component

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

From Latin compōnēns, present participle of compōnō (“assemble, put together”).

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /kʌmˈpoʊnənt/, SAMPA: /kVm"poUn@nt/

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.

Derived terms

• componentless

Translations

smaller, self-contained part of larger entity

Arabic: جُزْءٌ (ar) (juz’) m., عَامِل (ar) (ʕāmil) m., عُنْصُر (ar) (ʕúnʂur) m. Armenian: տարր (hy) (tarr), բաղադրամաս (hy) (baġadramas) Bulgarian: съставна част f., компонент m. Chinese: 元件 (yuánjiàn) Czech: součástka (cs) f. Danish: please add this translation if you can Dutch: onderdeel (nl) n. Esperanto: ero (eo), komponanto (eo) Finnish: komponentti, rakenneosa, osatekijä French: composant (fr) m. Georgian: კომპონენტი (ka) (komponenti) German: Komponente (de) f. Hebrew: מרכיב (markiv) m.; רכיב (rekhiv) m. Hindi: please add this translation if you can Hungarian: rész (hu), komponens (hu) Italian: componente (it) m. Japanese: 部分 (ぶぶん, bubun) Korean: 부분 (bubun) Latin: pars (la) f.

Malay: please add this translation if you can Malayalam: please add this translation if you can Manx: co-olt (gv) m. Norwegian: komponent (no) m. Oriya: please add this translation if you can Portuguese: componente (pt) m. Romanian: componentă (ro) f. Russian: компонент (ru) (komponént) m. Spanish: componente (es) m. Swedish: komponent (sv) c. Tamil: please add this translation if you can Telugu: please add this translation if you can Thai: please add this translation if you can Turkish: parça (tr) Ukrainian: please add this translation if you can Urdu: please add this translation if you can Vietnamese: bộ phận (vi) Welsh: darn (cy) m. Yiddish: קאָמפּאָנענט (komponent) m.

Adjective

component (not comparable)

1. Making up a larger whole; as a component word.
2. Made up of smaller complete units in combination; as a component stereo.

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Catalan

Verb

component

1. Present participle of compondre.

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Latin

Verb

component

1. third-person plural future active indicative of componō

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Romanian

Etymology

Italian componente, Latin componens

Noun

component m. and n.

1. component

Synonyms

• element component

Adjective

component m. n.

1. component