comporté

Comporté is a French term that appears as the past participle of the verb comporter and as an adjective in some contexts. When used non-reflexively, it means to include, involve, or entail. In prices and contracts, it is common: "Le prix comporte deux repas" or "Le contrat a comporté trois clauses." The sense of 'to comprise' or 'to entail' is frequent in business and legal writing.

In the reflexive form, se comporter means "to behave." Its past participle, comporté, is used with auxiliary être in compound tenses: "Il s'est comporté correctement," "Ils se sont comportés avec dignité." The participle can also function as an adjective: "un homme bien comporté," "un enfant mal comporté," describing demeanor.

Etymology and usage notes: From Old French comporter, from Latin portare "to carry" with the prefix com-; the French sense 'to include' arises from 'to carry with.' English, via borrowing, has the verb comport as well, meaning to conduct oneself, with past tense comported. In French, avoid conflating the two senses when not in context.