decompose
Etymology
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Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French décomposer.
Pronunciation Verbdecompose (decomposes, present participle decomposing; simple past and past participle decomposed)
- (transitive) To separate or break down (something) into its components; to disintegrate or fragment.
- Various fungi can decompose wood.
- (intransitive) To rot, decay or putrefy.
- Plastics can take centuries to decompose.
- French: décomposer
- German: zerlegen, zerteilen (transitiv); zerlegen, teilen (reflexiv); desintegrieren, dekomponieren
- Italian: decomporre
- Portuguese: decompor, descompor
- Russian: разлага́ть
- Spanish: descomponer
- French: se décomposer
- German: verrotten, verfallen, verfaulen, zerfallen, zersetzen
- Italian: decomporsi
- Portuguese: decompor
- Russian: разлага́ться
- Spanish: descomponerse
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