decomposition

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• UK: /diːˌkɒmpəˈzɪʃən/
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• CMU ARPABET: D IY2 K AH0 M P OW0 Z IH1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: D IY2 K AH0 M P AH0 Z IH1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *de Proto-Indo-European *-h1 Proto-Indo-European *déh1 Proto-Italic *dē Latin dē Latin dē-der. English de- English composition English decomposition From de- + composition.

74 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bulgarian: гниене (gniene) — biological process
• Bulgarian: разлагане (razlagane) — biological process
• Catalan: descomposició — biological process
• Chinese Cantonese: 分解作用 (fan1 gaai2 zok3 jung6) — biological process
• Chinese Mandarin: 分解作用 (fēnjiě zuòyòng) — biological process
• Danish: nedbrydning — biological process
• Danish: forrådnelse — biological process
• Danish: opløsning — biological process
• Finnish: hajoaminen — biological process
• French: décomposition — biological process
• Galician: descomposición — biological process
• Georgian: ხრწნა (xrc̣na) — biological process
• Georgian: გახრწნა (gaxrc̣na) — biological process
• Georgian: ლპობა (lṗoba) — biological process
• German: Zersetzung — biological process
• German: Abbau — biological process
• German: Verwesung — biological process
• Greek: αποσύνθεση (aposýnthesi) — biological process
• Haitian Creole: dekonpozisyon — biological process
• Hindi: अपघटन (apaghṭan) — biological process
• Indonesian: dekomposisi — biological process
• Indonesian: penguraian — biological process
• Italian: decomposizione — biological process
• Japanese: 分解 (bunkai) — biological process
• Malay: pereputan — biological process
• Norwegian Bokmål: nedbrytning — biological process
• Norwegian Bokmål: nedbryting — biological process
• Norwegian Nynorsk: nedbryting — biological process
• Polish: rozpad — biological process
• Polish: rozkład — biological process
• Polish: gnicie — biological process
• Portuguese: decomposição — biological process
• Romanian: descompunere — biological process
• Russian: разложе́ние (razložénije) — biological process
• Russian: гние́ние (gnijénije) — biological process
• Russian: распа́д (raspád) — biological process
• Serbo-Croatian: raspad — biological process
• Spanish: descomposición — biological process
• Swedish: nedbrytning — biological process
• Tagalog: agnas — biological process
• Turkish: ayrışma — biological process
• Turkish: çürüme — biological process
• Bulgarian: разглобяване (razglobjavane) — act of taking something apart
• Danish: opløsning — act of taking something apart
• Finnish: hajottaminen — act of taking something apart
• Finnish: erittely — act of taking something apart
• French: démontage — act of taking something apart
• German: Zerlegung — act of taking something apart
• Greek: διάλυση (diálysi) — act of taking something apart
• Indonesian: dekomposisi — act of taking something apart
• Japanese: 分解 (bunkai) — act of taking something apart
• Malay: leraian — act of taking something apart
• Māori: wāwāhinga — act of taking something apart
• Portuguese: decomposição — act of taking something apart
• Romanian: demontare — act of taking something apart
• Romanian: descompunere — act of taking something apart
• Russian: разложе́ние (razložénije) — act of taking something apart
• Russian: расчлене́ние (rasčlenénije) — act of taking something apart
• Russian: разбие́ние (razbijénije) — act of taking something apart
• Bulgarian: разлагане (razlagane) — splitting into constituent parts
• Danish: opløsning — splitting into constituent parts
• Dutch: decompositie — splitting into constituent parts
• Finnish: hajotelma — splitting into constituent parts
• French: décomposition — splitting into constituent parts
• German: Zerlegung — splitting into constituent parts
• Greek: διάσπαση (diáspasi) — splitting into constituent parts
• Haitian Creole: dekonpozisyon — splitting into constituent parts
• Japanese: 分解 (bunkai) — splitting into constituent parts
• Portuguese: decomposição — splitting into constituent parts
• Romanian: descompunere — splitting into constituent parts
• Romanian: dezasamblare — splitting into constituent parts
• Russian: разложе́ние (razložénije) — splitting into constituent parts
• Russian: декомпози́ция (dekompozícija) — splitting into constituent parts
• Spanish: descomposición — splitting into constituent parts