composer
French, verb/kɔ̃.po.ze/
composer is spelled C-O-M-P-O-S-E-R (8 letters) and appears 8.7 times per million words in written French, the 7,421st most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Composer is a French verb meaning “to compose” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Former un tout de l’assemblage de plusieurs parties, en parlant des choses physiques et des choses morales”.
What does composer mean in English?
verb
- 1
to compose
- 2
to compose (to produce or create a musical work)
- 3
to constitute, to make up
- 4
to dial (a number)
- 5
to come to terms, to come to a compromise (on), to compromise
Near-synonym: transiger
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Former un tout de l’assemblage de plusieurs parties, en parlant des choses physiques et des choses morales. 2. Assembler les caractères pour en former des mots, des lignes et des pages. 3. Faire ou produire un ouvrage d’esprit. 4. Arranger, disposer, bien ou mal, un discours, un poème, un tableau, etc.
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 composer
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- composant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- composé participle past
- compose first-person indicative present
- composes indicative present second-person
- composons first-person indicative plural
- composez indicative plural present
- composent indicative plural present
- composais first-person imperfect indicative
- composait imperfect indicative singular
- composions first-person imperfect indicative
- composiez imperfect indicative plural
- composaient imperfect indicative plural
- composai first-person historic indicative
- composas historic indicative past
- composa historic indicative past
- composâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce composer?
- /kɔ̃.po.ze/
- \kɔ̃.po.ze\
- [kɔ̃.po.ze]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to composer
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is composer in French?
composer appears 8.7 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).