From en.wiktionary.org:
** English
*** Etymology
From [en].
*** Pronunciation
- [kəm-pōzʹər] , [en]
- [kəm-pōzʹər] , [en]
- [en]
- [en]
*** Noun
[wp] [en-noun]
1. One who compose s; an author .
1. Especially, one who composes music .
2. One who, or that which, quiets or calm s.
3. * [page=43]
4. * 1713 , Joseph Trapp, _Musicus Apparatus Academicus_ set to music by William Croft, pages 38–41, <small> →MDZ </small> (see https://www.digitale-sammlungen.de/de/view/bsb11134816?page=,1) :
5. *: Where, mighty Anna, will thy Glories end. <br> Thou Great COMPOSER of distracted states.
**** Derived terms
[en]
**** Related terms
{{col|en |compose |composite |composition |compositionist |compositor }}
**** Translations
[one who composes; an author]
- Chinese:
- Dutch: [nl] ; [nl] , [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- German: [de]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu]
- Latin: [la]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Romanian: [ro]
- Russian: [ru]
- Spanish: [es]
- Turkish: [tr] , [tr]
- Welsh: [cy] , [cy]
[trans-bottom]
[one who composes music]
- Afrikaans: [af]
- Albanian: [sq]
- Arabic: [ar] , [ar]
- Armenian: [hy] , [hy]
- Azerbaijani: [az]
- Belarusian: [be] , [be]
- Bulgarian: [bg] , [bg]
- Burmese: [my] , [my] , [my]
- Catalan: [ca] , [ca]
- Chinese:
- Czech: [cs] , [cs]
- Danish: [da]
- Dutch: [nl] , [nl] , [nl] , [nl]
- Esperanto: [eo]
- Estonian: [et]
- Finnish: [fi]
- French: [fr] , [fr]
- Galician: [gl] , [gl]
- Georgian: [ka]
- German: [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de] , [de]
- Greek: [el]
- Greenlandic: [kl]
- Hebrew: [he]
- Hindi: [hi]
- Hungarian: [hu] , [hu]
- Icelandic: [is]
- Indonesian: [id]
- Italian: [it] , [it]
- Japanese: [ja] , [ja]
- Kazakh: [kk] , [kk]
- Khmer: [km] , [km]
- Korean: [ko]
- Kyrgyz: [ky]
- Lao: [lo]
- Latin: [la]
- Latvian: [lv]
- Lithuanian: [lt]
- Livvi: [olo] , [olo]
- Luxembourgish: [lb]
- Macedonian: [mk] , [mk]
- Malay: [ms] , [ms]
- Maltese: [mt]
- Marathi: [mr]
- Mongolian: [mn]
- Northern Sami: [se] , [se]
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- Pashto: [ps]
- Persian: [fa]
- Polish: [pl] , [pl]
- Portuguese: [pt] , [pt]
- Romanian: [ro] , [ro]
- Russian: [ru]
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- Slovak: [sk] , [sk]
- Slovene: [sl]
- Sotho: [st]
- Spanish: [es] , [es]
- Swedish: [sv] , [sv] , [sv]
- Tajik: [tg] , [tg] , [tg]
- Thai: [th] , [th]
- Turkish: [tr] , [tr]
- Turkmen: [tk]
- Ukrainian: [uk] , [uk]
- Uyghur: [ug]
- Uzbek: [uz] , [uz]
- Vietnamese: [vi]
- Volapük: [vo]
- Welsh: [cy] , [cy]
- Yiddish: [yi]
[trans-bottom]
[one who, or that which, quiets or calms]
- Bulgarian: [bg]
- Chinese:
- Dutch: [nl]
- Finnish: [fi]
- Portuguese: [pt]
- Russian: [ru]
- Spanish: [es]
[trans-bottom]
[en]
** French
*** Etymology
[fr], from [fr], as an adaptation of [fr].
*** Pronunciation
- [fr-IPA]
- [compos]
- [fr]
- [fr]
- [fr]
- [fr]
*** Verb
[fr-verb]
1. [fr] to compose
2. [fr] to compose [to produce or create a musical work]
3. [fr] to constitute , to make up
4. [fr] to dial (a number)
5. [fr] to come to terms , to come to a compromise (on), to compromise [fr]
**** Conjugation
[fr-conj-auto]
**** Derived terms
- [fr]
- [fr]
**** Related terms
{{col3|fr |composite |compositeur |composition |compost |compote |décomposer
}}
*** Further reading
- [R:fr:TLFi]
** Old French
*** Etymology
From [fro], as an adaptation of [fro].
*** Verb
[fro]
1. To come to an agreement.
2. To compose ; to create ; to make ; to manufacture .
**** Conjugation
[fro-conj-er]
**** Descendants
- [en]
- [fr]