different between supplication vs suppliant

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Old French supplication, from Latin supplicatio, supplicationem, from supplicare (“to supplicate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /s?pl??ke???n/

Noun

supplication (countable and uncountable, plural supplications)

1. An act of supplicating; a humble request.
2. A prayer or entreaty to a god.
3. (historical) In Ancient Rome, a solemn service or day decreed for giving formal thanks to the gods for victory, etc.
4. The process by which a doctorate at Oxford university is officially requested after a thesis has been approved.

Translations

French

Etymology

From Old French, borrowed from Latin supplicatio, supplicationem.

Pronunciation

Noun

supplication f (plural supplications)

1. supplication

Related terms

• supplier

English

Etymology

French suppliant, present participle of supplier. Doublet of supplicant

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?s?pli?nt/

Adjective

suppliant (comparative more suppliant, superlative most suppliant)

1. Entreating with humility.
2. Supplying; auxiliary.

Translations

Noun

suppliant (plural suppliants)

1. One who pleads or requests earnestly.

   Synonyms: beseecher, petitioner, supplicant

Translations

Related terms

French

Verb

suppliant

1. present participle of supplier

Adjective

suppliant (feminine singular suppliante, masculine plural suppliants, feminine plural suppliantes)

1. suppliant, begging, pleading, imploring

Noun

suppliant m (plural suppliants, feminine suppliante)

1. supplicant