different between compost vs composty

English

Etymology

From Middle English compost, from Old Northern French compost (“mixture of leaves, manure, etc., for fertilizing land" also "condiment”), from Latin compositus (“composed”), from componere. Doublet of compote, which was taken from modern French, and composite.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?k?mp?st/
• (US) IPA^(key): /?k?mpo?st/
• Hyphenation: com?post

Noun

compost (countable and uncountable, plural composts)

1. The decayed remains of organic matter that has rotted into a natural fertilizer.

   Dig plenty of compost into clay or sandy soil to improve its structure.
2. (Britain) A medium in which one can cultivate plants.

   Once the seed tray is filled with compost, insert the seeds spaced 3 cm apart from one another.
3. (obsolete) A mixture; a compound.
   • a. 1660, Henry Hammond, God's Complaint Against Revolters

     A sad compost of more bitter than sweet.

Derived terms

• composter
• compost heap

Translations

Verb

compost (third-person singular simple present composts, present participle composting, simple past and past participle composted)

1. To produce compost, let organic matter decay into fertilizer.

   If you compost your grass clippings, you can improve your soil.

Derived terms

• compostable

Translations

See also

• mulch (sometimes used interchangeably with compost)
• humus

Anagrams

• compots

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /kom?p?st/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /kum?p?st/

Etymology 1

From Old Occitan, from Latin compostus, syncopated variant of compositus.

Adjective

compost (feminine composta, masculine plural composts or compostos, feminine plural compostes)

1. compound

Verb

compost

1. past participle of compondre

Etymology 2

From the above, possibly influenced by English compost.

Noun

compost m (plural composts or compostos)

1. compost

Related terms

• compostar

Further reading

• “compost” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from English compost.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?m?p?st/
• Hyphenation: com?post
• Rhymes: -?st

Noun

compost m or n (uncountable)

1. compost, natural fertilizer produced by decaying organic matter

Derived terms

• composteren
• compostering
• composthoop

French

Etymology

From a substantivation and specialization of old Norman compost, from (Old Northern French), Old French composte (“mixture of leaves, manure, etc., for fertilizing land; condiment”), from Latin compostus, syncopated variant of compositus (“composed, compound”), from componere. Modern French spelling influenced by English (compare the modern Norman spelling compôt, which is the expected form). Doublet of compote and composite.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k??.p?st/

Noun

compost m (plural composts)

1. compost, natural fertilizer produced by decaying organic matter

Derived terms

• compostage
• composter

Related terms

• composer

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology

Borrowed from English compost. Doublet of composto.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?k?m.post/
• Hyphenation: còm?post

Noun

compost m (invariable)

1. compost

Old French

Etymology

From Latin compostus, syncopated variant of compositus, from comp?n? (“I arrange, compile, compose, make up”).

Adjective

compost m (oblique and nominative feminine singular composte)

1. composed (of)

Descendants

• English: compost
• Norman: compôt
• French: compost, compote

Romanian

Etymology

From French compost

Noun

compost n (plural composturi)

1. compost

Declension

Spanish

Noun

compost m (plural composts)

1. compost

   Synonym: composta

Related terms

• compostar

Further reading

• “compost” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.
• compost on the Spanish Wikipedia.Wikipedia ^es

English

Etymology

compost +? -y

Adjective

composty (comparative more composty, superlative most composty)

1. (informal) compostlike