compéter
French, verb/kɔ̃.pe.te/
compéter is spelled C-O-M-P-É-T-E-R (8 letters) and appears about once in every 89 million words in written French, the 294,907th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Compéter is a French verb meaning “to be competent; to have jurisdiction” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Appartenir en vertu de certains droits”.
What does compéter mean in English?
verb
- 1
to be competent; to have jurisdiction
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Appartenir en vertu de certains droits. 2. Être de la compétence de.
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 compéter
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- compétant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- compété participle past
- compète first-person indicative present
- compètes indicative present second-person
- compétons first-person indicative plural
- compétez indicative plural present
- compètent indicative plural present
- compétais first-person imperfect indicative
- compétait imperfect indicative singular
- compétions first-person imperfect indicative
- compétiez imperfect indicative plural
- compétaient imperfect indicative plural
- compétai first-person historic indicative
- compétas historic indicative past
- compéta historic indicative past
- compétâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce compéter?
- /kɔ̃.pe.te/
- \kɔ̃.pe.te\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is compéter in French?
compéter appears about once in every 89 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).