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English

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Etymology

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Etymology tree
English compose
Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.
Proto-Italic *-āzios
Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz
Proto-West Germanic *-ārī
Old English -ere
Middle English -ere
English -er
English composer

From compose + -er.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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composer (plural composers)

  1. One who composes; an author.
    1. Especially, one who composes music.
  2. One who, or that which, quiets or calms.
    • 1834, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter VI, in Francesca Carrara.[…], volume III, London: Richard Bentley,[…], (successor to Henry Colburn), →OCLC, page 43:
      The exertion necessary to soothe and subdue Lucy's passionate sorrow was the best composer to Francesca's own agitation.
    • 1713, Joseph Trapp, Musicus Apparatus Academicus set to music by William Croft, pages 38–41, →MDZ:
      Where, mighty Anna, will thy Glories end.
      Thou Great Composer of distracted states.

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Translations

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one who composes; an author
one who composes music
one who, or that which, quiets or calms

French

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Etymology

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Inherited from Old French composer, from com- +‎ poser, as an adaptation of Latin compōnere.

Pronunciation

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Verb

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composer

  1. (transitive) to compose
  2. (ambitransitive) to compose (to produce or create a musical work)
  3. (transitive) to constitute, to make up
  4. (transitive) to dial (a number)
  5. (intransitive) to come to terms, to come to a compromise (on), to compromise [with avec ‘with’]
    Near-synonym: transiger

Conjugation

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Conjugation of composer (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple composer
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple composant
/kɔ̃.po.zɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle composé
/kɔ̃.po.ze/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses) 		present compose
/kɔ̃.poz/ 		composes
/kɔ̃.poz/ 		compose
/kɔ̃.poz/ 		composons
/kɔ̃.po.zɔ̃/ 		composez
/kɔ̃.po.ze/ 		composent
/kɔ̃.poz/
imperfect composais
/kɔ̃.po.zɛ/ 		composais
/kɔ̃.po.zɛ/ 		composait
/kɔ̃.po.zɛ/ 		composions
/kɔ̃.po.zjɔ̃/ 		composiez
/kɔ̃.po.zje/ 		composaient
/kɔ̃.po.zɛ/
past historic2 composai
/kɔ̃.po.ze/ 		composas
/kɔ̃.po.za/ 		composa
/kɔ̃.po.za/ 		composâmes
/kɔ̃.po.zam/ 		composâtes
/kɔ̃.po.zat/ 		composèrent
/kɔ̃.po.zɛʁ/
future composerai
/kɔ̃.poz.ʁe/ 		composeras
/kɔ̃.poz.ʁa/ 		composera
/kɔ̃.poz.ʁa/ 		composerons
/kɔ̃.poz.ʁɔ̃/ 		composerez
/kɔ̃.poz.ʁe/ 		composeront
/kɔ̃.poz.ʁɔ̃/
conditional composerais
/kɔ̃.poz.ʁɛ/ 		composerais
/kɔ̃.poz.ʁɛ/ 		composerait
/kɔ̃.poz.ʁɛ/ 		composerions
/kɔ̃.po.zə.ʁjɔ̃/ 		composeriez
/kɔ̃.po.zə.ʁje/ 		composeraient
/kɔ̃.poz.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses) 		present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses) 		present compose
/kɔ̃.poz/ 		composes
/kɔ̃.poz/ 		compose
/kɔ̃.poz/ 		composions
/kɔ̃.po.zjɔ̃/ 		composiez
/kɔ̃.po.zje/ 		composent
/kɔ̃.poz/
imperfect2 composasse
/kɔ̃.po.zas/ 		composasses
/kɔ̃.po.zas/ 		composât
/kɔ̃.po.za/ 		composassions
/kɔ̃.po.za.sjɔ̃/ 		composassiez
/kɔ̃.po.za.sje/ 		composassent
/kɔ̃.po.zas/
(compound
tenses) 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — compose
/kɔ̃.poz/ 		— composons
/kɔ̃.po.zɔ̃/ 		composez
/kɔ̃.po.ze/ 		—
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
past historic → present perfect
past anterior → pluperfect
imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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Old French

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Etymology

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From com- +‎ poser, as an adaptation of Latin compōnō, compōnere.

Verb

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composer

  1. To come to an agreement.
  2. To compose; to create; to make; to manufacture.

Conjugation

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This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ss, *-st are modified to s, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of composer (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive composer avoir composé
gerund en composant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle composant
past participle composé
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses 		present compos composes compose composons composez composent
imperfect composoie, composeie, composoe, composeve composoies, composeies, composoes, composeves composoit, composeit, composot, composeve composiiens, composiens composiiez, composiez composoient, composeient, composoent, composevent
preterite composai composas composa composames composastes composerent
future composerai composeras composera composerons composeroiz, composereiz, composerez composeront
conditional composeroie, composereie composeroies, composereies composeroit, composereit composeriiens, composeriens composeriiez, composeriez composeroient, composereient
compound
tenses 		present perfect present tense of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
past anterior preterite tense of avoir + past participle
future perfect future tense of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses 		present compos compos compost composons composez composent
imperfect composasse composasses composast composissons, composissiens composissoiz, composissez, composissiez composassent
compound
tenses 		past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— compose — composons composez —

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