Mesurer”.
What does compasser mean in English?
verb
- 1
to compass (measure with a compass)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Mesurer. 2. Mesurer avec le compas. 3. Agir avec mesure, régler avec une exactitude minutieuse, sans aucune spontanéité.
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 compasser
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- compassant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- compassé participle past
- compasse first-person indicative present
- compasses indicative present second-person
- compassons first-person indicative plural
- compassez indicative plural present
- compassent indicative plural present
- compassais first-person imperfect indicative
- compassait imperfect indicative singular
- compassions first-person imperfect indicative
- compassiez imperfect indicative plural
- compassaient imperfect indicative plural
- compassai first-person historic indicative
- compassas historic indicative past
- compassa historic indicative past
- compassâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce compasser?
- /kɔ̃.pa.se/
- /kɔ̃.pɑ.se/
- \kɔ̃.pɑ.se\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.