rompre

See also: rompré

Catalan

Etymology

From Old Catalan rompre, from Latin rumpere, rumpō, from Proto-Italic *rumpō, from Proto-Indo-European *Hrunépti ~ *Hrumpénti (“to break”), from the root *Hrewp-. Compare Occitan rompre, French rompre, Spanish romper.

Pronunciation

Verb

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

  1. to break

Conjugation
Conjugation of rompre (second conjugation)
infinitive rompre
present participle rompent
past participle masculine feminine
singular romput rompuda
plural romputs rompudes
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu ell/ella
vostè		 nosaltres
nós		 vosaltres
vós		 ells/elles
vostès
present rompo romps romp rompem rompeu rompen
imperfect rompia rompies rompia rompíem rompíeu rompien
future rompré rompràs romprà romprem rompreu rompran
preterite rompí romperes rompé rompérem rompéreu romperen
conditional rompria rompries rompria rompríem rompríeu romprien
subjunctive jo tu ell/ella
vostè		 nosaltres
nós		 vosaltres
vós		 ells/elles
vostès
present rompi rompis rompi rompem rompeu rompin
imperfect rompés rompessis rompés rompéssim rompéssiu rompessin
imperative — tu vostè nosaltres vosaltres
vós		 vostès
— romp rompi rompem rompeu rompin

See also

References
  • “rompre” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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-.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ʁɔ̃pʁ/
  • audio(file)

Verb

rompre

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

Derived terms

Further reading

Middle French

Etymology

From Old French rompre.

Verb

rompre

  1. to break

Descendants
  • French: rompre

Norman

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • Audio (Jersey)(file)

Verb

rompre

  1. (Jersey) to break
    • 2010, Mêfie-té des Monstres: Tchiques légendes dé Jèrri, Jersey: Le Don Balleine, L'Office du Jèrriais, →ISBN, page 24:
      la mort d'la chorchiéthe avait rompu san chorchéthon.
      the death of the sorceress had broken her spell.

Occitan

Etymology

From Latin rumpere. Cognate with French rompre.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈrumpɾe/
  • (file)

Verb

rompre

  1. to break

Old French

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /ˈrumprə/

Verb

rompre

  1. to break (damage significantly)
    Synonyms: brisier, quasser

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 Use the gerund of avoir followed by the 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 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 rompe rompes rompe rompons rompez rompent
imperfect rompisse rompisses rompist rompissons, rompissiens rompissoiz, rompissez, rompissiez rompissent
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 –
— ron — rompons rompez —

Descendants
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