decompose

See also: décomposé and décompose

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EnglishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Middle French décomposer

PronunciationEdit

• enPR: dē"kəm-pōz', IPA^(key): /ˌdiːkəmˈpəʊz/
• Rhymes: -əʊz

VerbEdit

decompose ‎(third-person singular simple present decomposes, present participle decomposing, simple past and past participle decomposed)

1. (transitive) to separate or break down something into its components; to disintegrate or fragment
2. (intransitive) to rot, decay or putrefy

Related termsEdit

• decomposition

TranslationsEdit

to separate

• Bulgarian: разглобявам (bg) ‎(razglobjavam)
• Catalan: descompondre (ca)
• Czech: rozložit
• Dutch: ontbinden (nl)
• Estonian: lagundama
• Finnish: hajottaa (fi)
• French: décomposer (fr)

• German: zerlegen, zerteilen (transitiv); zerlegen, teilen (reflexiv); desintegrieren, dekomponieren (de)
• Italian: decomporre
• Maori: whakapirau
• 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)

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
• German: verrotten, verfallen (de), verfaulen, zerfallen (de), sich zersetzen

• Greek: αποσυντίθεμαι (el) ‎(aposyntíthemai), σαπίζω (el) ‎(sapízo), λιώνω (el) ‎(lióno)
• Hawaiian: hoʻohāpopopo
• Italian: decomporsi
• Portuguese: decompor (pt)
• Romanian: descompune (ro)
• Russian: разлага́ться (ru) impf ‎(razlagátʹsja), разложи́ться (ru) pf ‎(razložítʹsja)
• Spanish: descomponerse (es)

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VerbEdit

decompose

1. third-person singular past historic of decomporre