corrompre

See also: corrompré

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin corrumpere, present active infinitive of corrumpō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kuˈrom.pɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [koˈrom.pɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [koˈrom.pɾe]

Verb

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

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

Related terms

• corrupte
• corrupció

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French

Etymology

From Old French corrompre, borrowed from Latin corrumpere, present active infinitive of corrumpō (based on rompre).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kɔ.ʁɔ̃pʁ/

• Audio:

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Verb

corrompre

1. to corrupt, impair, deprave
2. (figurative) 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)

infinitive	simple	corrompre
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	corrompant /kɔ.ʁɔ̃.pɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		corrompu /kɔ.ʁɔ̃.py/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(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 historic2	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	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	corrompe /kɔ.ʁɔ̃p/	corrompes /kɔ.ʁɔ̃p/	corrompe /kɔ.ʁɔ̃p/	corrompions /kɔ.ʁɔ̃.pjɔ̃/	corrompiez /kɔ.ʁɔ̃.pje/	corrompent /kɔ.ʁɔ̃p/
	imperfect2	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	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	corromps /kɔ.ʁɔ̃/	—	corrompons /kɔ.ʁɔ̃.pɔ̃/	corrompez /kɔ.ʁɔ̃.pe/	—
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).

Related terms

• corruption
• courroucer
  • courroux
• incorruptible
• rompre

Further reading

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

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Norman

Etymology

From Old French corrompre, borrowed 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

Borrowed from Latin corrumpere, present active infinitive of corrumpō.

Verb

corrompre

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

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			gerund of avoir + 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	present tense of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
	past anterior	preterite tense of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future tense of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional tense of avoir + 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	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	corron	—	corrompons	corrompez	—

Related terms

• corruption
• rompre

Descendants

• French: corrompre
• Norman: corrompre

Further reading

• Etymology and history of “corrompre”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (corrompre, supplement)