decompose

English

Pronunciation

• enPR: dē"kəm-pōz', IPA: /ˌdiːkəmˈpəʊz/, X-SAMPA: /%di:k@m"p@Uz/
• Rhymes: -əʊz

Verb

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 terms

• decomposition

Translations

to separate

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

• French: décomposer (fr)
• German: zerlegen, zerteilen (transitiv); zerlegen, teilen (reflexiv); desintegrieren
• Italian: decomporre (it)
• Romanian: descompune (ro)
• Spanish: descomponer (es)

to decay

• Bulgarian: разлагам се (bg) (razlagam se)
• Catalan: descompondre (ca)
• Dutch: ontbinden (nl), vergaan (nl), verrotten (nl)
• Estonian: kõdunema (et)
• Finnish: maatua (fi), lahota (fi), mädäntyä (fi), mädätä (fi)

• French: se décomposer
• German: verrotten, verfallen, verfaulen, zerfallen
• Italian: decomporsi (it)
• Spanish: descomponerse

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Italian

Verb form

decompose

1. third-person singular past historic of decomporre