Dictionary

supplant en · VERB

Pronunciation

• səplăntʹ (Canada, Northern-England, US)
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• /səˈplænt/ (Canada, Northern-England, US)
• /səˈplɑːnt/ (UK)
• səpläntʹ (UK)

Etymology

From Middle English supplanten, supplaunten, from Old French supplanter, from Latin supplantō (“trip up”), from sub (“from below, under”) + planta (“sole”).

Meanings

1. (transitive) To take the place of; to replace, to supersede.
   • Will online dictionaries ever supplant paper dictionaries?
2. (obsolete, transitive) To uproot, to remove violently.
   • Trinculo, if you trouble him any more in's tale, by this hand, I will supplant some of your teeth. 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:

Forms

Deriveds

supplantable · supplantment · supplantation · unsupplanted

Synonyms

oust · supersede · uproot · take over from · dethrone · replace

Translations (36)

mi rīwhi (to take the place of, to replace) · de ersetzen (to take the place of, to replace) · es destronar (to remove violently) · sv tränga undan (to take the place of, to replace) · mi whakakapi (to take the place of, to replace) · ru искорени́ть (to remove violently) · de ausstechen (to take the place of, to replace) · pt suplantar (to take the place of, to replace) · pt substituir (to take the place of, to replace) · fr dézinguer (to remove violently) · it rovesciare (to remove violently) · fr déposer (to remove violently) · ru вытесня́ть (to take the place of, to replace) · de verdrängen (to take the place of, to replace) · sv avlösa (to take the place of, to replace) · fr détrôner (to remove violently) · fr supplanter (to take the place of, to replace) · fr renverser (to remove violently) · es derrocar (to remove violently) · el υποσκελίζω (to take the place of, to replace) · fr éradiquer (to remove violently) · sv ersätta (to take the place of, to replace) · bg изме́ствам (to take the place of, to replace) · fi korvata (to take the place of, to replace) · eo anstataŭi (to take the place of, to replace) · es derribar (to remove violently) · nl vervangen (to take the place of, to replace) · bg избу́твам (to take the place of, to replace) · nl opvolgen (to take the place of, to replace) · ru выживать (to take the place of, to replace) · ro înlocui (to take the place of, to replace) · it detronizzare (to remove violently) · bg изпъ́ждам (to remove violently) · es suplantar (to take the place of, to replace) · nl verdringen (to take the place of, to replace) · tr yerine geçmek (to take the place of, to replace)