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Verb conjugation

compartimenter

to put into compartments, compartmentalize, to section off

Usage

Compartimenter means to compartmentalize — dividing something into separate sections or categories, whether physically (compartimenter un espace) or, more often figuratively, keeping areas of life or thought separate (compartimenter sa vie professionnelle et personnelle).

Examples
  • Il a du mal à compartimenter vie privée et travail.He struggles to compartmentalize his private life and work.
  • Le navire est compartimenté pour limiter les risques en cas de fuite.The ship is compartmentalized to limit risk in case of a leak.
  • Elle compartimente son emploi du temps en blocs d'une heure.She compartmentalizes her schedule into one-hour blocks.
Common mistake

Compartimenter is mostly used reflexively or figuratively about mental/organizational separation in modern French — a learner translating literally from "compartmentalize" as a strictly physical action might miss its very common psychological sense.

Simple tenses

Present

jecompartimente
tucompartimentes
il/ellecompartimente
nouscompartimentons
vouscompartimentez
ils/ellescompartimentent

Imperfect

jecompartimentais
tucompartimentais
il/ellecompartimentait
nouscompartimentions
vouscompartimentiez
ils/ellescompartimentaient

Past historic (passé simple)

jecompartimentai
tucompartimentas
il/ellecompartimenta
nouscompartimentâmes
vouscompartimentâtes
ils/ellescompartimentèrent

Future

jecompartimenterai
tucompartimenteras
il/ellecompartimentera
nouscompartimenterons
vouscompartimenterez
ils/ellescompartimenteront

Conditional

jecompartimenterais
tucompartimenterais
il/ellecompartimenterait
nouscompartimenterions
vouscompartimenteriez
ils/ellescompartimenteraient

Subjunctive

jecompartimente
tucompartimentes
il/ellecompartimente
nouscompartimentions
vouscompartimentiez
ils/ellescompartimentent

Subjunctive (imperfect)

jecompartimentasse
tucompartimentasses
il/ellecompartimentât
nouscompartimentassions
vouscompartimentassiez
ils/ellescompartimentassent

Imperative

tucompartimente
nouscompartimentons
vouscompartimentez

Compound tenses

Passé composé

jeai compartimenté
tuas compartimenté
il/ellea compartimenté
nousavons compartimenté
vousavez compartimenté
ils/ellesont compartimenté

Plus-que-parfait

jeavais compartimenté
tuavais compartimenté
il/elleavait compartimenté
nousavions compartimenté
vousaviez compartimenté
ils/ellesavaient compartimenté

Passé antérieur

jeeus compartimenté
tueus compartimenté
il/elleeut compartimenté
nouseûmes compartimenté
vouseûtes compartimenté
ils/elleseurent compartimenté

Futur antérieur

jeaurai compartimenté
tuauras compartimenté
il/elleaura compartimenté
nousaurons compartimenté
vousaurez compartimenté
ils/ellesauront compartimenté

Conditionnel passé

jeaurais compartimenté
tuaurais compartimenté
il/elleaurait compartimenté
nousaurions compartimenté
vousauriez compartimenté
ils/ellesauraient compartimenté

Subjonctif passé

jeaie compartimenté
tuaies compartimenté
il/elleait compartimenté
nousayons compartimenté
vousayez compartimenté
ils/ellesaient compartimenté

Subjonctif plus-que-parfait

jeeusse compartimenté
tueusses compartimenté
il/elleeût compartimenté
nouseussions compartimenté
vouseussiez compartimenté
ils/elleseussent compartimenté

Impératif passé

tuaie compartimenté
nousayons compartimenté
vousayez compartimenté

Other

Present participle

compartimentant

Past participle

compartimenté

Infinitive

compartimenter

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Frequently asked questions

What does "compartimenter" mean?

"compartimenter" means "to put into compartments, compartmentalize, to section off".

How do you conjugate "compartimenter" in the present tense?

The present of "compartimenter" is: je compartimente, tu compartimentes, il/elle compartimente, nous compartimentons, vous compartimentez, ils/elles compartimentent.

What is the Passé composé of "compartimenter"?

The passé composé of "compartimenter" is: je ai compartimenté, tu as compartimenté, il/elle a compartimenté, nous avons compartimenté, vous avez compartimenté, ils/elles ont compartimenté.

What is the Imperative of "compartimenter"?

The imperative of "compartimenter" is: tu compartimente, nous compartimentons, vous compartimentez.