Afrikaans komponeer | ||
Albanian kompozoj | ||
Amharic መጻፍ | ||
Arabic مؤلف موسيقى | ||
Armenian կազմել | ||
Assamese ৰচনা কৰা | ||
Aymara composiña | ||
Azerbaijani bəstələmək | ||
Bambara ka daɲɛw labɛn | ||
Basque konposatu | ||
Belarusian складаць | ||
Bengali রচনা করা | ||
Bhojpuri रचना करे के बा | ||
Bosnian sastaviti | ||
Bulgarian съставям | ||
Catalan compondre | ||
Cebuano pagsulat | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 撰写 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 撰寫 | ||
Corsican cumpone | ||
Croatian sastaviti | ||
Czech komponovat | ||
Danish komponere | ||
Dhivehi ކޮމްޕޯސް ކުރުން | ||
Dogri रचना | ||
Dutch componeren | ||
English compose | ||
Esperanto komponi | ||
Estonian koostama | ||
Ewe hakpakpa | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) sumulat | ||
Finnish säveltää | ||
French composer | ||
Frisian komponearje | ||
Galician compoñer | ||
Georgian შედგენა | ||
German komponieren | ||
Greek συνθέτω | ||
Guarani ocompone | ||
Gujarati કંપોઝ | ||
Haitian Creole konpoze | ||
Hausa shirya | ||
Hawaiian haku mele | ||
Hebrew לְהַלחִין | ||
Hindi लिखें | ||
Hmong sau | ||
Hungarian összeállít | ||
Icelandic yrkja | ||
Igbo ikpegara | ||
Ilocano agkomposo | ||
Indonesian menyusun | ||
Irish chum | ||
Italian comporre | ||
Japanese 作曲 | ||
Javanese ngarang | ||
Kannada ರಚಿಸಿ | ||
Kazakh құрастыру | ||
Khmer តែង | ||
Kinyarwanda guhimba | ||
Konkani रचना करप | ||
Korean 짓다 | ||
Krio kɔmpoz | ||
Kurdish pêkhatin | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) ئاوازدانان | ||
Kyrgyz түзүү | ||
Lao ປະກອບ | ||
Latin componas | ||
Latvian sacerēt | ||
Lingala kosala composer | ||
Lithuanian kurti | ||
Luganda okuyiiya | ||
Luxembourgish komponéieren | ||
Macedonian компонира | ||
Maithili रचना करब | ||
Malagasy mamboatra | ||
Malay mengarang | ||
Malayalam രചിക്കുക | ||
Maltese ikkomponi | ||
Maori tito | ||
Marathi लिहा | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯀꯝꯄꯣꯖ ꯇꯧꯕꯥ꯫ | ||
Mizo hla phuah rawh | ||
Mongolian зохиох | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) တေးရေး | ||
Nepali रचना | ||
Norwegian komponere | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) lembani | ||
Odia (Oriya) ରଚନା | ||
Oromo qindeessuu | ||
Pashto کمپوز | ||
Persian ساختن | ||
Polish komponować | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) compor | ||
Punjabi ਲਿਖੋ | ||
Quechua qillqay | ||
Romanian compune | ||
Russian сочинять | ||
Samoan tusi | ||
Sanskrit रचयति | ||
Scots Gaelic compose | ||
Sepedi hlama | ||
Serbian саставити | ||
Sesotho ngola | ||
Shona kunyora | ||
Sindhi ترتيب ڏيو | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) රචනා කරන්න | ||
Slovak komponovať | ||
Slovenian sestavi | ||
Somali curiso | ||
Spanish componer | ||
Sundanese nyusun | ||
Swahili tunga | ||
Swedish komponera | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) bumuo | ||
Tajik таълиф кардан | ||
Tamil எழுது | ||
Tatar композиция | ||
Telugu కంపోజ్ చేయండి | ||
Thai เขียน | ||
Tigrinya ምድራፍ | ||
Tsonga ku qambha | ||
Turkish oluşturmak | ||
Turkmen düzmek | ||
Twi (Akan) hyehyɛ nnwom | ||
Ukrainian складати | ||
Urdu تحریر کریں | ||
Uyghur compose | ||
Uzbek tuzmoq | ||
Vietnamese soạn, biên soạn | ||
Welsh cyfansoddi | ||
Xhosa qamba | ||
Yiddish צונויפשטעלן | ||
Yoruba ṣajọ | ||
Zulu qamba |
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | Afrikaans "komponeer" also means "to assemble" or "to put together". |
| Albanian | In Albanian, "kompozoj" also means "to create a work of art" or "to make up a story". |
| Amharic | In Amharic, "compose" has the alternate meaning of "to make a bed". |
| Arabic | "Compose" derives from the Latin"componere," meaning "to put together." |
| Azerbaijani | The word "bəstələmək" can also mean "to assemble" or "to put together" in Azerbaijani. |
| Basque | "Konposatu" comes from the Latin verb componere, meaning "to put together" or "to arrange", and in Basque it is also used in expressions of good behavior. |
| Belarusian | The word "складаць" can also mean "to fold" or "to arrange" in Belarusian. |
| Bengali | The word "রচনা করা" in Bengali can also mean "to write music" or "to create a literary work". |
| Bosnian | The verb 'sastaviti' in Bosnian can also mean 'to compile' or 'to put together'. |
| Bulgarian | The Bulgarian word "съставям" can also mean "compile," "make up," or "form." |
| Catalan | The Catalan word "compondre" also means "combine" or "form". |
| Cebuano | In Tagalog, "pagsulat" also means "writing." |
| Chinese (Simplified) | "撰" originally means "choose", and writing can be composed by selecting and organizing words. Therefore, "撰写" means to write. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | "撰寫" consists of "撰" (select) and "寫" (write), meaning to carefully select words to write. |
| Corsican | The Corsican word "cumpone" can also mean "set up" or "establish". |
| Croatian | The root of 'sastaviti' is the verb 'staviti' ('to put'), which reflects its original meaning of 'to put together' or 'to assemble'. |
| Czech | In music and art contexts the Czech term "komponovat" also refers to the creation or combination of various elements into a coherent whole. |
| Danish | Komponere can also mean compile, plan or constitute something in Danish. |
| Dutch | The word "componeren" in Dutch can also mean "to make up" or "to fabricate". |
| Esperanto | The root "kompon" comes from Latin "componere", meaning "to put together or arrange" |
| Estonian | "Koostama" can also refer to preparing, organizing, or assembling something. |
| Finnish | "Säveltää" in Finnish also means "to compose" in music, with the related noun "sävellys" meaning "musical composition". |
| French | The French word "compositeur" (composer) derives from the Latin word "componere" (to put together, assemble). |
| Frisian | It is a loanword which originally meant `to collect`. |
| Galician | Galician word "compoñer" derives from Latin "componere" which means "to put together" and "to reconcile". |
| Georgian | The word შედგენა (compose) is derived from the root "დგენა" (listen) and originally meant "to put together" or "to assemble". |
| German | "Komponieren" (compose) derives from the Latin "componere" (to put together) and originally meant "to assemble" or "to create". |
| Greek | The verb "συντίθημι" in Greek can also mean "to combine" or "to arrange" |
| Gujarati | The Gujarati word "કંપોઝ" can also mean "to make up or invent" or "to arrange or put together". |
| Haitian Creole | The Haitian Creole word "konpoze" originates from the French word "composer" and can also mean "to create" or "to write." |
| Hausa | "Shirya" also means "prepare" or "assemble" in Hausa. |
| Hawaiian | The word "haku mele" can also mean "create a chant" or "write a song" in Hawaiian. |
| Hebrew | "לחן" is derived from a root meaning "charm", "grace", or "song", hinting at the power of composition to elevate and inspire. |
| Hindi | The Hindi word 'लिखें' can also mean 'write' or 'draw', and is derived from the Sanskrit word 'लेख' meaning 'mark' or 'character'. |
| Hmong | The word "sau" can also mean "to put together" or "to join". |
| Hungarian | "Összeállít" derives from "összead" ("to add") and "állít" ("to set"), referring to the process of combining and arranging elements into a cohesive whole. |
| Icelandic | The word "yrkja" in Icelandic is cognate with the Old Norse word "yrkja, |
| Igbo | The verb "ikpegara" can also be used to mean "to construct" or "to build." |
| Indonesian | The word "menyusun" also means "to compile" and "to arrange" in Indonesian. |
| Irish | "Chum" in Irish is a homophone for both "compose" and "partner". |
| Italian | "Comporre" also means "to settle" or "to compromise" in Italian. |
| Japanese | 曲 is a component of many Japanese words relating to music including the word for 'score' and the word for 'melody'. |
| Javanese | The word "ngarang" can also mean "to arrange" or "to put in order" in Javanese. |
| Kannada | The word "rachisi" is also used to refer to 'creation', 'formation', 'establishment', or 'arrangement'. |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "құрастыру" (compose) also means "to assemble" or "to construct". |
| Khmer | "តែង" has different meanings depending on how it is used, including "edit" or "adjust" as in a law. |
| Korean | '짓다' also means to build, erect, make, do, or commit. |
| Kurdish | The word "pêkhatin" is also used to refer to the act of compilation or synthesis, as well as to the creation of a literary or artistic work. |
| Kyrgyz | Kyrgyz "түзүү" comes from the same root as "to make level" and "to order" and can also mean "to assemble". |
| Lao | The word 'ປະກອບ' ('compose') in Lao can also refer to 'mix', 'assemble', or 'consist of'. |
| Latin | {"text": "Compōnō ultimately derives from com- ("together") and pōnō ("to put"), hence it originally meant "to put together," and only later developed its current meaning."} |
| Latvian | The word "sacerēt" is derived from Latin "sacrāre" meaning "to dedicate to a sacred purpose"} |
| Lithuanian | The word "kurti" also means "to mold" or "to shape" in Lithuanian. |
| Luxembourgish | The verb "komponéieren" can also mean "to write a piece of music" or "to organize something in a certain way". |
| Macedonian | In Macedonian, "компонира" also means "to compose" or "to build". |
| Malagasy | The word "Mamboatra" in Malagasy also means "to write", "to design", or "to create". |
| Malay | 'Mengarang' can also refer to weaving a story, creating a dance, making medicine by combining herbs or other ingredients, arranging flowers into a bouquet. |
| Malayalam | The Malayalam word "രചിക്കുക" ("compose") can also mean to write or create literature. |
| Maltese | The word "ikkomponi" is also used figuratively in Maltese to signify "to arrange". |
| Maori | In Maori culture, "tito" can also refer to the act of preparing food or setting a table for a special occasion. |
| Marathi | The word "लिहा" in Marathi also means "to write" or "to draw". |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word "зохиох" (compose) shares its root with "зохион бүтээх" (to create), suggesting a shared concept of structure and organization. |
| Myanmar (Burmese) | တေးရေး is sometimes used in Myanmar to refer to the person who sings or performs music instead of the person who writes the music. |
| Nepali | The word "रचना" can also refer to a literary work or a musical composition. |
| Norwegian | "Komponere" also means "to construct" or "to arrange" in Norwegian. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | Lembani is related to 'lemba', which means weave or write. |
| Pashto | The word "کمپوز" (compose) is also used to mean "arrangement" or "combination" in Pashto. |
| Persian | The Persian word "ساختن" can also mean "to build" or "to create", emphasizing the tangible outcomes of composition. |
| Polish | The word "komponować" in Polish derives from the Latin word "componere", meaning "to put together", and also has the alternate meaning of "to arrange". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | The word "compor" in Portuguese comes from the Latin verb "componere," meaning "to put together" or "to arrange." |
| Punjabi | The term "ਲਿਖੋ" in Punjabi, meaning "to write," also signifies "to draw" and "to create," showcasing its broader artistic implications. |
| Romanian | In Romanian "compune" can also mean to create or to write music. |
| Russian | The word "сочинять" can also mean "to invent" or "to make up". |
| Samoan | The word 'tusi' has an alternate meaning 'to write', as in the Samoan translation of the Bible. |
| Scots Gaelic | In Scots Gaelic, "compose" has the connotation of "write" or "arrange". |
| Serbian | In Russian, the verb "составить" can mean "to compile" or "to make up". In Serbian, its cognate "саставити" retains those meanings but also adds the meaning "to compose". |
| Sesotho | "Ngola" may be related to the Sesotho word "ngo" meaning "to join together". |
| Shona | In addition to meaning "compose," "kunyora" can also mean "write" or "draw." |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | රචනා කරන්න literally translates to "to arrange" in Sinhala, highlighting the fundamental creative act of organizing and structuring ideas. |
| Slovak | The word "komponovať" in Slovak can also mean "to devise" or "to design". |
| Slovenian | The word "sestavi" comes from the Slavic word "sestaviti", which means "to put together". |
| Somali | The Somali word "curiso" can also mean "to arrange" or "to organize". |
| Spanish | In Spanish, "componer" can also mean to reconcile, settle a dispute, or correct. |
| Sundanese | The word nyusun in Sundanese also means 'to arrange' or 'to set up'. |
| Swahili | The word "tunga" in Swahili can also mean "to mix" or "to combine". |
| Swedish | The word "komponera" is derived from the Latin "componere," meaning "to put together" or "to arrange," and is also related to the French "composer" and the Italian "comporre." |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | In Tagalog, "bumuo" also means to create, establish, make or assemble. |
| Tajik | The Tajik word "таълиф кардан" can also mean "compiling" or "composing" in the literary sense. |
| Tamil | எழுது also means 'to write' or 'to draw'. |
| Telugu | The word "compose" can also mean to create poetry or music, or to arrange something in a pleasing way. |
| Thai | The word |
| Turkish | The word "oluşturmak" can also mean "to create" or "to produce". |
| Ukrainian | In music, "складати" also means "to play". In Ukrainian, the word "складати" is a cognate of the Russian "складывать" (to add up, to fold), while in Polish, "składać" means "to fold" as well as "to put together, assemble". |
| Uzbek | The word "tuzmoq" (compose) also means "to create" or "to invent" in Uzbek. |
| Vietnamese | In Vietnamese, "soạn" means "arrange" and "biên soạn" means "compile" or "edit". |
| Welsh | The word "cyfansoddi" derives from "cyfnos" (to join together) and "soddi" (a layer or foundation). |
| Xhosa | In addition to "compose," "qamba" also means "to lie" or "to steal". |
| Yiddish | The word "צונויפשטעלן" also refers to creating something new, similar to the English phrase "putting together". |
| Yoruba | Ṣajọ, meaning "compose" in Yoruba, originates from the verb "ṣa," which means "to create" or "to make," and the noun "ọ̀rọ̀," which means "speech" or "language." |
| Zulu | The Zulu word "qamba" originally meant "to plait" or "to weave", suggesting a connection between composing and the intricate patterns of speech. |
| English | "Compose" comes from the Latin word "componere," meaning "to put together" or "to arrange." |