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Noun [English]

IPA: /səˈpliːʃən/ Forms: suppletions [plural]
Etymology: From German Suppletivwesen, from Latin supplēre (“to supply”), perfect stem supplet-, + -ion. Etymology templates: {{der|en|de|Suppletivwesen}} German Suppletivwesen, {{der|en|la|supplēre|t=to supply}} Latin supplēre (“to supply”), {{af|en|-ion}} -ion Head templates: {{en-noun|-|s}} suppletion (usually uncountable, plural suppletions)
  1. The supplying of something lacking. Tags: uncountable, usually Translations (the supplying of something lacking): пополне́ние (popolnénije) [neuter] (Russian), восполне́ние (vospolnénije) [neuter] (Russian), cyflenwad [masculine] (Welsh)
    Sense id: en-suppletion-en-noun-XgOImXqR Disambiguation of 'the supplying of something lacking': 76 19 5
  2. (linguistics, grammar) 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”. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Grammar, Linguistics Translations ((grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking): суплетыві́зм (supljetyvízm) [masculine] (Belarusian), supleció [feminine] (Catalan), 異干互補 /异干互补 (yìgànhùbǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), 異干法 (yìgànfǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), 補充法 /补充法 (bǔchōngfǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), suppletie [feminine] (Dutch), suppleetio (Finnish), suppletivismi (Finnish), supplétion [feminine] (French), supplétisme [masculine] (French), Suppletion [feminine] (German), Suppletivismus [masculine] (German), szuppletivizmus (Hungarian), alakkiegészülés (Hungarian), tőalakpótlás (Hungarian), tőcsere (Hungarian), tőváltás (Hungarian), ilfhréamhachas [masculine] (Irish), suppletivismo [masculine] (Italian), 補充形 (hojūkei) (alt: ほじゅうけい) (Japanese), 보충법 (bochungbeop) (alt: 補充法) (Korean), супплетивизм (suppletivizm) (Kyrgyz), supletīvisms [masculine] (Latvian), supletyvizmas [masculine] (Lithuanian), suppletivisme [masculine] (Norwegian Bokmål), suppletivisme [masculine] (Norwegian Nynorsk), supletywizm [masculine] (Polish), supletismo [masculine] (Portuguese), supletivism [neuter] (Romanian), супплетиви́зм (suppletivízm) [masculine] (Russian), супплети́вность (suppletívnostʹ) [feminine] (Russian), суплетивизам [Cyrillic, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), supletivizam [Roman, masculine] (Serbo-Croatian), supletismo [masculine] (Spanish), மாற்றுச்சொல் (māṟṟuccol) (Tamil), суплетивізм (supletyvizm) [masculine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-suppletion-en-noun--BS1vfxU Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences Disambiguation of '(grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking': 18 64 18
  3. (grammar) 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. Tags: uncountable, usually Categories (topical): Grammar
    Sense id: en-suppletion-en-noun-DIV6QX02 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English terms suffixed with -ion, Entries with translation boxes, Pages with 1 entry, Pages with entries, Terms with Belarusian translations, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Irish translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Kyrgyz translations, Terms with Latvian translations, Terms with Lithuanian translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations, Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Romanian translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Tamil translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations, Terms with Welsh translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 26 15 59 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ion: 26 17 57 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 17 7 76 Disambiguation of Pages with 1 entry: 26 12 62 Disambiguation of Pages with entries: 29 6 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Belarusian translations: 20 14 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 20 14 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 24 14 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 19 13 68 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 20 13 67 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 22 13 66 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 16 20 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Irish translations: 21 15 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 21 11 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 19 10 70 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 19 13 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Kyrgyz translations: 21 15 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Latvian translations: 21 17 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Lithuanian translations: 21 17 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 18 17 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Bokmål translations: 21 16 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Norwegian Nynorsk translations: 24 9 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 21 15 64 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 20 16 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Romanian translations: 20 14 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 21 11 68 Disambiguation of Terms with Serbo-Croatian translations: 21 16 63 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 23 10 67 Disambiguation of Terms with Tamil translations: 20 18 62 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 20 14 65 Disambiguation of Terms with Welsh translations: 23 13 63 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: supplement, supplementary, suppletive, supply, noncognate

Inflected forms

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          "roman": "suppletivízm",
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          "roman": "suppletívnostʹ",
          "sense": "(grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking",
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          "word": "супплети́вность"
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      "word": "suppleetio"
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      "word": "szuppletivizmus"
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      "word": "супплетивизм"
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      "word": "supletīvisms"
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      "word": "supletywizm"
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      "word": "supletismo"
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      "word": "supletivism"
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      "code": "ru",
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      "word": "супплетиви́зм"
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      "word": "супплети́вность"
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      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "māṟṟuccol",
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      "word": "மாற்றுச்சொல்"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "supletyvizm",
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