comprimer
French, verb/kɔ̃.pʁi.me/
comprimer is spelled C-O-M-P-R-I-M-E-R (9 letters) and appears about once in every 3 million words in written French, the 53,838th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Comprimer is a French verb meaning “to compress” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Presser avec force, de manière à réduire à un moindre volume”.
What does comprimer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to compress
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Presser avec force, de manière à réduire à un moindre volume. 2. Compresser, appliquer une compresse. 3. Condenser. 4. Empêcher d’agir, d’éclater.
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 comprimer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- comprimant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- comprimé participle past
- comprime first-person indicative present
- comprimes indicative present second-person
- comprimons first-person indicative plural
- comprimez indicative plural present
- compriment indicative plural present
- comprimais first-person imperfect indicative
- comprimait imperfect indicative singular
- comprimions first-person imperfect indicative
- comprimiez imperfect indicative plural
- comprimaient imperfect indicative plural
- comprimai first-person historic indicative
- comprimas historic indicative past
- comprima historic indicative past
- comprimâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce comprimer?
- /kɔ̃.pʁi.me/
- \kɔ̃.pʁi.me\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to comprimer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is comprimer in French?
comprimer appears about once in every 3 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).