"component" meaning in English

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Adjective

IPA: /kəmˈpəʊnənt/ [UK], /kəmˈpoʊnənt/ [US] Audio: en-us-component.ogg [US]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin compōnēns, compōnēntis, present participle of compōnō (“assemble, put together”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|componens|compōnēns, compōnēntis}} Latin compōnēns, compōnēntis, {{m|la|compōnō||assemble, put together}} compōnō (“assemble, put together”) Head templates: {{en-adj|-}} component (not comparable)
  1. Making up a larger whole; as a component word. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-component-en-adj-CNPCo7Kd Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 57 25 18
  2. Made up of smaller complete units in combination; as a component stereo. Tags: not-comparable
    Sense id: en-component-en-adj-ZI33FUnl

Noun

IPA: /kəmˈpəʊnənt/ [UK], /kəmˈpoʊnənt/ [US] Audio: en-us-component.ogg [US] Forms: components [plural]
Etymology: Borrowed from Latin compōnēns, compōnēntis, present participle of compōnō (“assemble, put together”). Etymology templates: {{bor|en|la|componens|compōnēns, compōnēntis}} Latin compōnēns, compōnēntis, {{m|la|compōnō||assemble, put together}} compōnō (“assemble, put together”) Head templates: {{en-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. Translations (smaller, self-contained part of larger entity): përbërës [masculine] (Albanian), مُكَوِّن (mukawwin) [masculine] (Arabic), جُزْء (juzʔ) [masculine] (Arabic), عُنْصُر (ʕunṣur) [masculine] (Arabic), տարր (tarr) (Armenian), բաղադրամաս (baġadramas) (Armenian), բաղադրիչ (baġadričʻ) (Armenian), кампане́нт (kampanjént) [masculine] (Belarusian), съста́вна част (sǎstávna čast) [feminine] (Bulgarian), компоне́нт (komponént) [masculine] (Bulgarian), 元件 (yuánjiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), 部件 (bùjiàn) (Chinese Mandarin), součástka [feminine] (Czech), bestanddel [common-gender] (Danish), komponent [common-gender] (Danish), onderdeel [neuter] (Dutch), component [masculine] (Dutch), ero (Esperanto), komponanto (Esperanto), komponent (Estonian), komponentti (Finnish), rakenneosa (Finnish), perusosa (Finnish), composant [masculine] (French), compoñente [masculine] (Galician), კომპონენტი (ḳomṗonenṭi) (Georgian), Komponente [feminine] (German), συστατικό (systatikó) [neuter] (Greek), εξάρτημα (exártima) [neuter] (Greek), מַרְכִּיב (markív) [masculine] (Hebrew), רְכִיב (rekhív) [masculine] (Hebrew), rész (Hungarian), komponens (Hungarian), alkotórész (Hungarian), hluti (Icelandic), komponen (Indonesian), componente [masculine] (Italian), 部分 (bubun) (alt: ぶぶん) (Japanese), сыңар (syñar) (Kazakh), құрамдас (qūramdas) (Kazakh), құрауыш (qūrauyş) (Kazakh), компонент (komponent) (Kazakh), құрамбөлік (qūrambölık) (Kazakh), 부분 (bubun) (alt: 部分) (Korean), pars [feminine] (Latin), komponents (Latvian), компонента (komponenta) (Macedonian), komponen (Malay), ഘടകം (ghaṭakaṁ) (Malayalam), co-olt [feminine] (Manx), rink [masculine] (Manx), waehanga (Maori), komponent [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), bestanddel [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), komponent [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), مولفه (mo'alefe) (Persian), همنه (hamne) (Persian), Poat [neuter] (Plautdietsch), podzespół [masculine] (Polish), componente [feminine, masculine] (Portuguese), componentă [feminine] (Romanian), component [masculine, neuter] (Romanian), компоне́нт (komponént) [masculine] (Russian), составна́я часть (sostavnája častʹ) [feminine] (Russian), zložka [feminine] (Slovak), súčiastka [feminine] (Slovak), componente [masculine] (Spanish), komponent [common-gender] (Swedish), beståndsdel [common-gender] (Swedish), பாகம் (pākam) (Tamil), அங்கம் (aṅkam) (Tamil), భాగం (bhāgaṁ) (Telugu), parça (Turkish), bileşen (Turkish), компоне́нт (komponént) [masculine] (Ukrainian), bộ phận (alt: 部份) (Vietnamese), darn [masculine] (Welsh), קאָמפּאָנענט (komponent) [masculine] (Yiddish)

Inflected forms

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          "text": "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.",
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          "code": "sq",
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          "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
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          "word": "përbërës"
        },
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          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "mukawwin",
          "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "مُكَوِّن"
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          "code": "ar",
          "lang": "Arabic",
          "roman": "juzʔ",
          "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "جُزْء"
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          "roman": "ʕunṣur",
          "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "عُنْصُر"
        },
        {
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "tarr",
          "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
          "word": "տարր"
        },
        {
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "baġadramas",
          "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
          "word": "բաղադրամաս"
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        {
          "code": "hy",
          "lang": "Armenian",
          "roman": "baġadričʻ",
          "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
          "word": "բաղադրիչ"
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        {
          "code": "be",
          "lang": "Belarusian",
          "roman": "kampanjént",
          "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "кампане́нт"
        },
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "sǎstávna čast",
          "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "съста́вна част"
        },
        {
          "code": "bg",
          "lang": "Bulgarian",
          "roman": "komponént",
          "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "компоне́нт"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "yuánjiàn",
          "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
          "word": "元件"
        },
        {
          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "bùjiàn",
          "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
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          "code": "cs",
          "lang": "Czech",
          "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
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          "word": "součástka"
        },
        {
          "code": "da",
          "lang": "Danish",
          "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "bestanddel"
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          "code": "da",
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          "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
          "tags": [
            "common-gender"
          ],
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          "code": "nl",
          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
          "tags": [
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          ],
          "word": "onderdeel"
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          "lang": "Dutch",
          "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
          "tags": [
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
          "word": "ero"
        },
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          "code": "eo",
          "lang": "Esperanto",
          "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
          "word": "komponanto"
        },
        {
          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
          "word": "komponent"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
          "word": "komponentti"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
          "word": "rakenneosa"
        },
        {
          "code": "fi",
          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
          "word": "perusosa"
        },
        {
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "composant"
        },
        {
          "code": "gl",
          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "compoñente"
        },
        {
          "code": "ka",
          "lang": "Georgian",
          "roman": "ḳomṗonenṭi",
          "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
          "word": "კომპონენტი"
        },
        {
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "Komponente"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "systatikó",
          "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "συστατικό"
        },
        {
          "code": "el",
          "lang": "Greek",
          "roman": "exártima",
          "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "εξάρτημα"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "markív",
          "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "מַרְכִּיב"
        },
        {
          "code": "he",
          "lang": "Hebrew",
          "roman": "rekhív",
          "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "רְכִיב"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
          "word": "rész"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
          "word": "komponens"
        },
        {
          "code": "hu",
          "lang": "Hungarian",
          "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
          "word": "alkotórész"
        },
        {
          "code": "is",
          "lang": "Icelandic",
          "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
          "word": "hluti"
        },
        {
          "code": "id",
          "lang": "Indonesian",
          "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
          "word": "komponen"
        },
        {
          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "componente"
        },
        {
          "alt": "ぶぶん",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "bubun",
          "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
          "word": "部分"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "syñar",
          "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
          "word": "сыңар"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "qūramdas",
          "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
          "word": "құрамдас"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "qūrauyş",
          "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
          "word": "құрауыш"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "komponent",
          "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
          "word": "компонент"
        },
        {
          "code": "kk",
          "lang": "Kazakh",
          "roman": "qūrambölık",
          "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
          "word": "құрамбөлік"
        },
        {
          "alt": "部分",
          "code": "ko",
          "lang": "Korean",
          "roman": "bubun",
          "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
          "word": "부분"
        },
        {
          "code": "la",
          "lang": "Latin",
          "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "pars"
        },
        {
          "code": "lv",
          "lang": "Latvian",
          "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
          "word": "komponents"
        },
        {
          "code": "mk",
          "lang": "Macedonian",
          "roman": "komponenta",
          "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
          "word": "компонента"
        },
        {
          "code": "ms",
          "lang": "Malay",
          "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
          "word": "komponen"
        },
        {
          "code": "ml",
          "lang": "Malayalam",
          "roman": "ghaṭakaṁ",
          "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
          "word": "ഘടകം"
        },
        {
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "co-olt"
        },
        {
          "code": "gv",
          "lang": "Manx",
          "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "rink"
        },
        {
          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
          "word": "waehanga"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "komponent"
        },
        {
          "code": "nb",
          "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
          "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "bestanddel"
        },
        {
          "code": "nn",
          "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
          "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "komponent"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "mo'alefe",
          "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
          "word": "مولفه"
        },
        {
          "code": "fa",
          "lang": "Persian",
          "roman": "hamne",
          "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
          "word": "همنه"
        },
        {
          "code": "pdt",
          "lang": "Plautdietsch",
          "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
          "tags": [
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "Poat"
        },
        {
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "podzespół"
        },
        {
          "code": "pt",
          "lang": "Portuguese",
          "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
          "tags": [
            "feminine",
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "componente"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "componentă"
        },
        {
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
          "tags": [
            "masculine",
            "neuter"
          ],
          "word": "component"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "komponént",
          "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
          "tags": [
            "masculine"
          ],
          "word": "компоне́нт"
        },
        {
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "sostavnája častʹ",
          "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "составна́я часть"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "zložka"
        },
        {
          "code": "sk",
          "lang": "Slovak",
          "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
          "tags": [
            "feminine"
          ],
          "word": "súčiastka"
        },
        {
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      "code": "sq",
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      "roman": "tarr",
      "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
      "word": "տարր"
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      "word": "բաղադրամաս"
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      "roman": "baġadričʻ",
      "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
      "word": "բաղադրիչ"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "кампане́нт"
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      "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "съста́вна част"
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      "code": "cmn",
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      "word": "元件"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "součástka"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "bestanddel"
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      "word": "onderdeel"
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      "code": "eo",
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      "word": "ero"
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      "code": "eo",
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      "code": "et",
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      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
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      "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
      "word": "perusosa"
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      "code": "gl",
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      "code": "ka",
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      "word": "კომპონენტი"
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      "code": "el",
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      "code": "he",
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      "word": "מַרְכִּיב"
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      "code": "he",
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      "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
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      "code": "hu",
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    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
      "word": "alkotórész"
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      "code": "is",
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      "word": "hluti"
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      "code": "id",
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      "word": "komponen"
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      "code": "it",
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    {
      "alt": "ぶぶん",
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      "word": "部分"
    },
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      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "syñar",
      "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
      "word": "сыңар"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
      "lang": "Kazakh",
      "roman": "qūramdas",
      "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
      "word": "құрамдас"
    },
    {
      "code": "kk",
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      "roman": "qūrauyş",
      "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
      "word": "құрауыш"
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      "code": "kk",
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      "code": "kk",
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      "roman": "qūrambölık",
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      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "bubun",
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      "word": "부분"
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      "code": "la",
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      "code": "mk",
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      "code": "ms",
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      "code": "ml",
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      "roman": "ghaṭakaṁ",
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      "word": "ഘടകം"
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      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "co-olt"
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      "code": "gv",
      "lang": "Manx",
      "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "rink"
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    {
      "code": "mi",
      "lang": "Maori",
      "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
      "word": "waehanga"
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      "code": "nb",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "bestanddel"
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    {
      "code": "nn",
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      "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "komponent"
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    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "mo'alefe",
      "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
      "word": "مولفه"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "hamne",
      "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
      "word": "همنه"
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      "code": "pdt",
      "lang": "Plautdietsch",
      "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "Poat"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "podzespół"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "componente"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "componentă"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine",
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "component"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "komponént",
      "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "компоне́нт"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "sostavnája častʹ",
      "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "составна́я часть"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "zložka"
    },
    {
      "code": "sk",
      "lang": "Slovak",
      "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "súčiastka"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "componente"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "komponent"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "beståndsdel"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "pākam",
      "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
      "word": "பாகம்"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "aṅkam",
      "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
      "word": "அங்கம்"
    },
    {
      "code": "te",
      "lang": "Telugu",
      "roman": "bhāgaṁ",
      "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
      "word": "భాగం"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
      "word": "parça"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
      "word": "bileşen"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "komponént",
      "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "компоне́нт"
    },
    {
      "alt": "部份",
      "code": "vi",
      "lang": "Vietnamese",
      "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
      "word": "bộ phận"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "darn"
    },
    {
      "code": "yi",
      "lang": "Yiddish",
      "roman": "komponent",
      "sense": "smaller, self-contained part of larger entity",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "קאָמפּאָנענט"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "component"
  ],
  "word": "component"
}

{
  "categories": [
    "English 3-syllable words",
    "English adjectives",
    "English countable nouns",
    "English entries with incorrect language header",
    "English lemmas",
    "English nouns",
    "English terms borrowed from Latin",
    "English terms derived from Latin",
    "English terms with IPA pronunciation",
    "English terms with audio links",
    "English uncomparable adjectives"
  ],
  "etymology_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "componens",
        "4": "compōnēns, compōnēntis"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin compōnēns, compōnēntis",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "la",
        "2": "compōnō",
        "3": "",
        "4": "assemble, put together"
      },
      "expansion": "compōnō (“assemble, put together”)",
      "name": "m"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "Borrowed from Latin compōnēns, compōnēntis, present participle of compōnō (“assemble, put together”).",
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "-"
      },
      "expansion": "component (not comparable)",
      "name": "en-adj"
    }
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "adj",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Making up a larger whole; as a component word."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "component word",
          "component word"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    },
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Made up of smaller complete units in combination; as a component stereo."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "component stereo",
          "component stereo"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "not-comparable"
      ]
    }
  ],
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    {
      "ipa": "/kəmˈpəʊnənt/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
    {
      "ipa": "/kəmˈpoʊnənt/",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ]
    },
    {
      "audio": "en-us-component.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/4/42/En-us-component.ogg/En-us-component.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/4/42/En-us-component.ogg",
      "tags": [
        "US"
      ],
      "text": "Audio (US)"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "component"
  ],
  "word": "component"
}

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