compresser

French

Pronunciation

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Verb

compresser

1. to compress
2. (computing) to zip, compress

   Synonym: zipper

   Antonyms: décompresser, dézipper

Conjugation

Conjugation of compresser (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	compresser
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	compressant /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sɑ̃/ or /kɔ̃.pʁe.sɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		compressé /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.se/ or /kɔ̃.pʁe.se/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	compresse /kɔ̃.pʁɛs/	compresses /kɔ̃.pʁɛs/	compresse /kɔ̃.pʁɛs/	compressons /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.pʁe.sɔ̃/	compressez /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.se/ or /kɔ̃.pʁe.se/	compressent /kɔ̃.pʁɛs/
	imperfect	compressais /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sɛ/ or /kɔ̃.pʁe.sɛ/	compressais /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sɛ/ or /kɔ̃.pʁe.sɛ/	compressait /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sɛ/ or /kɔ̃.pʁe.sɛ/	compressions /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.pʁe.sjɔ̃/	compressiez /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sje/ or /kɔ̃.pʁe.sje/	compressaient /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sɛ/ or /kɔ̃.pʁe.sɛ/
	past historic2	compressai /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.se/ or /kɔ̃.pʁe.se/	compressas /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sa/ or /kɔ̃.pʁe.sa/	compressa /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sa/ or /kɔ̃.pʁe.sa/	compressâmes /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sam/ or /kɔ̃.pʁe.sam/	compressâtes /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sat/ or /kɔ̃.pʁe.sat/	compressèrent /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sɛʁ/ or /kɔ̃.pʁe.sɛʁ/
	future	compresserai /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sʁe/ or /kɔ̃.pʁe.sʁe/	compresseras /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sʁa/ or /kɔ̃.pʁe.sʁa/	compressera /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sʁa/ or /kɔ̃.pʁe.sʁa/	compresserons /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.pʁe.sʁɔ̃/	compresserez /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sʁe/ or /kɔ̃.pʁe.sʁe/	compresseront /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sʁɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.pʁe.sʁɔ̃/
	conditional	compresserais /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /kɔ̃.pʁe.sʁɛ/	compresserais /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /kɔ̃.pʁe.sʁɛ/	compresserait /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /kɔ̃.pʁe.sʁɛ/	compresserions /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sə.ʁjɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.pʁe.sə.ʁjɔ̃/	compresseriez /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sə.ʁje/ or /kɔ̃.pʁe.sə.ʁje/	compresseraient /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sʁɛ/ or /kɔ̃.pʁe.sʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	compresse /kɔ̃.pʁɛs/	compresses /kɔ̃.pʁɛs/	compresse /kɔ̃.pʁɛs/	compressions /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sjɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.pʁe.sjɔ̃/	compressiez /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sje/ or /kɔ̃.pʁe.sje/	compressent /kɔ̃.pʁɛs/
	imperfect2	compressasse /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sas/ or /kɔ̃.pʁe.sas/	compressasses /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sas/ or /kɔ̃.pʁe.sas/	compressât /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sa/ or /kɔ̃.pʁe.sa/	compressassions /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sa.sjɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.pʁe.sa.sjɔ̃/	compressassiez /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sa.sje/ or /kɔ̃.pʁe.sa.sje/	compressassent /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sas/ or /kɔ̃.pʁe.sas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	compresse /kɔ̃.pʁɛs/	—	compressons /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.sɔ̃/ or /kɔ̃.pʁe.sɔ̃/	compressez /kɔ̃.pʁɛ.se/ or /kɔ̃.pʁe.se/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

• “compresser”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.