composter
English
Etymology
compost + -er
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɒmpɒstə/
- (US) IPA(key): /kɑmˈpoʊstɚ/
Noun
composter (plural composters)
- A person or business that composts waste
- 2007 October 10, J. Michael Kennedy, “Seattle’s Recycling Success Is Being Measured in Scraps”, in New York Times:
- The company, the major composter in this area, will soon have much more trash coming its way because Seattle is making food waste yet another mandatory recycling ingredient in its already long list.
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- A container for producing compost.
- 2009 February 19, Tim Mckeough, “All Shades of Green”, in New York Times:
- Ms. Fehrenbacher also liked the NatureMill, a small indoor composter made of recycled and recyclable polypropylene that converts food waste into fertilizer for houseplants and gardens.
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Translations
person or business
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container
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Anagrams
- recompost
French
Pronunciation
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Verb
composter
- (transitive) to stamp (a ticket) to validate it before boarding a train or a bus
- (transitive) to create compost using biodegradable materials
- (transitive) to add compost to the ground
Conjugation
Conjugation of composter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| infinitive | simple | composter | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
| present participle or gerund1 | simple | compostant /kɔ̃.pɔs.tɑ̃/ | |||||
| compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
| past participle | composté /kɔ̃.pɔs.te/ | ||||||
| singular | plural | ||||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | composte /kɔ̃.pɔst/ | compostes /kɔ̃.pɔst/ | composte /kɔ̃.pɔst/ | compostons /kɔ̃.pɔs.tɔ̃/ | compostez /kɔ̃.pɔs.te/ | compostent /kɔ̃.pɔst/ |
| imperfect | compostais /kɔ̃.pɔs.tɛ/ | compostais /kɔ̃.pɔs.tɛ/ | compostait /kɔ̃.pɔs.tɛ/ | compostions /kɔ̃.pɔs.tjɔ̃/ | compostiez /kɔ̃.pɔs.tje/ | compostaient /kɔ̃.pɔs.tɛ/ | |
| past historic2 | compostai /kɔ̃.pɔs.te/ | compostas /kɔ̃.pɔs.ta/ | composta /kɔ̃.pɔs.ta/ | compostâmes /kɔ̃.pɔs.tam/ | compostâtes /kɔ̃.pɔs.tat/ | compostèrent /kɔ̃.pɔs.tɛʁ/ | |
| future | composterai /kɔ̃.pɔs.tə.ʁe/ | composteras /kɔ̃.pɔs.tə.ʁa/ | compostera /kɔ̃.pɔs.tə.ʁa/ | composterons /kɔ̃.pɔs.tə.ʁɔ̃/ | composterez /kɔ̃.pɔs.tə.ʁe/ | composteront /kɔ̃.pɔs.tə.ʁɔ̃/ | |
| conditional | composterais /kɔ̃.pɔs.tə.ʁɛ/ | composterais /kɔ̃.pɔs.tə.ʁɛ/ | composterait /kɔ̃.pɔs.tə.ʁɛ/ | composterions /kɔ̃.pɔs.tə.ʁjɔ̃/ | composteriez /kɔ̃.pɔs.tə.ʁje/ | composteraient /kɔ̃.pɔs.tə.ʁɛ/ | |
| (compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
| (simple tenses) | present | composte /kɔ̃.pɔst/ | compostes /kɔ̃.pɔst/ | composte /kɔ̃.pɔst/ | compostions /kɔ̃.pɔs.tjɔ̃/ | compostiez /kɔ̃.pɔs.tje/ | compostent /kɔ̃.pɔst/ |
| imperfect2 | compostasse /kɔ̃.pɔs.tas/ | compostasses /kɔ̃.pɔs.tas/ | compostât /kɔ̃.pɔs.ta/ | compostassions /kɔ̃.pɔs.ta.sjɔ̃/ | compostassiez /kɔ̃.pɔs.ta.sje/ | compostassent /kɔ̃.pɔs.tas/ | |
| (compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
| pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | – | – | ||||
| simple | — | composte /kɔ̃.pɔst/ | — | compostons /kɔ̃.pɔs.tɔ̃/ | compostez /kɔ̃.pɔs.te/ | — | |
| compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
| 1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). | |||||||
Further reading
- “composter”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams
- comportes