🇮🇹Italian Source WordCode: IT

componente

Pronunciation / Transliteration: kom.poˈnɛnte

🇬🇧 Direct English Meaning:
Component/kəmˈpoʊ.nənt/
nounadjectiveCEFR B2 (Upper)Top #1450 frequency
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🇮🇹 Example Sentence in Italian:

"Il motore è un componente fondamentale dell'auto."

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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 'componentem', the present participle of 'componere' meaning 'to put together' (com- 'together' + ponere 'to place'). Entering English in the 16th century via Latin and French, it initially maintained its literal sense of assembling parts before shifting to denote any constituent element of a larger whole.

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