il comprit

understood

→ comprendre
com together; with + prit he/she past tense
verb · 3rd-person singular, past tense Rare #27,391
understood Past historic form; mainly used in written or literary French.
FR: Elle comprit la question.
EN: She understood the question.
Conjugation of comprendre
Indicative past
SingularPlural
First compris —
Second compris —
Third comprit —

Phileas Fogg comprit ce qui se passait dans l'esprit de Mrs.

Phileas Fogg understood what was going through Mrs.'s mind.

Puis il comprit ce qu’il venait de dire.

Then he understood what he had just said.

Il comprit ce que cela signifiait.

He understood what it meant.

— The Road Home (1999)

Elle comprit qu'il n'y avait qu'une façon de retrouver sa dignité.

She understood that there was only one way to regain her dignity.

— L'Accusé (2017)

Tom comprit qu'il était inutile d'argumenter.

Tom realized there was no point arguing.

Il comprit ce regard.

He understood that look.

Victor comprit.

Victor understood.

Car il comprit enfin la manœuvre de l'inspecteur de police.

Because at last he understood the police inspector’s plan.

On comprit alors que c'était un piège.

It was then understood that it was a trap.

— L'Accusé (2017)

Il comprit tout d’un seul coup d’œil.

He understood everything at a glance.

Il comprit à mon ton.

He could tell from my tone.

Fix n'insista pas et comprit qu'il devait se résigner à attendre son mandat.

Fix didn't insist and realized he had to resign himself to waiting for his warrant.

Fix comprit-il l'affaire du gaz ?

Did Fix understand the gas affair?

Devanne comprit et introduisit l'Anglais dans le salon.

Devanne understood and ushered the Englishman into the drawing room.

Personne ne comprit.

Nobody understood.