Phrase guide

compound word

noun · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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noun

Meaning 1

A word composed of two or more stems.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: human-sciences, linguistics, sciences

Examples

  • 1784, Noah Webster, A Grammatical Institute of the English languagehttps://books.google.cz/books?id=S09gAAAAcAAJ&pg=PA8&dq=%22compound+word%22https://quod.lib.umich.edu/e/evans/N14876.0001.001/1:4?rgn=div1;submit=Go;subview=detail;type=simple;view=fulltext;q1=compound+word A compound word is formed of two or more simple words; as, country-man, gold-smith, ink-horn; or of a simple word and a preposition; as, over-come, with-draw, dis-engage.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: compound

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

From compound + word.

Across languages

Translations

85 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Armenian: բարդ բառ (bard baṙ) — word composed of others
  • Azerbaijani: mürəkkəb söz — word composed of others
  • Belarusian: скла́данае сло́ва (skládanaje slóva) — word composed of others
  • Breton: ger kevrennek — word composed of others
  • Breton: liesger — word composed of others
  • Bulgarian: сло́жна ду́ма (slóžna dúma) — word composed of others
  • Chinese Mandarin: 複合詞 /复合词 (fùhécí) — word composed of others
  • Chinese Mandarin: 合成詞 /合成词 (héchéngcí) — word composed of others
  • Czech: složenina — word composed of others
  • Danish: sammensat ord — word composed of others
  • Dutch: samenstelling — word composed of others
  • Esperanto: kunmetaĵo — word composed of others
  • Estonian: liitsõna — word composed of others
  • Finnish: yhdyssana — word composed of others
  • French: mot composé — word composed of others
  • Georgian: რთული სიტყვა (rtuli siṭq̇va) — word composed of others
  • Georgian: წარმოქმნილი სიტყვა (c̣armokmnili siṭq̇va) — word composed of others
  • Georgian: კომპოზიტი (ḳomṗoziṭi) — word composed of others
  • Georgian: შედგენილი სიტყვა (šedgenili siṭq̇va) — word composed of others
  • German: Zusammensetzung — word composed of others
  • German: Kompositum — word composed of others
  • Greek: σύνθετη λέξη (sýntheti léxi) — word composed of others
  • Hindi: समास (samās) — word composed of others
  • Hungarian: összetétel — word composed of others
  • Hungarian: összetett szó — word composed of others
  • Hungarian: szóösszetétel — word composed of others
  • Icelandic: samsetning — word composed of others
  • Indonesian: kata majemuk — word composed of others
  • Ingrian: yhissetty sana — word composed of others
  • Interlingua: parola composite — word composed of others
  • Irish: comhfhocal — word composed of others
  • Old Irish: comṡuidigthe — word composed of others
  • Italian: parola composta — word composed of others
  • Japanese: 複合語 (fukugōgo) — word composed of others
  • Japanese: 合成語 (gōseigo) — word composed of others
  • Khmer: ទ្វយវាទ (tvĕəʼyĕəʼviət) — word composed of others
  • Korean: 합성어 (hapseong'eo) — word composed of others
  • Korean: 복합어 (bokhabeo) — word composed of others
  • Lithuanian: žodžių junginys — word composed of others
  • Malay: kata majmuk — word composed of others
  • Malayalam: സമസ്തപദം (samastapadaṁ) — word composed of others
  • Manx: co-ockle — word composed of others
  • Māori: kupu pūhui — word composed of others
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sammensetning — word composed of others
  • Norwegian Bokmål: sammensatt ord — word composed of others
  • Norwegian Bokmål: kompositum — word composed of others
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: samansetjing — word composed of others
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: samansetning — word composed of others
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: samansetting — word composed of others
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: samansett ord — word composed of others
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: kompositum — word composed of others
  • Persian: هَمساخته (hamsâxte) — word composed of others
  • Persian: اِسْمِ مُرَکَّب (esm-e morakkab) — word composed of others
  • Polish: złożenie — word composed of others
  • Portuguese: palavra composta — word composed of others
  • Romanian: cuvânt compus — word composed of others
  • Russian: сло́жное сло́во (slóžnoje slóvo) — word composed of others
  • Sanskrit: समास (samāsa) — word composed of others
  • Scottish Gaelic: facal fillte — word composed of others
  • Serbo-Croatian: složenica — word composed of others
  • Slovak: zloženina — word composed of others
  • Slovak: kompozitum — word composed of others
  • Slovak: zložené slovo — word composed of others
  • Slovene: sestavljenka — word composed of others
  • Spanish: palabra compuesta — word composed of others
  • Swedish: sammansättning — word composed of others
  • Swedish: sammansatt ord — word composed of others
  • Tagalog: salitang tambalan — word composed of others
  • Tagalog: tambalan — word composed of others
  • Tamil: புணர்மொழி (puṇarmoḻi) — word composed of others
  • Tamil: சேர்மச்சொல் (cērmaccol) — word composed of others
  • Tamil: தொடர்மொழி (toṭarmoḻi) — word composed of others
  • Telugu: సమాసము (samāsamu) — word composed of others
  • Thai: สมาส (sà-màat) — word composed of others
  • Thai: คําประสม (kam-bprà-sǒm) — word composed of others
  • Thai: คําผสม (kam-pà-sǒm) — word composed of others
  • Turkish: birleşik sözcük — word composed of others
  • Turkish: birleşik kelime — word composed of others
  • Ukrainian: складне́ сло́во (skladné slóvo) — word composed of others
  • Uyghur: بىرىككەن سۆز (birikken söz) — word composed of others
  • Vietnamese: từ ghép — word composed of others
  • Volapük: koboyümavöd — word composed of others
  • Walloon: mot d' aplacaedje — word composed of others
  • Welsh: cyfansoddair — word composed of others
  • Welsh: gair cyfansawdd — word composed of others