compotier (-tié), n.m., shallow dish for stewed fruit.

compréhensibilité, n.f., comprehensibility.

compréhensible, adj., comprehensible, conceivable, intelligible.

compréhensi-f, -ve, adj., comprehensive.

compréhension, n.f., comprehension, apprehension, understanding, intelligence.

compréhensivité, n.f., comprehensiveness, faculty of comprehending.

comprendre, v.a., to comprehend, to include, to comprise, to contain, to understand, to conceive. Je comprends fort bien ce que vous me dites; I understand very well what you say to me. — mal; to misunderstand. À ce que je comprends; by what I understand. Je ne le comprends pas; I do not know what to make of him.

compresse, n.f., (surg.) compress, bolster, pledget. — fenêtrée; perforated compress.

compressibilité, n.f., compressibility.

compressible, adj., compressible.