composante
French, noun/kɔ̃.po.zɑ̃t/
composante is spelled C-O-M-P-O-S-A-N-T-E (10 letters) and appears 5.4 times per million words in written French, the 10,655th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Composante is a French feminine noun meaning “component” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of composant. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Élément d’un ensemble plus complexe ; ou élément qui entre dans la composition d’une chose qui l’englobe”.
What does composante mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininecomponent
- 2
femininecomponent (star)
- 3
feminine(connected) component
- 4
femininecomponent (one of the scalars out of which a vector is composed)
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of composant
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Élément d’un ensemble plus complexe ; ou élément qui entre dans la composition d’une chose qui l’englobe. 2. Étoile appartenant à un système stellaire. 3. Selon les auteurs, ou bien partie à la fois fermée et ouverte ou bien partie connexe maximale. Dans ce second sens, on peut aussi dire composante connexe. 4. Dans un espace vectoriel muni d’une base, désigne chacune des quantités mesurant la contribution à un vecteur donné de chacun des vecteurs de la base.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of composante
- composantes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce composante?
- /kɔ̃.po.zɑ̃t/
- \kɔ̃.po.zɑ̃t\
- \kɔ̃.pɔ.zɑ̃t\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to composante
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is composante in French?
composante appears 5.4 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).