component

Borrowed from Latin compōnēns, compōnēntis, present participle of compōnō (“assemble, put together”).

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /kəmˈpəʊ.nənt/
• (General American, Canada) IPA^(key): /kəmˈpoʊ.nənt/, (weak vowel merger) [kəmˈpoʊ.nɨnt]

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• (Australia) IPA^(key): /kəmˈpəʉ.nənt/
• (New Zealand) IPA^(key): /kəmˈpɐʉ.nənt/
• Rhymes: -əʊnənt
• Hyphenation: com‧po‧nent

component (plural components)

1. A smaller, self-contained part of a larger entity. Often refers to a manufactured object that is part of a larger device.

   A CPU is a component of a computer.

   • 2013 September-October, Katie L. Burke, “In the News”, in American Scientist:

     Oxygen levels on Earth skyrocketed 2.4 billion years ago, when cyanobacteria evolved photosynthesis: […] . The evolutionary precursor of photosynthesis is still under debate, and a new study sheds light. The critical component of the photosynthetic system is the “water-oxidizing complex”, made up of manganese atoms and a calcium atom.

   • 2020 April 17, Yi Yan, “Chinese People Are Victims of the Chinese Communist Party's Lies”, in Minghui‎^[1], archived from the original on 12 March 2026:

     Lying is a key component of communism.

2. (graph theory) A connected subgraph that is not part of any larger connected subgraph.

component (not comparable)

1. Making up a larger whole.

   a component word

2. Made up of smaller complete units in combination.

   a component stereo

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [kum.puˈne̞n]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [kom.poˈnent]
• IPA^(key): (Central) [kum.puˈnen]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [kom.poˈnen]

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component

1. gerund of compondre

Borrowed from English component or German Komponente, from Latin compōnēns, present participle of compōnō (“assemble, put together”).

• IPA^(key): /ˌkɔm.poːˈnɛnt/

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• Hyphenation: com‧po‧nent
• Rhymes: -ɛnt

component m (plural componenten, diminutive componentje n)

1. component

• onderdeel

• tweecomponentenlijm

• componeren

• → Indonesian: komponen

component

1. third-person plural future active indicative of componō

• componentă — component

Borrowed from Italian componente, German Komponente, from Latin compōnēns.

• IPA^(key): /kom.poˈnent/

component n (plural componente)

1. component

component m (plural componenți, feminine equivalent componentă)

1. member of a team or other group

component m or n (feminine singular componentă, masculine plural componenți, feminine/neuter plural componente)

1. component