composer

A2 Topic:People & Society

US /kəmˈpoʊzəɹ/ UK /kəmˈpəʊzə/ See IPA manual

Freq #11850

Meanings

1

noun
a person who writes music

Mozart was one of the greatest composers who ever lived.

Thesaurus

Word family

Forms composers

Derived forms cocomposercomposeresscomposerlynoncomposerphotocomposer

Related forms compose composite compositioncompositionistcompositor

Etymology

From compose + -er.

Topics

People & Society Music Theory

External links

# composer

**Type:** Word
**Level:** A2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /kəmˈpoʊzəɹ/
**IPA (UK):** /kəmˈpəʊzə/
**Frequency rank:** 11850

## Meanings
1. a person who writes music

## Examples
- Mozart was one of the greatest composers who ever lived.

## Derived Forms
- cocomposer
- composeress
- composerly
- noncomposer
- photocomposer

## Related Forms
- compose
- composite
- composition
- compositionist
- compositor

## Etymology
From compose + -er.

## AI Etymology
Composer is from compose plus -er. The agentive suffix ties the word to a role, participant, recipient, or instrument associated with compose; here the base names the field or object, while the suffix identifies the person or thing in that relation. In use as a noun, composer denotes a person who writes music. The same word family continues in derived forms such as cocomposer, composeress, composerly, and noncomposer and related entries such as compose, composite, composition, and compositionist.

## Topics
- People & Society
- Music Theory

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