Etymology
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Borrowed from Middle French décomposer. Equivalent to de- + compose.
Pronunciation
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- enPR: dē"kəm-pōz', IPA(key): /ˌdiːkəmˈpəʊz/
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- Hyphenation: de‧com‧pose
- Rhymes: -əʊz
decompose (third-person singular simple present decomposes, present participle decomposing, simple past and past participle decomposed)
- (transitive) To separate or break down (something) into its components; to disintegrate or fragment.
Various fungi can decompose wood.
- (intransitive) To rot, decay or putrefy.
Plastics can take centuries to decompose.
Antonyms
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Derived terms
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Translations
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to separate
- Bulgarian: разглобявам (bg) (razglobjavam)
- Catalan: descompondre (ca)
- Czech: rozložit (cs)
- Dutch: ontbinden (nl)
- Estonian: lagundama
- Finnish: hajottaa (fi)
- French: décomposer (fr)
- German: zerlegen, zerteilen (transitiv); zerlegen, teilen (reflexiv); desintegrieren, dekomponieren (de)
- Italian: decomporre (it)
- Japanese: ばらす (ja) (barasu), 分解する (ja) (bunkai suru)
- Maori: whakapirau
- Polish: rozkładać (pl) impf, rozłożyć (pl) pf
- Portuguese: decompor (pt), descompor (pt)
- Romanian: descompune (ro)
- Russian: разлага́ть (ru) impf (razlagátʹ), разложи́ть (ru) pf (razložítʹ), разбира́ть (ru) impf (razbirátʹ), разобра́ть (ru) pf (razobrátʹ)
- Spanish: descomponer (es)
- Ukrainian: розклада́ти impf (rozkladáty), розкла́сти pf (rozklásty)
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to decay
- Bulgarian: разлагам се (razlagam se)
- Catalan: descompondre (ca)
- Dutch: ontbinden (nl), vergaan (nl), verrotten (nl)
- Estonian: kõdunema
- Finnish: maatua (fi), lahota (fi), mädäntyä (fi), mädätä (fi)
- French: se décomposer (fr)
- German: verrotten (de), verfallen (de), verfaulen (de), zerfallen (de), sich zersetzen (de)
- Greek: αποσυντίθεμαι (el) (aposyntíthemai), σαπίζω (el) (sapízo), λιώνω (el) (lióno)
- Hawaiian: hoʻohāpopopo
- Hungarian: lebomlik (hu)
- Italian: decomporsi (it)
- Japanese: 腐る (ja) (kusaru), 分解する (ja) (bunkai suru)
- Polish: rozłożyć się (pl) pf, rozkładać się (pl) impf, rozpadać się (pl) impf
- Portuguese: decompor (pt)
- Romanian: descompune (ro)
- Russian: разлага́ться (ru) impf (razlagátʹsja), разложи́ться (ru) pf (razložítʹsja)
- Spanish: descomponerse (es)
- Turkish: sasımak (tr)
- Ukrainian: розклада́тися impf (rozkladátysja), розкла́стися pf (rozklástysja)
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