compatir
French, verb/kɔ̃.pa.tiʁ/
compatir is spelled C-O-M-P-A-T-I-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 2 million words in written French, the 46,652nd most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Compatir is a French verb meaning “to sympathise, empathise, feel for” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Être touché de compassion pour les maux d’autrui”.
What does compatir mean in English?
verb
- 1
to sympathise, empathise, feel for
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Être touché de compassion pour les maux d’autrui. 2. Souffrir les fautes, les faiblesses de son prochain avec indulgence.
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 compatir
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- compatissant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- compati participle past
- compatis first-person indicative present
- compatit indicative present singular
- compatissons first-person indicative plural
- compatissez indicative plural present
- compatissent indicative plural present
- compatissais first-person imperfect indicative
- compatissait imperfect indicative singular
- compatissions first-person imperfect indicative
- compatissiez imperfect indicative plural
- compatissaient imperfect indicative plural
- compatîmes first-person historic indicative
- compatîtes historic indicative past
- compatirent historic indicative past
- compatirai first-person future indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce compatir?
- /kɔ̃.pa.tiʁ/
- \kɔ̃.pa.tiʁ\
- [kɔ̃.pa.tiʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to compatir
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is compatir in French?
compatir appears about once in every 2 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).