constituent

English

Etymology

From Latin constituens, present participle of constituo (“I establish”), from com- (“together”) + statuo (“I set, place, establish”); see statute or statue, and compare institute and restitute.

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Wikipedia

Adjective

constituent (not comparable)

1. being a part, or component of a whole
2. authorized to make a constitution

Related terms

• constitute
• constituency
• constitution
• constitutional
• constitutive

Translations

being a part, or component of a whole

• Bulgarian: съставен от (bg) (sǎstaven ot)
• Finnish: aineksena oleva

• Italian: costituente (it)
• Portuguese: constituinte (pt) m and f

authorized to make a constitution

• Finnish: perustuslakia säätävä

• Portuguese: constituinte (pt) m and f

Noun

constituent (plural constituents)

1. a part, or component of a whole
   • Tyndall

     We know how to bring these constituents together, and to cause them to form water.

2. The person or thing which constitutes, determines, or constructs.
   • Sir M. Hale

     Their first composure and origination require a higher and nobler constituent than chance.

3. A resident of a place represented by an elected official.
   • Macaulay

     To appeal from the representatives to the constituents.

   • 2012 April 19, Josh Halliday, “Free speech haven or lawless cesspool – can the internet be civilised?”, the Guardian:

     But the purported rise in violent videos online has led some MPs to campaign for courts to have more power to remove or block material on YouTube. The Labour MP Heidi Alexander said she was appalled after a constituent was robbed at knifepoint, and the attackers could be found brandishing weapons and rapping about gang violence online.

4. (law) One who appoints another to act for him as attorney in fact.

   (Can we find and add a quotation of Burrill to this entry?)

5. (grammar) A functional element of a phrase or clause.

Translations

part, or component of a whole

• Bulgarian: съставна част (bg) (sǎstavna čast)
• Czech: složka (cs) f
• Finnish: aineosa, ainesosa, rakenneosa
• Hebrew: מרכיב (markiv) m

• Italian: elemento (it) m, costitutivo (it) m
• Polish: składnik (pl) m
• Portuguese: constituinte (pt) m
• Russian: составная часть (ru) (sostávnaja čast’) f

resident of a place represented by an elected official

• Bulgarian: избирател (bg) (izbiratel) m
• Finnish: äänestäjä (fi)
• Italian: elettore (it) m

• Polish: wyborca (pl) m
• Russian: избиратель (ru) (izbirátel’) m

functional element of a phrase or clause

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• Finnish: lauseenjäsen (fi)
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• German: Wähler (de) m
• Italian: elemento (it) m
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• Portuguese: constituinte (pt) m
• Russian: составляющая (ru) (sostavljájuščaja) f
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See also

• Constituent (linguistics) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Constituent (linguistics)

External links

• constituent in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• constituent in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

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French

Verb

constituent

1. third-person plural present indicative of constituer
2. third-person plural present subjunctive of constituer

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Latin

Verb

cōnstituent

1. third-person plural future active indicative of cōnstituō