rompre

See also: rompré

Catalan

Etymology

Inherited from Old Catalan rompre, from Latin rumpō, rumpere (“to break”). Cognate with Occitan rompre, Spanish romper.

Pronunciation

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

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Verb

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

1. to break

Conjugation

    Conjugation of rompre (second conjugation)

infinitive			rompre
gerund			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
	affirmative	—	romp	rompi	rompem	rompeu	rompin
	negative (no)	—	no rompis	no rompi	no rompem	no rompeu	no rompin

Related terms

• corrompre
• ruptura

See also

• trencar

References

• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “rompre”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

French

Etymology

Inherited from Middle French rompre, from Old French rompre, from Latin rumpō, rumpere (“to break”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʁɔ̃pʁ/

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Verb

rompre

1. (transitive, reflexive) to break, to snap

   Synonyms: briser, casser

   rompre un traité ― to break a treaty

   La branche s'est rompue. ― The branch snapped.

   • 1928, Jean-Baptiste Charcot, Dans la mer du Groenland:

     Le bateau raidissant sa chaîne cassa ses bosses ; le frein du guindeau se rompit ; il fallu mouiller le seconde ancre pour pouvoir le réparer.

     The boat, stiffening its chain, broke its painters; the windlass break broke; the second anchor had to be dropped in order to repair it.

   • 1929, Louis Dumur, Nach Paris:

     Nous y entrâmes par un pont de pierre en dos d’âne, dont une seule arche avait été rompue, et que nos pontonniers, qui avaient déjà jeté les madriers suffisants pour le passage de l’infanterie, s’occupaient activement à consolider […]

     We entered by a humpbacked stone bridge, of which only one arch had been broken, and which our pontooners, who had already thrown enough madriers for the infantry to pass, actively worked to consolidate […]

2. (transitive) to stop, to block, to interrupt

   Synonym: interrompre

   rompre le cours de l’eau ― to stop the course of the water

3. (intransitive) to break up (with someone)

   rompre en douceur ― to break up nicely

   rompre avec une fille ― to break up with a girl

   • 2014, Antoine Bello, Roman américain, éditions Gallimard:

     Je venais de rompre avec ma petite amie (ou, plus exactement, elle venait de rompre avec moi), j’ai eu envie de changer d’air.

     I had just broken up with my girlfriend (or, more exactly, she had just broken up with me), I wanted to get a change of air.

4. (intransitive) to break
   • 1903, Maurice Pillard Verneuil, Étude de la plante‎^[1], page 1:

     C'est que, rompant avec l'imitation des siècles précédents, ils retournent à l'éternelle inspiratrice, à la nature . . .

     For, breaking with the imitation of previous centuries, they return to the eternal inspirer—to nature . . .

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

• à bâtons rompus
• à tout rompre
• rompre le pain
• rompre les chiens
• rompre les rangs

Related terms

• corrompre
• roture, rupture

Further reading

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

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

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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): [ˈʁum.pʁe], [ˈrum.pɾe]

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Verb

rompre

1. to break

Old French

Alternative forms

• ronpre
• rumpre

Etymology

From Latin rumpere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈrumpɾə/

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			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)