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🇩🇪German Source WordCode: DE

Komponente

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kɔm.pəˈnɛ.tə

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Component/kəmˈpəʊ.nənt/
nounadjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #850 frequency
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🇩🇪 Example Sentence in German:

"Der Motor ist eine wichtige Komponente des Autos."

Comprehensive Definitions & Senses

2 senses
As noun
  1. 1

    A part or element of a larger whole.

    "The engine is a crucial component of the car."
  2. 2

    A constituent part of a system or structure.

    "Each component of the software must be tested individually."
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Linguistic Origin & Historical Etymology

Derived from the Latin verb 'componere', meaning 'to put together' (com- 'together' + ponere 'to place'). Entering Middle English via Latin and French in the late 16th century, it initially described parts making up a whole, eventually expanding to mechanical, chemical, and computational domains.

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