different between arranger vs composer

English

Etymology

arrange +? -er

Noun

arranger (plural arrangers)

1. One who arranges.
2. Digital keyboard to play music with accompaniment styles.

Translations

French

Etymology

From Old French arangier

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /a.???.?e/

Verb

arranger

1. to arrange
2. (colloquial) to suit, to be convenient
   • Désolé, ça ne m'arrange pas

     Sorry, that doesn't work for me.

3. (reflexive) to be set for
   • 1829, Victor Hugo, Le Dernier Jour d’un condamné

     Depuis l’heure où mon arrêt m’a été prononcé, combien sont morts qui s’arrangeaient pour une longue vie !

     Ever since my sentence was passed, how many who were set for a long life have died!

4. (Louisiana) to build

   Synonym: construire

5. (Louisiana, Cajun French) to fix

Conjugation

This is a regular -er verb, but the stem is written arrange- before endings that begin with -a- or -o- (to indicate that the -g- is a “soft” /?/ and not a “hard” /?/). This spelling-change occurs in all verbs in -ger, such as neiger and manger.

Derived terms

• mariage arrangé

Descendants

• ? Catalan: arranjar
• ? German: arrangieren
• ? Portuguese: arranjar
• ? Romanian: aranja

Further reading

• “arranger” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

arranger

1. imperative of arrangere

English

Etymology

From compose +? -er.

Pronunciation

• (General American) enPR: k?m-p?z??r, IPA^(key): /k?m?po?z??/
• (Received Pronunciation) enPR: k?m-p?z??r, IPA^(key): /k?m?p??z?/
• Rhymes: -??z?(?)

Noun

composer (plural composers)

1. One who composes; an author.
   1. Especially, one who composes music.
2. One who, or that which, quiets or calms.

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Translations

French

Etymology

From Old French composer, from com- +? poser, as an adaptation of Latin compon?, componere.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.po.ze/
• Homophones: composai, composé, composée, composées, composés, composez

Verb

composer

1. to compose
2. to constitute, to make up
3. to dial (a number)

Conjugation

Derived terms

• corps composé

Related terms

Further reading

• “composer” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Old French

Etymology

From com- +? poser, as an adaptation of Latin compon?, componere.

Verb

composer

1. to come to an agreement
2. to compose; to create; to make; to manufacture

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ss, *-st are modified to s, st. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

Descendants

• ? English: compose
• French: composer