composter

English

Etymology

compost +‎ -er

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈkɒmpɒstə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /kɑmˈpoʊstɚ/

Noun

composter (plural composters)

  1. 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.
  2. 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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Verb

composter

  1. (transitive) to stamp or punch (a ticket) to validate it before boarding a train or a bus
  2. (transitive) to create compost using biodegradable materials
  3. (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 – tu – nous vous –
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:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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  • → German: kompostieren

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