"compost" meaning in French

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Noun

IPA: /kɔ̃.pɔst/ Audio: LL-Q150 (fra)-LoquaxFR-compost.wav Forms: composts [plural]
Etymology: From a substantivation and specialization of old Norman compost, from (Old Northern French), Old French composte (“mixture of leaves, manure, etc., for fertilizing land; condiment”), from Latin compostus, syncopated variant of compositus (“composed, compound”), from componere. Modern French spelling influenced by English (compare the modern Norman spelling compôt, which is the expected form). Doublet of compote and composite. Etymology templates: {{m|nrf|compost}} compost, {{der|fr|fro-nor|-}} Old Northern French, {{der|fr|fro|composte||mixture of leaves, manure, etc., for fertilizing land; condiment}} Old French composte (“mixture of leaves, manure, etc., for fertilizing land; condiment”), {{der|fr|la|compostus}} Latin compostus, {{m|la|compositus||composed, compound}} compositus (“composed, compound”), {{m|la|componere}} componere, {{m|nrf|compôt}} compôt, {{doublet|fr|compote|composite}} Doublet of compote and composite Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} compost m (plural composts)
  1. compost, natural fertilizer produced by decaying organic matter Tags: masculine Derived forms: compostage, composter Related terms: composer
    Sense id: en-compost-fr-noun-ovkSyUV3 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header

Inflected forms

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