compo
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See also: Compo
Pronunciation
Noun
compo (countable and uncountable, plural compos)
- Abbreviation of compensation.
- Abbreviation of composition.
- (military, slang, historical, attributive) Compo ration.
- 1992, Martin Walker, Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery 1991: Public Eating:
- Sometimes supplies of food might be a little short in certain areas but attempts were made to ensure that all men had some rations, compo and fresh, available to them.
- A mixture of whiting, resin, and glue for ornamenting walls and cornices.
- Lime cement mortar.
- Lime-cement mortar is also known as composition or "compo" mortar, guarded or gauged mortar. The mix contains, lime, cement and sand in proportions depending on the requirements of the work.
- (cricket) A type of practice cricket ball made of cork and rubber.
- (military, slang, historical, attributive) Compo ration.
- Abbreviation of competition.
- 2013, Cynthia Chris, David A. Gerstner, Media Authorship, page 162:
- Some Demosceners claim, however, that the Demoscene is no longer a vital community, and that commercial sponsors of compos (competitions) have corrupted the community's original ethos.
Derived terms
Etymology
From English composition.
Pronunciation
Noun
compo
- (Hong Kong Cantonese) composition (written essay) (especially in language exams)
References
Pronunciation
Noun
compo
- Alternative form of kompo
Declension
| Inflection of compo (Kotus type 1/valo, no gradation) | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| nominative | compo | compot | |
| genitive | compon | compojen | |
| partitive | compoa | compoja | |
| illative | compoon | compoihin | |
| singular | plural | ||
| nominative | compo | compot | |
| accusative | nom. | compo | compot |
| gen. | compon | ||
| genitive | compon | compojen | |
| partitive | compoa | compoja | |
| inessive | compossa | compoissa | |
| elative | composta | compoista | |
| illative | compoon | compoihin | |
| adessive | compolla | compoilla | |
| ablative | compolta | compoilta | |
| allative | compolle | compoille | |
| essive | compona | compoina | |
| translative | compoksi | compoiksi | |
| abessive | compotta | compoitta | |
| instructive | — | compoin | |
| comitative | See the possessive forms below. | ||
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Etymology
Shortening of composition.
Pronunciation
Noun
compo f (plural compos)
Further reading
- “compo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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