composer

English

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Etymology

to compose + -er

Noun

Wikipedia composer (plural composers)

1. One who composes; an author. Specifically, an author of a piece of music.
2. One who, or that which, quits or calms.

Translations

one who composes; an author; specifically, an author of a piece of music

Afrikaans: komponis (af) Armenian: երգահան (hy) (ergahan), կոմպոզիտոր (hy) (kompozitor) Azeri: bəstəkar (az) Bulgarian: композитор (bg) m. Catalan: compositor (ca) m., compositora (ca) f. Chinese: 作曲家, 作曲人 Czech: skladatel (cs) m. Dutch: auteur (nl) m.; opsteller (nl) m.; (music only) componist (nl) m. Esperanto: komponisto (eo) Finnish: säveltäjä (fi) French: compositeur (fr) m.

German: Komponist (de) m., Komponistin (de) f. Greek: συνθέτης (el) m. Hungarian: zeneszerző (hu), komponista (hu), szerző (hu), alkotó (hu) Luxembourgish: Komponist (lb) Polish: kompozytor m. Russian: композитор (ru) (kompozítor) m. Sotho: seqapi (st) Spanish: compositor (es) m., compositora (es) f. Swedish: kompositör (sv) Vietnamese: nhà soạn nhạc

one who, or that which, quits or calms

Bulgarian: успокоител (bg) m.

Dutch: bedarer m.

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Hebrew: מחבר (mekhaber) m., מחברת (mekhaberet) f. (creator of literary works); מלחין (malkhyn) m., מלחינה (malkhina) f. (creator of musical works)

Romanian: compozitor Slovene: skladatelj m.

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French

Etymology

com- +‎ poser

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Verb

composer

1. to compose

Derived terms

• compositeur m.
• composition

Conjugation

   Conjugation of composer (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		composer			avoir composé
gerund		en composant			en ayant composé
present participle		composant
past participle		composé
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	compose	composes	compose	composons	composez	composent
	imperfect	composais	composais	composait	composions	composiez	composaient
	past historic1	composai	composas	composa	composâmes	composâtes	composèrent
	future	composerai	composeras	composera	composerons	composerez	composeront
	conditional	composerais	composerais	composerait	composerions	composeriez	composeraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	compose	composes	compose	composions	composiez	composent
	imperfect1	composasse	composasses	composât	composassions	composassiez	composassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	compose	—	composons	composez	—
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