compartimenté, -e, adj., with compartments.
comparution, n.f., (jur.) appearance.
compas, n.m., pair of compasses, compass. — à trois branches; triangular compasses. — à pointes changeantes; draught compasses. — de réduction; proportional compasses. — de variation; azimuth compass. Faire toutes choses par règle et par —, to do everything by rule and compass. Il a le — dans l’œil; he has a good eye for distances, or he has a sure eye.
compassé, -e, adj., formal, stiff, starched.
compassement (-pâs-mān), n.m., compassing, (fig.) stiffness, starchedness.
compasser, v.a., to measure with compasses; to proportion; to regulate; to weigh; to consider. Un homme bien compassé; a formal, affected man.
compassion, n.f., compassion, pity, mercy. Avoir — de quelqu’un, avoir de la — pour quelqu’un; to take compassion on any one, to have compassion for any one.
compatibilité, n.f., compatibility.
compatible, adj., compatible, consistent. Son humeur n’est pas — avec la mienne; his temper does not agree with mine.
compatir, v.n., to sympathize with, to compassionate, to commiserate, to pity; to agree, to be compatible with.