component

See also: componënt

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin compōnēns, compōnēntis, present participle of compōnō (“assemble, put together”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kəmˈpəʊnənt/

  • Audio (US); /kəmˈpoʊnənt/:

    (file)

• (Indic) IPA^(key): /ˈkɒmponenʈ/, /kamˈpoːnenʈ/
• Rhymes: -əʊnənt
• Hyphenation: com‧po‧nent

Noun

component (plural components)

1. A smaller, self-contained part of a larger entity. Often refers to a manufactured object that is part of a larger device.

   A CPU is a component of a computer.

   • 2013 September-October, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist:

     Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis: […] . The evolutionary precursor of photosynthesis is still under debate, and a new study sheds light. The critical component of the photosynthetic system is the “water-oxidizing complex”, made up of manganese atoms and a calcium atom.

   • 2020 April 17, Yi Yan, “Chinese People Are Victims of the Chinese Communist Party's Lies”, in Minghui‎^[1]:

     Lying is a key component of communism.

2. (graph theory) A connected subgraph that is not part of any larger connected subgraph.

Derived terms

• bicomponent
• biocomponent
• componence
• componental
• componented
• componential
• componentization
• componentize
• componentless
• component-oriented
• componentry
• component video
• componentwise
• connected component
• discrete component
• eigencomponent
• Fatou component
• hemocomponent
• intercomponent
• intracomponent
• macrocomponent
• microcomponent
• monocomponent
• multicomponent
• multi-component
• nanocomponent
• per-component
• phytocomponent
• recognized component
• Reeb component
• spatial component
• strongly connected component
• subcomponent
• tricomponent
• unicomponent

Translations

smaller, self-contained part of larger entity

• Albanian: përbërës (sq) m
• Arabic: مُكَوِّن m (mukawwin), جُزْء (ar) m (juzʔ), عُنْصُر (ar) m (ʕunṣur)
• Armenian: տարր (hy) (tarr), բաղադրամաս (hy) (baġadramas), բաղադրիչ (hy) (baġadričʻ)
• Belarusian: кампане́нт m (kampanjént)
• Bulgarian: съста́вна част f (sǎstávna čast), компоне́нт (bg) m (komponént)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 元件 (zh) (yuánjiàn), 部件 (zh) (bùjiàn)

• Czech: součástka (cs) f
• Danish: bestanddel c, komponent c
• Dutch: onderdeel (nl) n, component (nl) m
• Esperanto: ero (eo), komponanto (eo)
• Estonian: komponent
• Finnish: komponentti (fi), rakenneosa (fi), perusosa (fi)
• French: composant (fr) m
• Galician: compoñente (gl) m
• Georgian: კომპონენტი (ḳomṗonenṭi)
• German: Komponente (de) f
• Greek: συστατικό (el) n (systatikó), εξάρτημα (el) n (exártima)
• Hebrew: מַרְכִּיב (he) m (markív), רְכִיב (he) m (rekhív)
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: rész (hu), komponens (hu), alkotórész (hu)
• Icelandic: hluti (is)
• Indonesian: komponen (id)
• Italian: componente (it) m
• Japanese: 部分 (ja) (ぶぶん, bubun)
• Kazakh: сыңар (syñar), құрамдас (kk) (qūramdas), құрауыш (kk) (qūrauyş), компонент (komponent), құрамбөлік (qūrambölık)
• Korean: 부분(部分) (ko) (bubun)
• Latin: pars (la) f
• Latvian: komponents
• Macedonian: компонента (komponenta)
• Malay: komponen
• Malayalam: ഘടകം (ml) (ghaṭakaṁ)
• Manx: co-olt f, rink m
• Maori: waehanga
• Marathi: घटक (mr) m (ghaṭak)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: komponent m, bestanddel (no) m

  Nynorsk: komponent m

• Odia: please add this translation if you can
• Persian: مولفه (fa) (mo'alefe), همنه (hamne)
• Plautdietsch: Poat n
• Polish: podzespół (pl) m
• Portuguese: componente (pt) m or f
• Romanian: componentă (ro) f, component (ro) m or n
• Russian: компоне́нт (ru) m (komponént), составна́я часть (ru) f (sostavnája častʹ)
• Slovak: zložka f, súčiastka f
• Spanish: componente (es) m
• Swedish: komponent (sv) c, beståndsdel (sv) c
• Tamil: பாகம் (ta) (pākam), அங்கம் (ta) (aṅkam)
• Telugu: భాగం (te) (bhāgaṁ)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: parça (tr), bileşen (tr)
• Ukrainian: компоне́нт (uk) m (komponént)
• Urdu: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: bộ phận (vi) (部份)
• Welsh: darn (cy) m
• Yiddish: קאָמפּאָנענט m (komponent)

Adjective

component (not comparable)

1. Making up a larger whole.

   a component word

2. Made up of smaller complete units in combination.

   a component stereo

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [kum.puˈnen]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [kom.poˈnent]

• Audio (Catalonia):

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Verb

component

1. gerund of compondre

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English component or German Komponente, from Latin compōnēns, present participle of compōnō (“assemble, put together”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɔm.poːˈnɛnt/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: com‧po‧nent
• Rhymes: -ɛnt

Noun

component m (plural componenten, diminutive componentje n)

1. component

Synonyms

• onderdeel

Derived terms

• tweecomponentenlijm

Related terms

• componeren

Descendants

• → Indonesian: komponen

Latin

Verb

component

1. third-person plural future active indicative of componō

Romanian

Alternative forms

• componentă — component

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian componente, German Komponente, from Latin compōnēns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kom.poˈnent/

Noun

component n (plural componente)

1. component

Declension

Declension of component

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	component	componentul		componente	componentele
genitive-dative	component	componentului		componente	componentelor
vocative	componentule			componentelor

Noun

component m (plural componenți, feminine equivalent componentă)

1. member of a team or other group

Declension

Declension of component

	singular			plural
	indefinite	definite		indefinite	definite
nominative-accusative	component	componentul		componenți	componenții
genitive-dative	component	componentului		componenți	componenților
vocative	componentule			componenților

Adjective

component m or n (feminine singular componentă, masculine plural componenți, feminine and neuter plural componente)

1. component

Declension

Declension of component

		singular				plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine		masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	component		componentă		componenți	componente
	definite	componentul		componenta		componenții	componentele
genitive- dative	indefinite	component		componente		componenți	componente
	definite	componentului		componentei		componenților	componentelor