suppletion
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suppletion
- /səˈpliːʃən/
Where it comes from
From German Suppletivwesen, from Latin supplēre (“to supply”), perfect stem supplet-, + -ion.
noun suppletions
- The supplying of something lacking.
- 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”.
- 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.
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noun the supplying of something lacking
| Español | supleción, suplemento |
|---|---|
| Русский | пополне́ние popolnénije, восполне́ние vospolnénije |
noun (grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking
| Español | supletismo, supleción, suplencia |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 보충법 bochungbeop |
| 日本語 | 補充形 hojūkei |
| 中文 | 異干互補 /异干互补 yìgànhùbǔ, 異干法 yìgànfǎ, 補充法 /补充法 bǔchōngfǎ |
| Português | supletismo |
| Français | supplétion, supplétisme |
| Deutsch | Suppletion, Suppletivismus |
| Italiano | suppletivismo |
| Română | supletivism |
| Русский | супплетиви́зм suppletivízm, супплети́вность suppletívnostʹ |
Talk about this word "suppletion." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/suppletion. Accessed 6 Nov. 2026. suppletion. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 6, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/suppletion "suppletion." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 6, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/suppletion.Cite this
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title = {suppletion},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-06}
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