"decompose" meaning in English

See decompose in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Verb

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

Inflected forms

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        "(transitive) To separate or break down (something) into its components."
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          "sense": "to separate",
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          "code": "cmn",
          "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
          "roman": "fēnjiě",
          "sense": "to separate",
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          "sense": "to separate",
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          "code": "et",
          "lang": "Estonian",
          "sense": "to separate",
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          "sense": "to separate",
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          "lang": "Galician",
          "sense": "to separate",
          "word": "descompor"
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          "_dis1": "84 16",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to separate",
          "word": "zerlegen"
        },
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          "_dis1": "84 16",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to separate",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "zerteilen"
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          "_dis1": "84 16",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to separate",
          "word": "teilen (reflexiv)"
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          "_dis1": "84 16",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to separate",
          "word": "desintegrieren"
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          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to separate",
          "word": "dekomponieren"
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          "code": "it",
          "lang": "Italian",
          "sense": "to separate",
          "word": "decomporre"
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          "_dis1": "84 16",
          "code": "ja",
          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "barasu",
          "sense": "to separate",
          "word": "ばらす"
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          "lang": "Japanese",
          "roman": "bunkai suru",
          "sense": "to separate",
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          "code": "mi",
          "lang": "Maori",
          "sense": "to separate",
          "word": "whakapirau"
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          "_dis1": "84 16",
          "code": "pl",
          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to separate",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "rozkładać"
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          "lang": "Polish",
          "sense": "to separate",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "rozłożyć"
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          "sense": "to separate",
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          "sense": "to separate",
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          "_dis1": "84 16",
          "code": "ro",
          "lang": "Romanian",
          "sense": "to separate",
          "word": "descompune"
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          "_dis1": "84 16",
          "code": "ru",
          "lang": "Russian",
          "roman": "razlagátʹ",
          "sense": "to separate",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "разлага́ть"
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          "roman": "razložítʹ",
          "sense": "to separate",
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          "word": "разложи́ть"
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          "code": "ru",
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          "roman": "razbirátʹ",
          "sense": "to separate",
          "tags": [
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          "word": "разбира́ть"
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          "roman": "razobrátʹ",
          "sense": "to separate",
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          "word": "разобра́ть"
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          "sense": "to separate",
          "word": "descomponer"
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          "_dis1": "84 16",
          "code": "uk",
          "lang": "Ukrainian",
          "roman": "rozkladáty",
          "sense": "to separate",
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          "word": "розклада́ти"
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          "_dis1": "84 16",
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          "roman": "rozklásty",
          "sense": "to separate",
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          "text": "Plastics can take centuries to decompose.",
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          "rot",
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        "(intransitive) To rot, decay or putrefy."
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          "code": "ar",
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          "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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          "_dis1": "35 65",
          "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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          "code": "nl",
          "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"
        },
        {
          "_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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          "lang": "Finnish",
          "sense": "to decay",
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        {
          "_dis1": "35 65",
          "code": "fr",
          "lang": "French",
          "sense": "to decay",
          "word": "se décomposer"
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          "_dis1": "35 65",
          "code": "de",
          "lang": "German",
          "sense": "to decay",
          "word": "verrotten"
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          "_dis1": "35 65",
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          "roman": "razlagátʹsja",
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          "_dis1": "35 65",
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          "_dis1": "35 65",
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    "Terms with Czech translations",
    "Terms with Dutch translations",
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    "Terms with Finnish translations",
    "Terms with French translations",
    "Terms with Galician translations",
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    "Terms with Greek translations",
    "Terms with Hawaiian translations",
    "Terms with Hungarian translations",
    "Terms with Italian translations",
    "Terms with Japanese translations",
    "Terms with Mandarin translations",
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          "text": "Our team decomposed this task into several subtasks that could be successfully distributed.",
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      "code": "bg",
      "lang": "Bulgarian",
      "roman": "razglobjavam",
      "sense": "to separate",
      "word": "разглобявам"
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    {
      "code": "ca",
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      "sense": "to separate",
      "word": "descompondre"
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    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fēnjiě",
      "sense": "to separate",
      "word": "分解"
    },
    {
      "code": "cs",
      "lang": "Czech",
      "sense": "to separate",
      "word": "rozložit"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to separate",
      "word": "ontbinden"
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    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "to separate",
      "word": "lagundama"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to separate",
      "word": "hajottaa"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "sense": "to separate",
      "word": "décomposer"
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    {
      "code": "gl",
      "lang": "Galician",
      "sense": "to separate",
      "word": "descompor"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to separate",
      "word": "zerlegen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to separate",
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      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to separate",
      "word": "zerlegen"
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    {
      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "to separate",
      "word": "teilen (reflexiv)"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to separate",
      "word": "desintegrieren"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to separate",
      "word": "dekomponieren"
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    {
      "code": "it",
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      "sense": "to separate",
      "word": "decomporre"
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    {
      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "barasu",
      "sense": "to separate",
      "word": "ばらす"
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      "code": "ja",
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      "roman": "bunkai suru",
      "sense": "to separate",
      "word": "分解する"
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      "code": "mi",
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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",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "rozłożyć"
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      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to separate",
      "word": "decompor"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "to separate",
      "word": "descompor"
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    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "to separate",
      "word": "descompune"
    },
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razlagátʹ",
      "sense": "to separate",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
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      "word": "разлага́ть"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razložítʹ",
      "sense": "to separate",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "разложи́ть"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "roman": "razbirátʹ",
      "sense": "to separate",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
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      "word": "разбира́ть"
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      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "razobrátʹ",
      "sense": "to separate",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "разобра́ть"
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      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "to separate",
      "word": "descomponer"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rozkladáty",
      "sense": "to separate",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "розклада́ти"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "rozklásty",
      "sense": "to separate",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
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      "word": "розкла́сти"
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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"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "to decay",
      "word": "descompondre"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "to decay",
      "word": "腐爛"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "fǔlàn",
      "sense": "to decay",
      "word": "腐烂"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to decay",
      "word": "ontbinden"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to decay",
      "word": "vergaan"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "to decay",
      "word": "verrotten"
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    {
      "code": "et",
      "lang": "Estonian",
      "sense": "to decay",
      "word": "kõdunema"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to decay",
      "word": "maatua"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to decay",
      "word": "lahota"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to decay",
      "word": "mädäntyä"
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    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "to decay",
      "word": "mädätä"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "to decay",
      "word": "se décomposer"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to decay",
      "word": "verrotten"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to decay",
      "word": "verfallen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to decay",
      "word": "verfaulen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to decay",
      "word": "zerfallen"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "to decay",
      "word": "sich zersetzen"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "aposyntíthemai",
      "sense": "to decay",
      "word": "αποσυντίθεμαι"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "sapízo",
      "sense": "to decay",
      "word": "σαπίζω"
    },
    {
      "code": "el",
      "lang": "Greek",
      "roman": "lióno",
      "sense": "to decay",
      "word": "λιώνω"
    },
    {
      "code": "haw",
      "lang": "Hawaiian",
      "sense": "to decay",
      "word": "hoʻohāpopopo"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "to decay",
      "word": "lebomlik"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "to decay",
      "word": "decomporsi"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "kusaru",
      "sense": "to decay",
      "word": "腐る"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "bunkai suru",
      "sense": "to decay",
      "word": "分解する"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to decay",
      "tags": [
        "perfective"
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      "word": "rozłożyć się"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to decay",
      "tags": [
        "imperfective"
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      "word": "rozkładać się"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "to decay",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "rozpadać się"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "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"
    }
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This page is a part of the kaikki.org machine-readable English dictionary. This dictionary is based on structured data extracted on 2024-12-21 from the enwiktionary dump dated 2024-12-04 using wiktextract (d8cb2f3 and 4e554ae). The data shown on this site has been post-processed and various details (e.g., extra categories) removed, some information disambiguated, and additional data merged from other sources. See the raw data download page for the unprocessed wiktextract data.

If you use this data in academic research, please cite Tatu Ylonen: Wiktextract: Wiktionary as Machine-Readable Structured Data, Proceedings of the 13th Conference on Language Resources and Evaluation (LREC), pp. 1317-1325, Marseille, 20-25 June 2022. Linking to the relevant page(s) under https://kaikki.org would also be greatly appreciated.