constituent

adj.

1. Serving as part of a whole; component: a constituent element.
2. Empowered to elect or designate.
3. Authorized to make or amend a constitution: a constituent assembly.

n.

1. A constituent part; a component. See synonyms at element.
2. A resident of a district or member of a group represented by an elected official.
3. One that authorizes another to act as a representative; a client.
4. Grammar. A functional unit of a grammatical construction, as a verb, noun phrase, or clause.

[Latin cōnstituēns, cōnstituent-, present participle of cōnstituere, to set up. See constitute. N., from French, from Latin cōnstituēns, from present participle of cōnstituere.]

constituently con·stit'u·ent·ly adv.

adjective

Serving as part of a whole, as a nondetachable part of a larger unit: built-in, component, incorporated. See include/exclude.

noun

One of the individual entities contributing to a whole: building block, component, element, factor, ingredient, integrant, part. See part/whole.

adj

Definition: component, part
Antonyms: whole

n

Definition: element
Antonyms: whole

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(kənstich′yōō-ənt)
n

A part of the whole; component.

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Common misspelling(s) of constituent

• constituant

Dansk (Danish)
adj. - som udgør del af et hele, grundlovgivende
n. - vælger, bestanddel, element, mandat, sætningsled, komponent

idioms:

• constituent assembly    grundlovgivende forsamling

Nederlands (Dutch)
kiezer, bestanddeel, zinsdeel, constituerend

Français (French)
adj. - constituant, (Pol) constituant
n. - (Pol) électeur, trait (de caractère), élément, (Chim) composant, (Ling) constituant

idioms:

• constituent assembly    assemblée constituante

Deutsch (German)
n. - Bestandteil, Satzteil, Wähler
adj. - konstituierend, Bestandteil, zusammensetzend

idioms:

• constituent assembly    Legislative in Frankreich (1789-91)

Ελληνική (Greek)
n. - συστατικό υλικό ή στοιχείο, εκλογέας, ψηφοφόρος

idioms:

• constituent assembly    συντακτική συνέλευση

Italiano (Italian)
componente, costituente, elettore

idioms:

• constituent assembly    assemblea costituente

Português (Portuguese)
n. - componente (m), constituinte (m) (f) (Jur.)
adj. - constituinte

idioms:

• constituent assembly    assembléia (f) constituinte

Русский (Russian)
составная часть, избиратель, член предложения

idioms:

• constituent assembly    учредительное собрание

Español (Spanish)
adj. - componente, constituyente, votante
n. - componente, constituyente, sintagma, elector, electora, votante

idioms:

• constituent assembly    asamblea constituyente

Svenska (Swedish)
n. - beståndsdel, uppdragsgivare, väljare

中文（简体）(Chinese (Simplified))
构成的, 有提名权的, 组织的, 选举者, 要素, 委托人

idioms:

• constituent assembly    制定或修改宪法的国民代表大会

中文（繁體）(Chinese (Traditional))
adj. - 構成的, 有提名權的, 組織的
n. - 選舉者, 要素, 委託人

idioms:

• constituent assembly    制定或修改憲法的國民代表大會

한국어 (Korean)
adj. - 구성하는, 선거권을 갖는
n. - 성분, 선거인, 설립자, 대리 지정자

日本語 (Japanese)
adj. - 構成する, 選挙権のある, 憲法制定権のある
n. - 構成要素, 有権者

idioms:

• constituent assembly    国民議会

العربيه (Arabic)
‏(الاسم) جز من تركيبه, ناخب‏

עברית (Hebrew)
adj. - ‮בוחר‬
n. - ‮בוחר, חלק יסודי, מרכיב, מצביע‬

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