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compony
com·po·ny
/
kəmˈpoʊ
ni
/
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[
k
uh
m-
poh
-nee
]
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adjective
Heraldry.
composed of a single row of squares, metal and color alternating; gobony.
Also,
com·po·né
/
kəmˈpoʊ
ni
;
French
kɔ̃
pɔˈneɪ
/
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[
k
uh
m-
poh
-nee
;
French
kaw
n
-paw-
ney
]
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.
Origin:
1565–75;
<
Middle French
compone,
nasalized variant of
copone,
equivalent to
copon
coupon
+
-e
-ee
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compony
or
componé
(kəmˈpəʊnɪ, kəmˈpəʊneɪ)
—
adj
(
usually postpositive
)
heraldry
made up of alternating metal and colour, colour and fur, or fur and metal
[C16: from Old French
componé,
from
copon
piece,
coupon
]
componé
or
componé
—
adj
[C16: from Old French
componé,
from
copon
piece,
coupon
]
Collins English Dictionary - Complete & Unabridged 10th Edition
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Publishers 1998, 2000, 2003, 2005, 2006, 2007, 2009
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