"decompose" meaning in All languages combined

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Verb [English]

IPA: /ˌdiːkəmˈpəʊz/ Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-decompose.wav Forms: decomposes [present, singular, third-person], decomposing [participle, present], decomposed [participle, past], decomposed [past]
enPR: dē"kəm-pōz' Rhymes: -əʊz Etymology: Borrowed from Middle French décomposer. Equivalent to de- + compose. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|frm|décomposer}} Middle French décomposer, {{prefix|en|de|compose}} de- + compose Head templates: {{en-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. Tags: transitive Categories (topical): Death Synonyms: disintegrate, fragment Translations (to separate): разглобявам (razglobjavam) (Bulgarian), descompondre (Catalan), 分解 (fēnjiě) (Chinese Mandarin), rozložit (Czech), ontbinden (Dutch), lagundama (Estonian), hajottaa (Finnish), décomposer (French), descompor (Galician), zerlegen (German), zerteilen [transitive] (German), teilen (reflexiv) (German), desintegrieren (German), dekomponieren (German), decomporre (Italian), ばらす (barasu) (Japanese), 分解する (bunkai suru) (Japanese), whakapirau (Maori), rozkładać [imperfective] (Polish), rozłożyć [perfective] (Polish), decompor (Portuguese), descompor (Portuguese), descompune (Romanian), разлага́ть (razlagátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), разложи́ть (razložítʹ) [perfective] (Russian), разбира́ть (razbirátʹ) [imperfective] (Russian), разобра́ть (razobrátʹ) [perfective] (Russian), descomponer (Spanish), розклада́ти (rozkladáty) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), розкла́сти (rozklásty) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
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  2. (intransitive) To rot, decay or putrefy. Tags: intransitive Synonyms: break down Translations (to decay): تَحَلَّلَ (taḥallala) (Arabic), разлагам се (razlagam se) (Bulgarian), descompondre (Catalan), 腐爛 (Chinese Mandarin), 腐烂 (fǔlàn) (Chinese Mandarin), ontbinden (Dutch), vergaan (Dutch), verrotten (Dutch), kõdunema (Estonian), maatua (Finnish), lahota (Finnish), mädäntyä (Finnish), mädätä (Finnish), se décomposer (French), verrotten (German), verfallen (German), verfaulen (German), zerfallen (German), sich zersetzen (German), αποσυντίθεμαι (aposyntíthemai) (Greek), σαπίζω (sapízo) (Greek), λιώνω (lióno) (Greek), hoʻohāpopopo (Hawaiian), lebomlik (Hungarian), decomporsi (Italian), 腐る (kusaru) (Japanese), 分解する (bunkai suru) (Japanese), rozłożyć się [perfective] (Polish), rozkładać się [imperfective] (Polish), rozpadać się [imperfective] (Polish), decompor (Portuguese), descompune (Romanian), разлага́ться (razlagátʹsja) [imperfective] (Russian), разложи́ться (razložítʹsja) [perfective] (Russian), descomponerse (Spanish), sasımak (Turkish), розклада́тися (rozkladátysja) [imperfective] (Ukrainian), розкла́стися (rozklástysja) [perfective] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-decompose-en-verb-o0h1jHX9 Disambiguation of 'to decay': 35 65
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: decomposability, decomposable, decomposer, decomposition, eigendecompose, nondecomposed, photodecompose, semidecomposed, undecomposed

Verb [Italian]

Head templates: {{head|it|verb form}} decompose
  1. third-person singular past historic of decomporre Tags: form-of, historic, past, singular, third-person Form of: decomporre
    Sense id: en-decompose-it-verb-UBX~cIwz Categories (other): Italian entries with incorrect language header, Pages with 2 entries, Pages with entries

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive) To separate or break down (something) into its components."
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          "roman": "fēnjiě",
          "sense": "to separate",
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          "sense": "to separate",
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          "sense": "to separate",
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to separate",
          "word": "zerlegen"
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          "_dis1": "84 16",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to separate",
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          "word": "zerteilen"
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          "code": "de",
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          "code": "de",
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          "word": "desintegrieren"
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          "lang": "Italian",
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          "roman": "bunkai suru",
          "sense": "to separate",
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          "sense": "to separate",
          "word": "whakapirau"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to separate",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "rozkładać"
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          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to separate",
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          "word": "rozłożyć"
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          "sense": "to separate",
          "word": "decompor"
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          "sense": "to separate",
          "word": "descompune"
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          "roman": "razlagátʹ",
          "sense": "to separate",
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          "word": "разлага́ть"
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          "sense": "to separate",
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          "roman": "razbirátʹ",
          "sense": "to separate",
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          "word": "разбира́ть"
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          "roman": "razobrátʹ",
          "sense": "to separate",
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          "sense": "to separate",
          "word": "descomponer"
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          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "rozkladáty",
          "sense": "to separate",
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          "word": "розклада́ти"
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          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "rozklásty",
          "sense": "to separate",
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          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "taḥallala",
          "sense": "to decay",
          "word": "تَحَلَّلَ"
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          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "razlagam se",
          "sense": "to decay",
          "word": "разлагам се"
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          "code": "ca",
          "lang": "Catalan",
          "sense": "to decay",
          "word": "descompondre"
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "sense": "to decay",
          "word": "腐爛"
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        {
          "_dis1": "35 65",
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "fǔlàn",
          "sense": "to decay",
          "word": "腐烂"
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to decay",
          "word": "ontbinden"
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          "_dis1": "35 65",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to decay",
          "word": "vergaan"
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          "_dis1": "35 65",
          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "to decay",
          "word": "verrotten"
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          "_dis1": "35 65",
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "to decay",
          "word": "kõdunema"
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        {
          "_dis1": "35 65",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to decay",
          "word": "maatua"
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        {
          "_dis1": "35 65",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to decay",
          "word": "lahota"
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          "_dis1": "35 65",
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to decay",
          "word": "mädäntyä"
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          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to decay",
          "word": "mädätä"
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      "sense": "to decay",
      "word": "decompor"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to decay",
      "word": "descompune"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razlagátʹsja",
      "sense": "to decay",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "разлага́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razložítʹsja",
      "sense": "to decay",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "разложи́ться"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to decay",
      "word": "descomponerse"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "to decay",
      "word": "sasımak"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rozkladátysja",
      "sense": "to decay",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
      ],
      "word": "розклада́тися"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rozklástysja",
      "sense": "to decay",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
      ],
      "word": "розкла́стися"
    }
  ],
  "word": "decompose"
}

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  "lang": "Italian",
  "lang_code": "it",
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        "Pages with entries"
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        }
      ],
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      ],
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          "decomporre#Italian"
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}

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