compromettre
French, verb/kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛtʁ/
compromettre is spelled C-O-M-P-R-O-M-E-T-T-R-E (12 letters) and appears 3.4 times per million words in written French, the 14,626th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Compromettre is a French verb meaning “to compromise, jeopardise” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Exposer quelqu’un à se trouver dans quelque embarras soit en usant de son nom sans son aveu, soit en…”.
What does compromettre mean in English?
verb
- 1
to compromise, jeopardise
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Exposer quelqu’un à se trouver dans quelque embarras soit en usant de son nom sans son aveu, soit en l’engageant dans des démêlés, dans des affaires. 2. Mettre une réputation en péril. 3. Donner à penser par ses paroles ou ses actes qu’on a une liaison intime avec elle, en parlant d'une femme. 4. Mettre en péril.
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 compromettre
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- compromettant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- compromis participle past
- compromets first-person indicative present
- compromet indicative present singular
- compromettons first-person indicative plural
- compromettez indicative plural present
- compromettent indicative plural present
- compromettais first-person imperfect indicative
- compromettait imperfect indicative singular
- compromettions first-person imperfect indicative
- compromettiez imperfect indicative plural
- compromettaient imperfect indicative plural
- compromit historic indicative past
- compromîmes first-person historic indicative
- compromîtes historic indicative past
- compromirent historic indicative past
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce compromettre?
- /kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛtʁ/
- \kɔ̃.pʁɔ.mɛtʁ\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to compromettre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is compromettre in French?
compromettre appears 3.4 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).