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compatissant

compassionate

adjective kohm-pah-tee-SAHN Rare

Usage Note

Compatissant is the present participle of compatir used as an adjective, agreeing in gender and number: compatissante, compatissants, compatissantes. The verb compatir à means 'to feel sympathy for' someone's suffering. A related noun is compassion, which French shares directly with English, making compatissant its adjectival equivalent.

Examples

"Elle a répondu d'un ton compatissant et bienveillant."

Natural Translation

She replied in a compassionate and kind tone.

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