French Conversation · Level 80
60 words
French word
composter
Pronunciation
IPA/kɔ̃poste/
Meaning
- verbvalidate
Example
Avant de monter dans le tram, il a composté son ticket.
Before getting on the tram, he validated his ticket.
More examples
Le contrôleur a infligé une amende au passager qui n'avait pas composté son billet.
The inspector fined the passenger who had not validated his ticket.
Core concept
A small machine leaves a visible date imprint on a paper ticket at the moment its validity starts.
Common phrases
composter son ticket de bus
validate his bus ticket
composter au composteur
validate at the ticket validator
Similar words
valider: Make a ticket or transit card valid by scanning it at a machine or terminal.
poinçonner: Mark a ticket as used by punching holes in it.
oblitérer: Mark a ticket or postal item as processed with a stamp or imprint.
Definition in French
Soumettre un titre de transport papier à une machine qui y imprime une date ou une marque attestant du début de validité.
Word origin
French composter derives from compost plus -er, while compost in this sense developed from Latin compositus through the idea of something made or put together.
Usage tips
- French transit usage often contrasts composter for paper tickets with valider for electronic or contactless passes.
Other meanings
- stampverb
Opposites
- frauderride without payingverb
Related words
- composteurticket validatornoun
- compostévalidatedadjective