component

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See also: componënt

English

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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:
      Lying is a key component of communism.
  2. (graph theory) A connected subgraph that is not part of any larger connected subgraph.

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Translations

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

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

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Indonesian: komponen

Latin

Verb

component

  1. third-person plural future active indicative of componō

Romanian

Alternative forms

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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
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