From Latin cōnstituēns, present participle of cōnstituō, from com- + statuo; see statute or statue, and compare institute and restitute.

• IPA: /kənˈstɪtjuənt/, /kənˈstɪt͡ʃuənt/

constituent (not comparable)

1. being a part, or component of a whole
   • 1695, C[harles] A[lphonse] du Fresnoy, translated by John Dryden, De Arte Graphica. The Art of Painting, […], London: […] J[ohn] Heptinstall for W. Rogers, […], →OCLC ↗:

     Body, soul, and reason are the three parts necessarily constituent of a man.

2. constitutive or constituting; (politics) authorized to make a constitution

   the Constituent Assembly

   • 1769, Junius, letter on 19 December, 1769, (part of Letters of Junius)

     A question of right arises between the constituent and representative body.

• French: constituant
• German: ausmachend, fest, Bestand-
• Italian: costituente
• Portuguese: constituinte

• French: constituant
• German: verfassunggebend, satzungsgebend, konstituierend
• Italian: costituente
• Portuguese: constituinte
• Spanish: constituyente

constituent (plural constituents)

1. A part, or component of a whole
2. A person or thing which constitutes, determines, or constructs
   • a. 1677 (date written), Matthew Hale, The Primitive Origination of Mankind, Considered and Examined According to the Light of Nature, London: […] William Godbid, for William Shrowsbery, […], published 1677, →OCLC ↗:

     whose first composure and origination requires a higher and nobler Constituent than either Chance or the ordinary method of meer Natural causes.

3. A resident of an area represented by an elected official, particularly in relation to that official.
   • 1849–1861, Thomas Babington Macaulay, chapter 25, in The History of England from the Accession of James the Second, volume (please specify |volume=I to V), London: Longman, Brown, Green, and Longmans, →OCLC ↗:

     To appeal from the representatives to the constituents.

4. A voter who supports a (political) candidate; a supporter of a cause.
5. (law) One who appoints another to act for him as attorney in fact
6. (grammar) A functional element of a phrase or clause

• substituent
• substitute

• French: composant
• German: Bestandteil, formbildender Bestandteil
• Italian: elemento, costitutivo
• Portuguese: constituinte
• Russian: соста́вная часть

• French: électeur, administré, commettant
• German: Wahlkreisbewohner, Wahlkreisbewohnerin
• Italian: elettore
• Russian: избира́тель

• French: constituant
• German: Konstituente, Bestandteil, sprachliche Einheit
• Italian: elemento
• Portuguese: constituinte
• Russian: составля́ющая
• Spanish: constituyente