composter

English

Etymology

compost +‎ -er

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 (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)
present participle compostant
/kɔ̃.pɔs.tɑ̃/
past participle composté
/kɔ̃.pɔs.te/
infinitive
simple composter
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple compostant
/kɔ̃.pɔs.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle 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 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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