corrompre
French, verb/kɔ.ʁɔ̃pʁ/
corrompre is spelled C-O-R-R-O-M-P-R-E (9 letters) and appears 1.6 times per million words in written French, the 23,795th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Corrompre is a French verb meaning “to corrupt, impair, deprave” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Gâter, altérer, changer en mal”.
What does corrompre mean in English?
verb
- 1
to corrupt, impair, deprave
- 2
to bribe
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Gâter, altérer, changer en mal. 2. Séduire, débaucher. 3. Engager quelqu'un par des dons, des promesses, ou par d'autres moyens, à faire, ou ne pas faire, quelque chose contre son devoir, sa conscience, contre l'honneur, etc. 4. Plier, rompre à force de plier.
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 corrompre
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- corrompant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- corrompu participle past
- corromps first-person indicative present
- corrompt indicative present singular
- corrompons first-person indicative plural
- corrompez indicative plural present
- corrompent indicative plural present
- corrompais first-person imperfect indicative
- corrompait imperfect indicative singular
- corrompions first-person imperfect indicative
- corrompiez imperfect indicative plural
- corrompaient imperfect indicative plural
- corrompis first-person historic indicative
- corrompit historic indicative past
- corrompîmes first-person historic indicative
- corrompîtes historic indicative past
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce corrompre?
- /kɔ.ʁɔ̃pʁ/
- \kɔ.ʁɔ̃pʁ\
- [kɔ.ʁɔ̃pʁ]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to corrompre
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is corrompre in French?
corrompre appears 1.6 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).