compenser
French, verb/kɔ̃.pɑ̃.se/
compenser is spelled C-O-M-P-E-N-S-E-R (9 letters) and appears 8.5 times per million words in written French, the 7,540th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Compenser is a French verb meaning “to compensate for, to offset” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Rétablir un équilibre qui est perdu”.
What does compenser mean in English?
verb
- 1
to compensate for, to offset
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Rétablir un équilibre qui est perdu. 2. Dédommager une perte par un avantage considéré comme équivalent.
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 compenser
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- compensant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- compensé participle past
- compense first-person indicative present
- compenses indicative present second-person
- compensons first-person indicative plural
- compensez indicative plural present
- compensent indicative plural present
- compensais first-person imperfect indicative
- compensait imperfect indicative singular
- compensions first-person imperfect indicative
- compensiez imperfect indicative plural
- compensaient imperfect indicative plural
- compensai first-person historic indicative
- compensas historic indicative past
- compensa historic indicative past
- compensâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce compenser?
- /kɔ̃.pɑ̃.se/
- \kɔ̃.pɑ̃.se\
- [kɔ̃.pɑ̃.se]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to compenser
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is compenser in French?
compenser appears 8.5 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).