different between supplement vs suppletion

English

Etymology

From Latin supplementum (“that which is added to supply a shortage”), from supplere (“to provide something”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?pl?m?nt/

Noun

supplement (plural supplements)

1. Something added, especially to make up for a deficiency.
2. An extension to a document or publication that adds information, corrects errors or brings up to date.
3. An additional section of a newspaper devoted to a specific subject.

   • "Mid-Lent, and the Enemy grins," remarked Selwyn as he started for church with Nina and the children. Austin, knee-deep in a dozen Sunday supplements, refused to stir; poor little Eileen was now convalescent from grippe, but still unsteady on her legs; her maid had taken the grippe, and now moaned all day: "Mon dieu! Mon dieu! Che fais mourir!"

4. (geometry) An angle that, when added to a given angle, makes 180°; a supplementary angle.
5. (nutrition, bodybuilding) A vitamin, herbal extract or chemical compound ingested to meet dietary deficiencies or enhance muscular development.
6. A surcharge, additional cost, especially for food in a restaurant.

   There is a £2 supplement if you choose the steak.

Synonyms

• (something added): addition; See also Thesaurus:adjunct

Related terms

• supplementary
• suppletion
• suppletory

Translations

Verb

supplement (third-person singular simple present supplements, present participle supplementing, simple past and past participle supplemented)

1. To provide or make a supplement to something.

Synonyms

• eke out

Translations

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French supplément, from Latin suppl?mentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?.pl??m?nt/
• Hyphenation: sup?ple?ment
• Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

supplement n (plural supplementen, diminutive supplementje n)

1. A supplement, addition.

   Synonym: aanvulling

2. A surcharge, additional cost.

   Synonym: toeslag

3. (geometry) An supplementary angle, which, when added to a given angle, makes 180°.

   Synonym: supplementshoek

Derived terms

• ereloonsupplement
• supplementair
• supplementshoek
• voedingssupplement

Related terms

• suppletie
• suppletoir

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French supplément

Noun

supplement n (definite singular supplementet, indefinite plural supplement or supplementer, definite plural supplementa or supplementene)

1. a supplement

Derived terms

• supplementsbind

References

• “supplement” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “supplement” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French supplément

Noun

supplement n (definite singular supplementet, indefinite plural supplement, definite plural supplementa)

1. a supplement

Derived terms

• supplementsbind

References

• “supplement” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s??pli???n/

Noun

suppletion (usually uncountable, plural suppletions)

1. The supplying of something lacking.
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”.
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.

Usage notes

Strictly speaking, suppletion in linguistics refers only to inflection, such as good/better, which are both adjectives, and this is the most frequent use. It is also used in the looser sense of semantic relations without etymological relations (or with distant etymological relations) such as father/paternal, where these are noun/adjective. However, this latter use is significantly less common and may be considered incorrect. The term suppletion is particularly used to contrast these phenomena with phonologically conditioned irregularities like man/men, where both parts are derived by sound changes from an originally regular paradigm.

Related terms

• supply
• suppletive
• supplement
• supplementary

Translations

See also

• noncognate

References