rompre

See also: rompré

Catalan

Etymology

From (compare Occitan rompre), from Latin rumpere, present active infinitive of rumpō (“to break”) (compare French rompre, Spanish romper), from Proto-Italic *rumpō, from Proto-Indo-European *Hrunépti ~ *Hrumpénti (“to break”), from the root *Hrewp-.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈrom.pɾə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈrom.pɾe]

Verb

rompre (first-person singular present rompo, first-person singular preterite rompí, past participle romput)

1. to break

Related terms

• corrompre
• ruptura

See also

• trencar

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French

Etymology

From Middle French rompre, from Old French rompre, from Latin rumpere, present active infinitive of rumpō (“to break”), from Proto-Italic *rumpō, from Proto-Indo-European *Hrunépti ~ *Hrumpénti (“to break”), from the root *Hrewp-.

• Cognate with Italian rompere, Spanish romper

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɔ̃pʁ/

• audio:

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Verb

rompre

1. (transitive) to break (something)
2. (transitive) to snap (something)
3. (reflexive) to break
4. break up (with someone)

Conjugation

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

Conjugation of rompre (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	rompre
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	rompant /ʁɔ̃.pɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		rompu /ʁɔ̃.py/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	romps /ʁɔ̃/	romps /ʁɔ̃/	rompt /ʁɔ̃/	rompons /ʁɔ̃.pɔ̃/	rompez /ʁɔ̃.pe/	rompent /ʁɔ̃p/
	imperfect	rompais /ʁɔ̃.pɛ/	rompais /ʁɔ̃.pɛ/	rompait /ʁɔ̃.pɛ/	rompions /ʁɔ̃.pjɔ̃/	rompiez /ʁɔ̃.pje/	rompaient /ʁɔ̃.pɛ/
	past historic2	rompis /ʁɔ̃.pi/	rompis /ʁɔ̃.pi/	rompit /ʁɔ̃.pi/	rompîmes /ʁɔ̃.pim/	rompîtes /ʁɔ̃.pit/	rompirent /ʁɔ̃.piʁ/
	future	romprai /ʁɔ̃.pʁe/	rompras /ʁɔ̃.pʁa/	rompra /ʁɔ̃.pʁa/	romprons /ʁɔ̃.pʁɔ̃/	romprez /ʁɔ̃.pʁe/	rompront /ʁɔ̃.pʁɔ̃/
	conditional	romprais /ʁɔ̃.pʁɛ/	romprais /ʁɔ̃.pʁɛ/	romprait /ʁɔ̃.pʁɛ/	romprions /ʁɔ̃.pʁi.jɔ̃/	rompriez /ʁɔ̃.pʁi.je/	rompraient /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	rompe /ʁɔ̃p/	rompes /ʁɔ̃p/	rompe /ʁɔ̃p/	rompions /ʁɔ̃.pjɔ̃/	rompiez /ʁɔ̃.pje/	rompent /ʁɔ̃p/
	imperfect2	rompisse /ʁɔ̃.pis/	rompisses /ʁɔ̃.pis/	rompît /ʁɔ̃.pi/	rompissions /ʁɔ̃.pi.sjɔ̃/	rompissiez /ʁɔ̃.pi.sje/	rompissent /ʁɔ̃.pis/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	romps /ʁɔ̃/	—	rompons /ʁɔ̃.pɔ̃/	rompez /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

• corrompre
• roture, rupture

Further reading

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

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Middle French

Etymology

From Old French rompre.

Verb

rompre

1. to break

Descendants

• French: rompre

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Norman

Etymology

From Old French rompre, from Latin rumpō, rumpere (“break”).

Pronunciation

• Audio (Jersey):

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Verb

rompre

1. (Jersey) to break
   • 2010, Le Don Balleine, Mêfie-Te Des Monstres, →ISBN , page 24:

     la mort d'la chorchiéthe avait rompu san chorchéthon.

     the death of the sorceress had broken her spell.

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Old French

Alternative forms

• ronpre
• rumpre

Etymology

From Latin rumpere, present active infinitive of rumpō (“to break”).

Verb

rompre

1. to break (damage significantly)

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 rompre (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		rompre			avoir rot, rompu, ront
gerund		en rompant			gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle		rompant
past participle		rot, rompu, ront
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		jo	tu	il	nos	vos	il
simple tenses	present	romp	rons	ront	rompons	rompez	rompent
	imperfect	rompoie, rompeie	rompoies, rompeies	rompoit, rompeit	rompiiens, rompiens	rompiiez, rompiez	rompoient, rompeient
	preterite	rompi	rompis	rompié	rompimes	rompistes	rompierent
	future	romprai	rompras	rompra	romprons	romproiz, rompreiz, romprez	rompront
	conditional	romproie, rompreie	romproies, rompreies	romproit, rompreit	rompriiens, rompriens	rompriiez, rompriez	romproient, rompreient
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	rompe	rompes	rompe	rompons	rompez	rompent
	imperfect	rompisse	rompisses	rompist	rompissons, rompissiens	rompissoiz, rompissez, rompissiez	rompissent
compound tenses	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nos	vos	–
		—	ron	—	rompons	rompez	—

Descendants

• Middle French: rompre
  • French: rompre
• Norman: rompre (Jersey)