noun
Meaning 1
One who composes; an author.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
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Standard Lemma guide
composer
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General-American: kəm-pōzʹər
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General-American: /kəmˈpoʊzəɹ/
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Received-Pronunciation: kəm-pōzʹər
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Received-Pronunciation: /kəmˈpəʊzə/
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rhymes with -əʊzə(ɹ)
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CMU ARPABET: K AH0 M P OW1 Z ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
noun
Meaning 2
One who composes; an author.
Especially, one who composes music.
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noun
Meaning 3
One who, or that which, quiets or calms.
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noun
Meaning 4
someone who composes music as a profession
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
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Broader terms: musician
Narrower terms: contrapuntist, psalmist, songwriter, songster, ballad maker, symphonist, Ambrose, Saint Ambrose, St. Ambrose, Bach, Johann Sebastian Bach, Barber, Samuel Barber, Bartok, Bela Bartok, Beethoven, van Beethoven, Ludwig van Beethoven, Bellini, Vincenzo Bellini, Berg, Alban Berg, Berlioz, Hector Berlioz, Louis-Hector Berlioz, Bernstein, Leonard Bernstein, Bizet, Georges Bizet, Blitzstein, Marc Blitzstein, Bloch, Ernest Bloch, Borodin, Aleksandr Borodin, Aleksandr Porfirevich Borodin, Boulez, Pierre Boulez, Brahms, Johannes Brahms, Britten, Benjamin Britten, Edward Benjamin Britten, Lord Britten of Aldeburgh, Bruch, Max Bruch, Bruckner, Anton Bruckner, Byrd, William Byrd, Cage, John Cage, John Milton Cage Jr., Chavez, Carlos Chavez, Cherubini, Luigi Cherubini, Maria Luigi Carlo Zenobio Cherubini, Chopin, Frederic Francois Chopin, Copland, Aaron Copland, Corelli, Arcangelo Corelli, Couperin, Francois Couperin, Coward, Noel Coward, Sir Noel Pierce Coward, Czerny, Karl Czerny, Debussy, Claude Debussey, Claude Achille Debussy, Delibes, Leo Delibes, Clement Philibert Leo Delibes, Delius, Frederick Delius, Donizetti, Gaetano Donizetti, Dowland, John Dowland, Dukas, Paul Dukas, Dvorak, Antonin Dvorak, Elgar, Sir Edward Elgar, Sir Edward William Elgar, Enesco, Georges Enesco, George Enescu, Falla, Manuel de Falla, Franck, Cesar Franck, Gershwin, George Gershwin, Glinka, Mikhail Glinka, Mikhail Ivanovich Glinka, Gluck, Christoph Willibald von Gluck, Gounod, Charles Francois Gounod, Grainger, Percy Grainger, Percy Aldridge Grainger, George Percy Aldridge Grainger, Grieg, Edvard Grieg, Edvard Hagerup Grieg, Halevy, Fromental Halevy, Jacques Francois Fromental Elie Halevy, Handel, George Frideric Handel, George Frederick Handel, Georg Friedrich Handel, Handy, W. C. Handy, William Christopher Handy, Haydn, Joseph Haydn, Franz Joseph Haydn, Hindemith, Paul Hindemith, Honegger, Arthur Honegger, Humperdinck, Engelbert Humperdinck, Ibert, Jacques Francois Antoine Ibert, Ives, Charles Edward Ives, Joachim, Joseph Joachim, Joplin, Scott Joplin, Kachaturian, Aram Kachaturian, Kern, Jerome Kern, Jerome David Kern, Khachaturian, Aram Khachaturian, Aram Ilich Khachaturian, Lambert, Constant Lambert, Leonard Constant Lambert, Lasso, Orlando di Lasso, Roland de Lassus, Ledbetter, Huddie Leadbetter, Leadbelly, Lehar, Franz Lehar, Liszt, Franz Liszt, Lloyd Webber, Andrew Lloyd Webber, Baron Lloyd Webber of Sydmonton, Loewe, Frederick Loewe, Lully, Jean Baptiste Lully, Lulli, Giambattista Lulli, MacDowell, Edward MacDowell, Mahler, Gustav Mahler, Massenet, Jules Emile Frederic Massenet, Mendelssohn, Felix Mendelssohn, Jakob Ludwig Felix Mendelssohn-Bartholdy, Menotti, Gian Carlo Menotti, Meyerbeer, Giacomo Meyerbeer, Jakob Liebmann Beer, Milhaud, Darius Milhaud, Monteverdi, Claudio Monteverdi, Moore, Douglas Moore, Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Mussorgsky, Moussorgsky, Modest Mussorgsky, Modest Moussorgsky, Modest Petrovich Mussorgsky, Modest Petrovich Moussorgsky, Nielsen, Carl Nielsen, Carl August Nielsen, Offenbach, Jacques Offenbach, Orbison, Roy Orbison, Palestrina, Giovanni Pierluigi da Palestrina, Piston, Walter Piston, Porter, Cole Porter, Cole Albert Porter, Poulenc, Francis Poulenc, Prokofiev, Sergei Sergeyevich Prokofiev, Puccini, Giacomo Puccini, Purcell, Henry Purcell, Rachmaninoff, Sergei Rachmaninoff, Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninoff, Rachmaninov, Sergei Rachmaninov, Sergei Vasilievich Rachmaninov, Rameau, Jean-Philippe Rameau, Ravel, Maurice Ravel, Reich, Steve Reich, Stephen Michael Reich, Respighi, Ottorino Respighi, Rimsky-Korsakov, Nikolai Andreyevich Rimsky-Korsakov, Rimski-Korsakov, Nikolai Andreyevich Rimski-Korsakov, Rodgers, Richard Rodgers, Romberg, Sigmund Romberg, Rossini, Giloacchino Antonio Rossini, Rubinstein, Anton Rubenstein, Anton Gregor Rubinstein, Anton Grigorevich Rubinstein, Saint-Saens, Charles Camille Saint-Saens, Satie, Erik Satie, Erik Alfred Leslie Satie, Schnabel, Artur Schnabel, Schonberg, Arnold Schonberg, Schoenberg, Arnold Schoenberg, Schubert, Franz Schubert, Franz Peter Schubert, Franz Seraph Peter Schubert, Schumann, Robert Schumann, Robert Alexander Schumann, Clara Josephine Schumann, Scriabin, Aleksandr Scriabin, Aleksandr Nikolayevich Scriabin, Segovia, Andres Segovia, Sessions, Roger Sessions, Roger Huntington Sessions, Shostakovich, Dmitri Shostakovich, Dmitri Dmitrievich Shostakovich, Sibelius, Jean Sibelius, Johan Julius Christian Sibelius, Smetana, Bedrich Smetana, Sondheim, Stephen Sondheim, Sousa, John Philip Sousa, March King, Strauss, Johann Strauss, Strauss the Elder, Strauss the Younger, Richard Strauss, Stravinsky, Igor Stravinsky, Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky, Sullivan, Arthur Sullivan, Arthur Seymour Sullivan, Sir Arthur Sullivan, Tallis, Thomas Tallis, Taylor, Deems Taylor, Joseph Deems Taylor, Tchaikovsky, Peter Tchaikovsky, Peter Ilich Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Tchaikovsky, Pyotr Ilych Tchaikovsky, Telemann, Georg Philipp Telemann, Thomson, Virgil Thomson, Virgil Garnett Thomson, Varese, Edgar Varese, Vaughan Williams, Ralph Vaughan Williams, Verdi, Giuseppe Verdi, Guiseppe Fortunino Francesco Verdi, Villa-Lobos, Heitor Villa-Lobos, Vivaldi, Antonio Vivaldi, Antonio Lucio Vivaldi, Wagner, Richard Wagner, Wilhelm Richard Wagner, Walton, William Walton, Sir William Walton, Sir William Turner Walton, Weber, Carl Maria von Weber, Baron Karl Maria Friedrich Ernst von Weber, Weill, Kurt Weill, Wolf, Hugo Wolf
History
Etymology
Etymology tree English compose Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English composer From compose + -er.
Across languages
Translations
154 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Chichewa: wólémba — one who composes; an author
- Chinese Mandarin: 作者 (zuòzhě) — one who composes; an author
- Chinese Mandarin: 作家 (zuòjiā) — one who composes; an author
- Chinese Mandarin: 創作者 /创作者 (chuàngzuòzhě) — one who composes; an author
- Dutch: auteur — one who composes; an author
- Dutch: opsteller — one who composes; an author
- Dutch: maker — one who composes; an author
- Finnish: tekijä — one who composes; an author
- German: Autor — one who composes; an author
- Hebrew: מחבר (mekhabér) — one who composes; an author
- Hungarian: szerző — one who composes; an author
- Hungarian: alkotó — one who composes; an author
- Latin: compositor — one who composes; an author
- Portuguese: compositor — one who composes; an author
- Portuguese: criador — one who composes; an author
- Romanian: autor — one who composes; an author
- Russian: состави́тель (sostavítelʹ) — one who composes; an author
- Turkish: besteci — one who composes; an author
- Turkish: kompozitör — one who composes; an author
- Welsh: cyfansoddwr — one who composes; an author
- Welsh: cyfansoddydd — one who composes; an author
- Afrikaans: komponis — one who composes music
- Albanian: kompozitor — one who composes music
- Arabic: مُلَحِّن (mulaḥḥin) — one who composes music
- Arabic: مُؤَلِّف مُوسِيقِيّ (muʔallif mūsīqiyy) — one who composes music
- Armenian: երգահան (ergahan) — one who composes music
- Armenian: կոմպոզիտոր (kompozitor) — one who composes music
- Azerbaijani: bəstəkar — one who composes music
- Basque: konpositore — one who composes music
- Belarusian: кампазі́тар (kampazítar) — one who composes music
- Belarusian: кампазі́тарка (kampazítarka) — one who composes music
- Bulgarian: компози́тор (kompozítor) — one who composes music
- Bulgarian: компози́торка (kompozítorka) — one who composes music
- Burmese: တေးရေးဆရာ (te:re:hca.ra) — one who composes music
- Burmese: စာဆို (cahcui) — one who composes music
- Burmese: ဂီတစာဆို (gita.cahcui) — one who composes music
- Catalan: compositor — one who composes music
- Catalan: compositora — one who composes music
- Chinese Mandarin: 作曲家 (zuòqǔjiā) — one who composes music
- Czech: skladatel — one who composes music
- Czech: skladatelka — one who composes music
- Danish: komponist — one who composes music
- Dutch: componist — one who composes music
- Dutch: toondichter — one who composes music
- Dutch: componiste — one who composes music
- Dutch: toondichteres — one who composes music
- Esperanto: komponisto — one who composes music
- Estonian: helilooja — one who composes music
- Finnish: säveltäjä — one who composes music
- French: compositeur — one who composes music
- French: compositrice — one who composes music
- Galician: compositor — one who composes music
- Galician: compositora — one who composes music
- Georgian: კომპოზიტორი (ḳomṗoziṭori) — one who composes music
- German: Komponist — one who composes music
- German: Komponistin — one who composes music
- German: Tondichter — one who composes music
- German: Tondichterin — one who composes music
- German: Tonkünstler — one who composes music
- German: Tonkünstlerin — one who composes music
- German: Tonschöpfer — one who composes music
- German: Tonschöpferin — one who composes music
- German: Kompositeur — one who composes music
- German: Kompositeurin — one who composes music
- German: Tonsetzer — one who composes music
- German: Tonsetzerin — one who composes music
- German: Musikkomponist — one who composes music
- German: Musikkomponistin — one who composes music
- Greek: συνθέτης (synthétis) — one who composes music
- Greenlandic: eriinniortoq — one who composes music
- Hebrew: מַלְחִין (malkhin) — one who composes music
- Hindi: संगीतकार (saṅgītkār) — one who composes music
- Hungarian: zeneszerző — one who composes music
- Hungarian: komponista — one who composes music
- Icelandic: tónskáld — one who composes music
- Indonesian: komponis — one who composes music
- Italian: compositore — one who composes music
- Italian: compositrice — one who composes music
- Japanese: 作曲家 (sakkyokuka) — one who composes music
- Japanese: 作曲者 (sakkyokusha) — one who composes music
- Kazakh: сазгер (sazger) — one who composes music
- Kazakh: композитор (kompozitor) — one who composes music
- Khmer: អ្នកនិពន្ធ (nĕək nipŭən) — one who composes music
- Khmer: អ្នកតែងភ្លេង (nĕək taeng phleing) — one who composes music
- Korean: 작곡가 (jakgokga) — one who composes music
- Kyrgyz: күүчү (küücü) — one who composes music
- Lao: ນັກແຕ່ງເພງ (nak tǣng phēng) — one who composes music
- Latin: compositor — one who composes music
- Latvian: komponists — one who composes music
- Lithuanian: kompozitorius — one who composes music
- Livvi: säveldäi — one who composes music
- Livvi: kompoziittoru — one who composes music
- Luxembourgish: Komponist — one who composes music
- Macedonian: композитор (kompozitor) — one who composes music
- Macedonian: композиторка (kompozitorka) — one who composes music
- Malay: komposer — one who composes music
- Malay: penggubah — one who composes music
- Maltese: kompożitur — one who composes music
- Marathi: संगीतकार (saṅgītkār) — one who composes music
- Mongolian: хөгжмийн зохиолч (xögžmiin zoxiolč) — one who composes music
- Norwegian Bokmål: komponist — one who composes music
- Norwegian Nynorsk: komponist — one who composes music
- Pashto: کمپوزر (kampozár) — one who composes music
- Persian: آهنگساز (âhangsâz) — one who composes music
- Polish: kompozytor — one who composes music
- Polish: kompozytorka — one who composes music
- Portuguese: compositor — one who composes music
- Portuguese: compositora — one who composes music
- Romanian: compozitor — one who composes music
- Romanian: compozitoare — one who composes music
- Russian: компози́тор (kompozítor) — one who composes music
- Northern Sami: komponista — one who composes music
- Northern Sami: šuokŋadahkki — one who composes music
- Serbo-Croatian: компо̀зӣтор — one who composes music
- Serbo-Croatian: скла̀датељ — one who composes music
- Serbo-Croatian: складатѐљица — one who composes music
- Serbo-Croatian: kompòzītor — one who composes music
- Serbo-Croatian: sklàdatelj — one who composes music
- Serbo-Croatian: skladatèljica — one who composes music
- Slovak: skladateľ — one who composes music
- Slovak: skladateľka — one who composes music
- Slovene: skladatelj — one who composes music
- Sotho: seqapi — one who composes music
- Spanish: compositor — one who composes music
- Spanish: compositora — one who composes music
- Swedish: kompositör — one who composes music
- Swedish: komponist — one who composes music
- Swedish: tonsättare — one who composes music
- Tajik: бастакор (bastakor) — one who composes music
- Tajik: композитор (kompozitor) — one who composes music
- Tajik: оҳангсоз (ohangsoz) — one who composes music
- Thai: คีตกวี (kii-dtà-gà-wii) — one who composes music
- Thai: นักแต่งเพลง (nák-dtɛ̀ng-pleeng) — one who composes music
- Turkish: besteci — one who composes music
- Turkish: bestekar — one who composes music
- Turkmen: kompozitor — one who composes music
- Ukrainian: компози́тор (kompozýtor) — one who composes music
- Ukrainian: компози́торка (kompozýtorka) — one who composes music
- Uyghur: كومپوزىتور (kompozitor) — one who composes music
- Uzbek: bastakor — one who composes music
- Uzbek: kompozitor — one who composes music
- Vietnamese: nhà soạn nhạc — one who composes music
- Volapük: noatädan — one who composes music
- Welsh: peroriaethwr — one who composes music
- Welsh: peroriaethydd — one who composes music
- Yiddish: קאָמפּאָזיטאָר (kompozitor) — one who composes music
- Bulgarian: успокои́тел (uspokoítel) — one who, or that which, quiets or calms
- Chinese Mandarin: 平定者 (píngdìngzhě) — one who, or that which, quiets or calms
- Chinese Mandarin: 撫慰者 /抚慰者 (fǔwèizhě) — one who, or that which, quiets or calms
- Chinese Mandarin: 調解者 /调解者 (tiáojiězhě) — one who, or that which, quiets or calms
- Dutch: bedarer — one who, or that which, quiets or calms
- Finnish: rauhoittaja — one who, or that which, quiets or calms
- Portuguese: acalmador — one who, or that which, quiets or calms
- Russian: успокои́тель (uspokoítelʹ) — one who, or that which, quiets or calms
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