composite

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A noun is a word referring to a person, animal, place, thing, feeling, or idea (e.g., man, dog, house).
noun
a. el compuesto
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(M)
Phineas Roberts's character in the book was a composite of several people the author had known.El personaje de Phineas Roberts en el libro era un compuesto de varias personas que el autor había conocido.
2. (portrait of a wanted individual)
Regionalism used in the United States
(United States)
a. el retrato hablado
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(M)
A witness helped create a composite of one of the assailants.Un testigo ayudó a confeccionar un retrato hablado de uno de los atacantes.
b. el identikit
(m) means that a noun is masculine. Spanish nouns have a gender, which is either feminine (like la mujer or la luna) or masculine (like el hombre or el sol).
(M)
The police released a composite of a suspect in an unsolved murder.La policía hizo público un identikit de un sospechoso vinculado con un asesinato no resuelto.
An adjective is a word that describes a noun (e.g., the big dog).
adjective
a. compuesto
Composite materials combine two or more materials with different properties.Los materiales compuestos combinan dos o más materiales con diferentes propiedades.
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