corrompre

See also: corrompré

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin corrumpere, present active infinitive of corrumpō.

Verb

corrompre (first-person singular present corrompo, past participle corromput)

1. to corrupt, to cause to putrify
2. to corrupt, to defile, to pervert
3. to bribe

Conjugation

Conjugation of corrompre (second conjugation)

infinitive			corrompre
present participle			corrompent
past participle				masculine		feminine
		singular		corromput		corrompuda
		plural		corromputs		corrompudes
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	corrompo	corromps	corromp	corrompem	corrompeu	corrompen
	imperfect	corrompia	corrompies	corrompia	corrompíem	corrompíeu	corrompien
	future	corrompré	corrompràs	corromprà	corromprem	corrompreu	corrompran
	preterite	corrompí	corromperes	corrompé	corrompérem	corrompéreu	corromperen
	conditional	corrompria	corrompries	corrompria	corrompríem	corrompríeu	corromprien
subjunctive		jo	tu	ell/ella vostè	nosaltres nós	vosaltres vós	ells/elles vostès
	present	corrompi	corrompis	corrompi	corrompem	corrompeu	corrompin
	imperfect	corrompés	corrompessis	corrompés	corrompéssim	corrompéssiu	corrompessin
imperative		—	tu	vostè	nosaltres	vosaltres vós	vostès
		—	corromp	corrompi	corrompem	corrompeu	corrompin

Related terms

• corrupte
• corrupció

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French

Etymology

From Latin corrumpere, present active infinitive of corrumpō.

Pronunciation

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Verb

corrompre

1. to corrupt, impair, deprave
2. (figuratively) to bribe

Conjugation

This verb is conjugated like rompre. That means it is conjugated like vendre, except that it adds an extra -t in the third-person singular form of the present indicative: il corrompt, not *il corromp. This is strictly a spelling change; pronunciation-wise, the verb is conjugated exactly like vendre.

  Conjugation of corrompre (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		corrompre			avoir corrompu
gerund		en corrompant			en ayant corrompu
present participle		corrompant /kɔ.ʁɔ̃.pɑ̃/
past participle		corrompu /kɔ.ʁɔ̃.py/
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	corromps /kɔ.ʁɔ̃/	corromps /kɔ.ʁɔ̃/	corrompt /kɔ.ʁɔ̃/	corrompons /kɔ.ʁɔ̃.pɔ̃/	corrompez /kɔ.ʁɔ̃.pe/	corrompent /kɔ.ʁɔ̃p/
	imperfect	corrompais /kɔ.ʁɔ̃.pɛ/	corrompais /kɔ.ʁɔ̃.pɛ/	corrompait /kɔ.ʁɔ̃.pɛ/	corrompions /kɔ.ʁɔ̃.pjɔ̃/	corrompiez /kɔ.ʁɔ̃.pje/	corrompaient /kɔ.ʁɔ̃.pɛ/
	past historic1	corrompis /kɔ.ʁɔ̃.pi/	corrompis /kɔ.ʁɔ̃.pi/	corrompit /kɔ.ʁɔ̃.pi/	corrompîmes /kɔ.ʁɔ̃.pim/	corrompîtes /kɔ.ʁɔ̃.pit/	corrompirent /kɔ.ʁɔ̃.piʁ/
	future	corromprai /kɔ.ʁɔ̃.pʁe/	corrompras /kɔ.ʁɔ̃.pʁa/	corrompra /kɔ.ʁɔ̃.pʁa/	corromprons /kɔ.ʁɔ̃.pʁɔ̃/	corromprez /kɔ.ʁɔ̃.pʁe/	corrompront /kɔ.ʁɔ̃.pʁɔ̃/
	conditional	corromprais /kɔ.ʁɔ̃.pʁɛ/	corromprais /kɔ.ʁɔ̃.pʁɛ/	corromprait /kɔ.ʁɔ̃.pʁɛ/	corromprions /kɔ.ʁɔ̃.pʁi.jɔ̃/	corrompriez /kɔ.ʁɔ̃.pʁi.je/	corrompraient /kɔ.ʁɔ̃.pʁɛ/
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	corrompe /kɔ.ʁɔ̃p/	corrompes /kɔ.ʁɔ̃p/	corrompe /kɔ.ʁɔ̃p/	corrompions /kɔ.ʁɔ̃.pjɔ̃/	corrompiez /kɔ.ʁɔ̃.pje/	corrompent /kɔ.ʁɔ̃p/
	imperfect1	corrompisse /kɔ.ʁɔ̃.pis/	corrompisses /kɔ.ʁɔ̃.pis/	corrompît /kɔ.ʁɔ̃.pi/	corrompissions /kɔ.ʁɔ̃.pi.sjɔ̃/	corrompissiez /kɔ.ʁɔ̃.pi.sje/	corrompissent /kɔ.ʁɔ̃.pis/
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	corromps /kɔ.ʁɔ̃/	—	corrompons /kɔ.ʁɔ̃.pɔ̃/	corrompez /kɔ.ʁɔ̃.pe/	—
1literary tenses

Related terms

• corruption

Further reading

• “corrompre” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Norman

Etymology

From Old French corrompre, from Latin corrumpō, corrumpere (“pervert, corrupt, deprave, infect; spoil, rot; taint, contaminate; tempt, seduce”).

Verb

corrompre

1. (Jersey) to bribe

Synonyms

• graîssi la patte
• séduithe

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Old French

Alternative forms

• corrumpre

Etymology

From Latin corrumpere, present active infinitive of corrumpō.

Verb

corrompre

1. to corrupt
2. to impair
3. to deprave

Related terms

• corruption

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a third-group verb. This verb has irregularities in its conjugation. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of corrompre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		corrompre			avoir corrot, corrompu, corront
gerund		en corrompant			Use the gerund of avoir followed by the past participle
present participle		corrompant
past participle		corrot, corrompu, corront
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	corromp	corrons	corront	corrompons	corrompez	corrompent
	imperfect	corrompoie, corrompeie	corrompoies, corrompeies	corrompoit, corrompeit	corrompiiens, corrompiens	corrompiiez, corrompiez	corrompoient, corrompeient
	preterite	corrompi	corrompis	corrompié	corrompimes	corrompistes	corrompierent
	future	corromprai	corrompras	corrompra	corromprons	corromproiz, corrompreiz, corromprez	corrompront
	conditional	corromproie, corrompreie	corromproies, corrompreies	corromproit, corrompreit	corrompriiens, corrompriens	corrompriiez, corrompriez	corromproient, corrompreient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior	Use the preterite tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que jo	que tu	qu’il	que nos	que vos	qu’il
simple tenses	present	corrompe	corrompes	corrompe	corrompons	corrompez	corrompent
	imperfect	corrompisse	corrompisses	corrompist	corrompissons, corrompissiens	corrompissoiz, corrompissez, corrompissiez	corrompissent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	corron	—	corrompons	corrompez	—

Further reading

• “corrompre” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
• (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (corrompre, supplement)