"suppletion" meaning in English

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Noun

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”), {{m|la||supplet-}} supplet-, {{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': 81 16 4
  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 (Chinese Mandarin), 异干互补 (yìgànhùbǔ) (Chinese Mandarin), 異干法 (Chinese Mandarin), 异干法 (yìgànfǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), 補充法 (Chinese Mandarin), 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': 11 64 24
  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 Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 21 28 51 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -ion: 17 31 52 Topics: grammar, human-sciences, linguistics, sciences
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Related terms: supply, suppletive, supplement, supplementary, noncognate

Inflected forms

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          "alt": "ほじゅうけい",
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        {
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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": "suppletive"
    },
    {
      "word": "supplement"
    },
    {
      "word": "supplementary"
    },
    {
      "word": "noncognate"
    }
  ],
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "The supplying of something lacking."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "supply",
          "supply"
        ]
      ],
      "tags": [
        "uncountable",
        "usually"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Grammar",
        "en:Linguistics"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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”."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "linguistics",
          "linguistics"
        ],
        [
          "grammar",
          "grammar"
        ],
        [
          "infinitive",
          "infinitive"
        ],
        [
          "can",
          "can"
        ],
        [
          "comparative",
          "comparative"
        ],
        [
          "good",
          "good"
        ],
        [
          "simple past",
          "simple past"
        ],
        [
          "go",
          "go"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(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"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "en:Grammar"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "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."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "grammar",
          "grammar"
        ],
        [
          "lexical category",
          "lexical category"
        ],
        [
          "collateral",
          "collateral"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(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"
      ],
      "topics": [
        "grammar",
        "human-sciences",
        "linguistics",
        "sciences"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/səˈpliːʃən/"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "popolnénije",
      "sense": "the supplying of something lacking",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "пополне́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vospolnénije",
      "sense": "the supplying of something lacking",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "восполне́ние"
    },
    {
      "code": "cy",
      "lang": "Welsh",
      "sense": "the supplying of something lacking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "cyflenwad"
    },
    {
      "code": "be",
      "lang": "Belarusian",
      "roman": "supljetyvízm",
      "sense": "(grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "суплетыві́зм"
    },
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "(grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "supleció"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "(grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking",
      "word": "異干互補"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yìgànhùbǔ",
      "sense": "(grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking",
      "word": "异干互补"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "(grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking",
      "word": "異干法"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "yìgànfǎ",
      "sense": "(grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking",
      "word": "异干法"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "sense": "(grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking",
      "word": "補充法"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "bǔchōngfǎ",
      "sense": "(grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking",
      "word": "补充法"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "(grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "suppletie"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking",
      "word": "suppleetio"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "(grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking",
      "word": "suppletivismi"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "(grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "supplétion"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "(grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "supplétisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Suppletion"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "(grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "Suppletivismus"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "(grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking",
      "word": "szuppletivizmus"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "(grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking",
      "word": "alakkiegészülés"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "(grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking",
      "word": "tőalakpótlás"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "(grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking",
      "word": "tőcsere"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "(grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking",
      "word": "tőváltás"
    },
    {
      "code": "ga",
      "lang": "Irish",
      "sense": "(grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ilfhréamhachas"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "(grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "suppletivismo"
    },
    {
      "alt": "ほじゅうけい",
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "hojūkei",
      "sense": "(grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking",
      "word": "補充形"
    },
    {
      "alt": "補充法",
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "bochungbeop",
      "sense": "(grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking",
      "word": "보충법"
    },
    {
      "code": "ky",
      "lang": "Kyrgyz",
      "roman": "suppletivizm",
      "sense": "(grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking",
      "word": "супплетивизм"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "(grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "supletīvisms"
    },
    {
      "code": "lt",
      "lang": "Lithuanian",
      "sense": "(grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "supletyvizmas"
    },
    {
      "code": "nb",
      "lang": "Norwegian Bokmål",
      "sense": "(grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "suppletivisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "nn",
      "lang": "Norwegian Nynorsk",
      "sense": "(grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "suppletivisme"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "(grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "supletywizm"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "(grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "supletismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "(grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking",
      "tags": [
        "neuter"
      ],
      "word": "supletivism"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "suppletivízm",
      "sense": "(grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "супплетиви́зм"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "suppletívnostʹ",
      "sense": "(grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "супплети́вность"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "(grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking",
      "tags": [
        "Cyrillic",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "суплетивизам"
    },
    {
      "code": "sh",
      "lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
      "sense": "(grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking",
      "tags": [
        "Roman",
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "supletivizam"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "(grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "supletismo"
    },
    {
      "code": "ta",
      "lang": "Tamil",
      "roman": "māṟṟuccol",
      "sense": "(grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking",
      "word": "மாற்றுச்சொல்"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "supletyvizm",
      "sense": "(grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "суплетивізм"
    }
  ],
  "wikipedia": [
    "suppletion"
  ],
  "word": "suppletion"
}

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