compost
English
editEtymology
editFrom Middle English compost, from Old Northern French compost (“mixture of leaves, manure, etc., for fertilizing land" also "condiment”), from Latin compositus (“composed”), from componere. Doublet of compote, which was taken from modern French, and composite.
Pronunciation
edit- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɒmpɒst/
Audio (Southern England): (file) - (US) IPA(key): /ˈkɑmpoʊst/
- Hyphenation: com‧post
Noun
editcompost (countable and uncountable, plural composts)
- The decayed remains of organic matter that has rotted into a natural fertilizer.
- Dig plenty of compost into clay or sandy soil to improve its structure.
- c. 1599–1602 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of Hamlet, Prince of Denmarke”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene iv]:
- And do not spread the compost on the weeds / To make them ranker.
- 2014 April 21, Mary Keen, “You can still teach an old gardener new tricks: Even the hardiest of us gardeners occasionally learn useful new techniques [print version: Gardening is always ready to teach even the hardiest of us a few new tricks, 19 April 2014]”, in The Daily Telegraph (Gardening)[1], page G7:
- [T]he very wet winter will have washed much of the goodness out of the soil. Homemade compost and the load of manure we get from a friendly farmer may not be enough to compensate for what has leached from the ground.
- (UK) A medium in which one can cultivate plants.
- Once the seed tray is filled with compost, insert the seeds spaced 3 cm apart from one another.
- Royal Horticultural Society, Organic matter: what is it?[2], retrieved 2021-03-29:
- [T]he term 'compost' is commonly used to mean the material used to fill pots, seed trays and containers.
- (obsolete) A mixture; a compound.
- a. 1660, Henry Hammond, God's Complaint Against Revolters:
- A sad compost of more bitter than sweet.
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Verb
editcompost (third-person singular simple present composts, present participle composting, simple past and past participle composted)
- To produce compost, let organic matter decay into fertilizer.
- If you compost your grass clippings, you can improve your soil.
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editCatalan
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editEtymology 1
editInherited from Latin compostus, syncopated variant of compositus.
Adjective
editcompost (feminine composta, masculine plural composts or compostos, feminine plural compostes)
- compound
- ull compost ― compound eye
Participle
editcompost (feminine composta, masculine plural composts or compostos, feminine plural compostes)
Etymology 2
editFrom the above, possibly influenced by English compost.
Noun
editcompost m (plural composts or compostos)
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editFurther reading
edit- “compost” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “compost” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Dutch
editEtymology
editBorrowed from English compost.
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editNoun
editcompost m or n (uncountable)
- compost, natural fertilizer produced by decaying organic matter
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editDescendants
edit- → Indonesian: kompos
French
editEtymology
editFrom a substantivation and specialization of old Norman compost, from (Old Northern French), Old French composte (“mixture of leaves, manure, etc., for fertilizing land; condiment”), from Latin compostus, syncopated variant of compositus (“composed, compound”), from componere. Modern French spelling influenced by English (compare the modern Norman spelling compôt, which is the expected form). Doublet of compote and composite.
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editNoun
editcompost m (plural composts)
- compost, natural fertilizer produced by decaying organic matter
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editRelated terms
editFurther reading
edit- “compost”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from English compost. Doublet of composto.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcompost m (invariable)
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editOld French
editEtymology
editFrom Latin compostus, syncopated variant of compositus, from compōnō (“I arrange, compile, compose, make up”).
Adjective
editcompost m (oblique and nominative feminine singular composte)
- composed (of)
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editRomanian
editEtymology
editNoun
editcompost n (plural composturi)
Declension
editsingular | plural | |||
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indefinite articulation | definite articulation | indefinite articulation | definite articulation | |
nominative/accusative | (un) compost | compostul | (niște) composturi | composturile |
genitive/dative | (unui) compost | compostului | (unor) composturi | composturilor |
vocative | compostule | composturilor |
Spanish
editEtymology
editFrom French compost (“mixture of leaves, manure, etc., for fertilizing land" also "condiment”), from Latin compositus (“composed”).
Pronunciation
editNoun
editcompost m (plural composts)
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editFurther reading
edit- “compost”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014
- compost on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia es
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