componé, -e, adj., (her.) compony.
☉comportement, n.m., demeanor, comportment.
comporter, v.a., to permit, to allow, to admit of. Le temps le comporte; the times require it.
se comporter, v.r., to behave, to behave one’s self; to act; to manage. Se — mal; to misbehave. Il se comportera mieux à l’avenir; he will behave better for the future.
composant, n.m., (chem.) component.
composante, n.f., (math.) component.
composé, -e, adj., composed, compound; complicate; affected, stiff. Un mot —; a compound word. Il a l’air extrêmement sérieux et —; he looks very grave and formal. Air —; stiff, starched air.
composé, n.m., compound.
composée, n.f., (bot.) composite flower.
composer, v.a., to compose, form, create, compound, make, fashion, adjust, regulate. — sa mine; to adjust one’s looks. Il faut savoir se — selon le temps, selon les lieux; one must regulate one’s self according to time and place. — des almanachs; to indulge in chimerical dreams. — un papier d’examen; to write out an examination paper.