compo
See also: Compo
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /kɒm.pəʊ/
- Rhymes: -ɒmpəʊ
Noun
compo (countable and uncountable, plural compos)
- Abbreviation of compensation.
- (Australia, slang) Workers' 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.
- 1992, Martin Walker, Oxford Symposium on Food and Cookery 1991: Public Eating
- 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.
Finnish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈkompo/, [ˈko̞mpo̞]
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 | |
| instructive | — | compoin | |
| abessive | compotta | compoitta | |
| comitative | — | compoineen | |
| Possessive forms of compo (type valo) | ||
|---|---|---|
| possessor | singular | plural |
| 1st person | componi | compomme |
| 2nd person | composi | componne |
| 3rd person | componsa | |
French
Etymology
Shortening of composition.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /kɔ̃.po/
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Further reading
- “compo”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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