Dictionary

suppletion en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /səˈpliːʃən/
• (Southern-England) audio

Etymology

From German Suppletivwesen, from Latin supplēre (“to supply”), perfect stem supplet-, + -ion.

Meanings

1. (uncountable, usually) The supplying of something lacking.
2. (uncountable, usually) The use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking, e.g. using “to be able” as the infinitive of “can”, or “better” as the comparative of “good”, or “went” as the simple past of “go”.
3. (uncountable, usually) More loosely, the use of unrelated (or distantly related) words for semantically related words which may not share the same lexical category, such as father/paternal or cow/bovine, normally referred to as collateral adjectives.

Forms

Coordinates

augmentation · supplementation · completion · repletion

Relateds

supply · suppletive · noncognate · supplementary · supplement

Translations (44)

es supletismo ((grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking) · ca supleció ((grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking) · ta மாற்றுச்சொல் ((grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking) · pt supletismo ((grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking) · lt supletyvizmas ((grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking) · ky супплетивизм ((grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking) · hu szuppletivizmus ((grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking) · fr supplétion ((grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking) · cmn 異干互補 /异干互补 ((grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking) · ru восполне́ние (the supplying of something lacking) · hu alakkiegészülés ((grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking) · pl supletywizm ((grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking) · fi suppletivismi ((grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking) · cmn 補充法 /补充法 ((grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking) · ga ilfhréamhachas ((grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking) · de Suppletivismus ((grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking) · ru супплетиви́зм ((grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking) · nb suppletivisme ((grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking) · be суплетыві́зм ((grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking) · nl suppletie ((grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking) · uk суплетивізм ((grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking) · ro supletivism ((grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking) · ja 補充形 ((grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking) · cy cyflenwad (the supplying of something lacking) · hu tőcsere ((grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking) · sh supletivizam ((grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking) · sh суплетивизам ((grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking) · es supleción ((grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking) · es suplemento (the supplying of something lacking) · de Suppletion ((grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking) · fr supplétisme ((grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking) · es supleción (the supplying of something lacking) · pl uzupełnienie (the supplying of something lacking) · lv supletīvisms ((grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking) · ru пополне́ние (the supplying of something lacking) · hu tőalakpótlás ((grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking) · it suppletivismo ((grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking) · es suplencia ((grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking) · fi suppleetio ((grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking) · hu tőváltás ((grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking) · ru супплети́вность ((grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking) · cmn 異干法 ((grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking) · ko 보충법 ((grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking) · nn suppletivisme ((grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking)