composer
English
Etymology
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Pronunciation
- (General American) enPR: kəm-pōzʹər, IPA(key): /kəmˈpoʊzəɹ/
- (Received Pronunciation) enPR: kəm-pōzʹər, IPA(key): /kəmˈpəʊzə/
Audio (US): (file) - Rhymes: -əʊzə(ɹ)
Noun
composer (plural composers)
- One who composes; an author.
- Especially, one who composes music.
- 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.
- Where, mighty Anna, will thy Glories end.
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Translations
one who composes; an author
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one who composes music
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one who, or that which, quiets or calms
French
Etymology
Inherited from Old French composer, from com- + poser, as an adaptation of Latin compōnere.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ̃.po.ze/
- Homophones: composai, composé, composée, composées, composés, composez
Audio: (file) Audio (France (Vosges)): (file) Audio (France (Lyon)): (file) Audio (France (Somain)): (file)
Verb
composer
- (transitive) to compose
- (ambitransitive) to compose (to produce or create a musical work)
- (transitive) to constitute, to make up
- (transitive) to dial (a number)
- (intransitive) to come to terms, to come to a compromise (on), to compromise [with avec ‘with’]
- Near-synonym: transiger
Conjugation
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 | – | – | – | ||||
| 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:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
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Further reading
- “composer”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012
Old French
Etymology
From com- + poser, as an adaptation of Latin compōnō, compōnere.
Verb
composer
- To come to an agreement.
- To compose; to create; to make; to manufacture.
Conjugation
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 | — | ||