decompose

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• dē"kəm-pōzʹ
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌdiːkəmˈpəʊz/
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• Canada, General-American: /ˌdikəmˈpoʊz/
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• Australian: /ˌdiːkəmˈpəʉz/
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• Australian: [ˌdiːkəmˈpɐʉz] some speakers
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• New-Zealand: /ˌdiːkəmˈpɐʉz/
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• rhymes with -əʊz
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• CMU ARPABET: D IY2 K AH0 M P OW1 Z Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from Middle French décomposer. Equivalent to de- + compose.

77 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: разглобявам (razglobjavam) — to separate
• Catalan: descompondre — to separate
• Chinese Mandarin: 分解 (fēnjiě) — to separate
• Czech: rozložit — to separate
• Dutch: ontbinden — to separate
• Estonian: lagundama — to separate
• Finnish: hajottaa — to separate
• French: décomposer — to separate
• Galician: descompor — to separate
• German: zerlegen — to separate
• German: zerteilen — to separate
• German: teilen — to separate
• German: desintegrieren — to separate
• German: dekomponieren — to separate
• Hindi: विघटन (vighṭan) — to separate
• Italian: decomporre — to separate
• Japanese: ばらす (barasu) — to separate
• Japanese: 分解する (bunkai suru) — to separate
• Māori: whakapirau — to separate
• Polish: rozkładać — to separate
• Polish: rozłożyć — to separate
• Portuguese: decompor — to separate
• Portuguese: descompor — to separate
• Romanian: descompune — to separate
• Russian: разлага́ть (razlagátʹ) — to separate
• Russian: разложи́ть (razložítʹ) — to separate
• Russian: разбира́ть (razbirátʹ) — to separate
• Russian: разобра́ть (razobrátʹ) — to separate
• Spanish: descomponer — to separate
• Ukrainian: розклада́ти (rozkladáty) — to separate
• Ukrainian: розкла́сти (rozklásty) — to separate
• Ukrainian: розбирати (rozbyraty) — to separate
• Ukrainian: розібрати (rozibraty) — to separate
• Arabic: تَحَلَّلَ (taḥallala) — to decay
• Bulgarian: разлагам се (razlagam se) — to decay
• Catalan: descompondre — to decay
• Chinese Mandarin: 腐爛 /腐烂 (fǔlàn) — to decay
• Dutch: ontbinden — to decay
• Dutch: vergaan — to decay
• Dutch: verrotten — to decay
• Estonian: kõdunema — to decay
• Finnish: maatua — to decay
• Finnish: lahota — to decay
• Finnish: mädäntyä — to decay
• Finnish: mädätä — to decay
• French: se décomposer — to decay
• German: verrotten — to decay
• German: verfallen — to decay
• German: verfaulen — to decay
• German: zerfallen — to decay
• German: sich zersetzen — to decay
• Greek: αποσυντίθεμαι (aposyntíthemai) — to decay
• Greek: σαπίζω (sapízo) — to decay
• Greek: λιώνω (lióno) — to decay
• Hawaiian: hoʻohāpopopo — to decay
• Hindi: अपघटन (apaghṭan) — to decay
• Hungarian: lebomlik — to decay
• Italian: decomporsi — to decay
• Japanese: 腐る (kusaru) — to decay
• Japanese: 分解する (bunkai suru) — to decay
• Macedonian: распадне (raspadne) — to decay
• Polish: rozłożyć się — to decay
• Polish: rozkładać się — to decay
• Polish: rozpadać się — to decay
• Portuguese: decompor — to decay
• Romanian: descompune — to decay
• Russian: разлага́ться (razlagátʹsja) — to decay
• Russian: разложи́ться (razložítʹsja) — to decay
• Spanish: descomponerse — to decay
• Tagalog: maagnas — to decay
• Turkish: sasımak — to decay
• Ukrainian: розпадатися (rozpadatysja) — to decay
• Ukrainian: розпастися (rozpastysja) — to decay
• Ukrainian: розклада́тися (rozkladátysja) — to decay
• Ukrainian: розкла́стися (rozklástysja) — to decay
• Ukrainian: розлагатися (rozlahatysja) — to decay
• Ukrainian: розложитися (rozložytysja) — to decay