compositor

== English == === Etymology === From French compositeur, from Latin compositor. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /kəmˈpɒzɪtə(ɹ)/ === Noun === compositor (plural compositors) A person who sets type; a typesetter. One who, or that which, composes or sets in order. (computer graphics) A system that puts images together in a buffer (such as individual windows on a desktop) to generate a final display image. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== ==== Translations ==== == Catalan == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin compositōrem. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Northern) [kum.pu.ziˈtu] IPA(key): (Balearic, Northwestern) [kom.po.ziˈto] IPA(key): (Central) [kum.pu.ziˈto] IPA(key): (Valencia) [kom.po.ziˈtoɾ] === Noun === compositor m (plural compositors, feminine compositora, feminine plural compositores) composer ==== Related terms ==== compondre === Further reading === “compositor”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “compositor”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “compositor” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “compositor”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan) == Galician == === Etymology === From Latin compositor. === Noun === compositor m (plural compositores, feminine compositora, feminine plural compositoras) composer (one who composes music) ==== Related terms ==== compor, compoñer === Further reading === “compositor”, in Dicionario da Real Academia Galega (in Galician), A Coruña: Royal Galician Academy, 2012–2026 == Latin == === Etymology === compositus, perfect passive participle of compōnō (“to arrange”) +‎ -tor === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [kɔmˈpɔ.sɪ.tɔr] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [komˈpɔː.s̬i.tor] === Noun === compositor m (genitive compositōris); third declension a maker, arranger, composer ==== Declension ==== Third-declension noun. ==== Related terms ==== compositiō ==== Descendants ==== → Catalan: compositor → French: compositeur → Galician: compositor → Italian: compositore → Portuguese: compositor → Romanian: compozitor → Russian: компози́тор (kompozítor) → Spanish: compositor === References === “compositor”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “compositor”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891), An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers == Portuguese == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin compositōrem. === Pronunciation === Rhymes: (Portugal, São Paulo) -oɾ, (Brazil) -oʁ Hyphenation: com‧po‧si‧tor === Noun === compositor m (plural compositores, feminine compositora, feminine plural compositoras) composer (one who composes; an author) composer (one who composes music) (music) songwriter ==== Related terms ==== compor === Further reading === “compositor”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “compositor”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026 == Spanish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin compositor. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /komposiˈtoɾ/ [kõm.po.siˈt̪oɾ] Rhymes: -oɾ Syllabification: com‧po‧si‧tor === Noun === compositor m (plural compositores, feminine compositora, feminine plural compositoras) composer ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === “compositor”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025