component

See also: componënt

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin compōnēns, compōnēntis, present participle of compōnō (“assemble, put together”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kʌmˈpoʊnənt/

• Audio (US):

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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.

Derived terms

• componentless
• per-component

Translations

smaller, self-contained part of larger entity

• Arabic: جُزْء (ar) m (juzʔ), عَامِل m (ʕāmil), عُنْصُر m (ʕunṣur)
• Armenian: տարր (hy) (tarr), բաղադրամաս (hy) (baġadramas), բաղադրիչ (hy) (baġadričʻ)
• Belarusian: кампане́нт m (kampanjént)
• Bulgarian: съставна част f (sǎstavna čast), компоне́нт (bg) m (komponént)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 元件 (zh) (yuánjiàn), 部件 (zh) (bùjiàn)

• Czech: součástka (cs) f
• Danish: bestanddel c, komponent c
• Dutch: onderdeel (nl) n, component (nl) m or f
• Esperanto: ero (eo), komponanto (eo)
• Finnish: komponentti (fi), rakenneosa (fi), osatekijä
• French: composant (fr) m
• Galician: compoñente m
• Georgian: კომპონენტი (ḳomṗonenṭi)
• German: Komponente (de) f
• Hebrew: מרכיב (he) m (markiv), רכיב (he) m (rekhiv)
• Hindi: please add this translation if you can
• Hungarian: rész (hu), komponens (hu)
• Italian: componente (it) m
• Japanese: 部分 (ja) (ぶぶん, bubun)
• Korean: 부분 (ko) (bubun) (部分 (ko))
• Latin: pars (la) f
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• Malay: komponen
• Malayalam: please add this translation if you can
• Manx: co-olt m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: komponent m, bestanddel (no) m

  Nynorsk: komponent m

• Oriya: please add this translation if you can
• Persian: مولفه (fa) (mo'alefe), همنه (hamneh)
• Portuguese: componente (pt) m
• Romanian: componentă (ro) f, component (ro) m or n
• Russian: компоне́нт (ru) m (komponént), составна́я часть (ru) f (sostavnája častʹ)
• Spanish: componente (es) m
• Swedish: komponent (sv) c
• Tamil: please add this translation if you can
• Telugu: భాగం (te) (bhāgaṁ)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Turkish: parça (tr)
• Ukrainian: компоне́нт (uk) m (komponént)
• Urdu: please add this translation if you can
• Vietnamese: bộ phận (vi) (部份)
• Welsh: darn (cy) m
• Yiddish: קאָמפּאָנענט m (komponent)

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

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Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: com‧po‧nent
• Rhymes: -ɛnt

Noun

component f or m (plural componenten, diminutive componentje n)

1. component

Synonyms

• onderdeel

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) component

1. third-person plural future active indicative of componō

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Romanian

Alternative forms

• (component): componentă

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /kom.poˈnent/

Noun

component n (plural componente)

1. component

Declension

Declension of component

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) component	componentul	(niște) componente	componentele
genitive/dative	(unui) component	componentului	(unor) 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 articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) component	componentul	(niște) componenți	componenții
genitive/dative	(unui) component	componentului	(unor) 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	componentilor