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Meaning of "suppletive" in the English dictionary

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PRONUNCIATION OF SUPPLETIVE

suppletive  [səˈpliːtɪv] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF SUPPLETIVE

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Suppletive is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES SUPPLETIVE MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Suppletion

In linguistics and etymology, suppletion is traditionally understood as the use of one word as the inflected form of another word when the two words are not cognate. For those learning a language, suppletive forms will be seen as "irregular" or even "highly irregular". The term "suppletion" implies that a gap in the paradigm was filled by a form "supplied" by a different paradigm. Instances of suppletion are overwhelmingly restricted to the most commonly used lexical items in a language.

Definition of suppletive in the English dictionary

The definition of suppletive in the dictionary is of or relating to suppletion.

WORDS THAT RHYME WITH SUPPLETIVE


abortive
əˈbɔːtɪv
accretive
əˈkriːtɪv
assertive
əˈsɜːtɪv
completive
kəmˈpliːtɪv
concretive
kənˈkriːtɪv
constitutive
ˈkɒnstɪˌtjuːtɪv
decretive
dɪˈkriːtɪv
deletive
dɪˈliːtɪv
depletive
dɪˈpliːtɪv
dilutive
daɪˈluːtɪv
discretive
dɪsˈkriːtɪv
distortive
dɪsˈtɔːtɪv
entreative
ɪnˈtriːtɪv
excretive
ɪksˈkriːtɪv
exertive
ɪɡˈzɜːtɪv
expletive
ɪkˈspliːtɪv
furtive
ˈfɜːtɪv
sportive
ˈspɔːtɪv
substitutive
ˈsʌbstɪˌtjuːtɪv
supportive
səˈpɔːtɪv

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE SUPPLETIVE

supple
supplejack
supplely
supplement
supplemental
supplementally
supplementaries
supplementarily
supplementary
supplementary angle
supplementary benefit
supplementary question
supplementation
supplementer
suppleness
suppletion
suppletorily
suppletory
Supplex
suppliable

WORDS THAT END LIKE SUPPLETIVE

active
alternative
automotive
competitive
cooperative
creative
disquietive
effective
executive
forgetive
in the negative
interactive
interpretive
native
negative
perspective
positive
quietive
secretive
vegetive

Synonyms and antonyms of suppletive in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «suppletive» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF SUPPLETIVE

Find out the translation of suppletive to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of suppletive from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «suppletive» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

替补
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

supletorio
570 millions of speakers

English

suppletive
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

suppletive
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

تكميلية
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

suppletive
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

supletivo
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

সম্পূরক
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

supplétif
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Supplie
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

suppletive
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

suppletive
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

suppletive
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Suppletive
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

suppletive
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

suppletive
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

पूरक
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

suppletive
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

suppletive
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

suppletive
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

suppletive
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

supletiv
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

suppletive
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

suppletive
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

dispositiva
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

suppletive
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of suppletive

TRENDS

TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «SUPPLETIVE»

The term «suppletive» is normally little used and occupies the 130.605 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «SUPPLETIVE» OVER TIME

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Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about suppletive

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «SUPPLETIVE»

Discover the use of suppletive in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to suppletive and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
1
Elgar Encyclopedia of Comparative Law, Second Edition:
The process of interpretation is distinct from completing the contract by the addition of terms implied by 'suppletive' statutory rules. Civil law inherited from Roman law a set of typical contracts, the so-called 'named' contracts, the standard ...
J. M. Smits, 2012
2
Suppletion in Verb Paradigms: Bits and Pieces of the Puzzle
This book examines stem change in verb paradigms, as in English go 'go.PRESENT' vs. went 'go.PAST', a phenomenon referred to as suppletion in current linguistic theory.
Ljuba N. Veselinova, 2006
3
Aspects of the Theory of Morphology
Like synonymy, suppletion is SYMMETRICAL: if X is suppletive with respect to Y, Y is necessarily suppletive with respect to X. Therefore: X and Y are suppletive ( with respect to each other) X and Y stand in a relation of suppletion.
David Beck, 2006
4
Morphologie / Morphology. 1. Halbband
(2) Two minimal segmental signs X and Y of languageL are said to stand in a relation of suppletion (or to be suppletive with re- spect to each other) if and only if conditions (a) and (b) are simultaneously satisfied: (a) The signifiers of X and Y  ...
Geert E. Booij, Christian Lehmann, Joachim Mugdan, 2000
5
A Reference Grammar of Classical Japanese Prose
5.3.2.4.3 Resultative auxiliaries tuke- and tuk- 386 5.3.2.4.4 Resultative auxiliary tome- 388 5.3.2.4.5 Auxiliary gata- 389 5.4 Suppletive independent honorific verbs 390 5.4.1 Suppletive honorific verbs 390 5.4.1.1 Suppletive honorific verb ...
Alexander Vovin, 2003
6
Negation and Clausal Structure
certain verbal forms that are employed as suppletive imperatives can be embedded, but only insofar as they coincide with forms that are used in non- imperative clauses.46 The fact that they appear embedded under verbs expressing an order ...
Raffaella Zanuttini, 1997
7
Morphology: A Study of the Relation between Meaning and Form
Since suppletive paradigms result from splits in inflectional paradigms, the characteristics of suppletive paradigms provide evidence for the factors that govern inflectional splits. The interaction of semantic relatedness with frequency of usage is ...
Joan L. Bybee, 1985
8
Irregularity in Morphology (and Beyond)
four suppletive adjectives. Albanian – another member of the Balkan Sprachbund – has an incidence of zero and thus conforms to the pattern of Macedonian, Bulgarian, Romanian and Arumanian. The majority of non-Indo-European ...
Thomas Stolz, Hitomi Otsuka, Aina Urdze, 2012
9
Causatives in Minimalism
(34) Suppletive lexical causatives in Hiaki (taken from Guerrero (2004)) singular plural Non-causative Causative Non-causative Causative The list in (34) shows number suppletive pairs in Hiaki with corresponding lexical causatives, as in ...
Mercedes Tubino Blanco, 2011
10
Analyzing Grammar: An Introduction
1 5.3 Rules for suppletive allomorphy Linguists have expended a great deal of effort trying to develop precise formal notations for writing phonological rules, and a certain amount of consensus has emerged; but there is less agreement as to ...
Paul R. Kroeger, 2005

10 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «SUPPLETIVE»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term suppletive is used in the context of the following news items.
1
Come richiedere le prove per le sessioni suppletive e straordinaria …
La funzione Sidi per la richiesta di prove per la sessione suppletiva sarà disponibile dal 17 al 24 giugno 2015, mentre per la rilevazione delle esigenze circa ... «La Tecnica della Scuola, Jun 15»
2
Prova Invalsi, pagina dalla quale scaricare le griglie di correzione …
Per gli studenti che non hanno potutto svolgere l'esame le giornate suppletive sono fissate per il 24 giugno e il 2 settembre, sempre alle ore 8.30. Spetterà alle ... «Orizzonte Scuola, Jun 15»
3
Esami di stato secondaria I grado. Guide e istruzioni per un corretto …
L'esame di Stato si svolge in un'unica sessione, con possibilità di prove suppletive per i candidati assenti per gravi e comprovati motivi. Le prove suppletive ... «Orizzonte Scuola, Jun 15»
4
Tutte le date della maturità 2015
L'ordinanza definisce anche le date delle prove scritte suppletive, che si svolgeranno nelle seguenti giornate per i candidati che, a seguito di malattia da ... «La Tecnica della Scuola, Jun 15»
5
Maturità, esami e prove suppletive
Prossimo lo svolgimento degli esami di maturità del corrente anno scolastico. Prima prova scritta di italiano il 17 giugno alle ore 8,30 con durata massima ... «Blasting News, Jun 15»
6
Avanzata Jobbik in Ungheria. L'estrema destra vince le suppletive
Dopo il 20% ottenuto alle politiche dello scorso anno, il partito Jobbik ha vinto delle elezioni suppletive nell'est del Paese, che gli hanno per la prima volta ... «euronews, Apr 15»
7
Ungheria, Orban perde maggioranza due terzi con elezioni suppletive
Budapest (Ungheria), 23 feb. (LaPresse/Reuters) - L'alleanza di destra al governo in Ungheria, composta dal partito Fidesz del premier Viktor Orban e dal Kdpn, ... «LaPresse, Feb 15»
8
Ungheria, prima sconfitta per Orbàn: più difficile imporre le leggi
Alle elezioni politiche suppletive per il seggio divenuto vacante della grande città di Veszprém, il candidato dell'opposizione ha battuto quello della Fidesz, ... «La Repubblica, Feb 15»
9
Rosolini passa alla storia, nuove suppletive: sindaco in bilico
Rosolini passerà alla storia, questo è poco ma sicuro. Tornano le suppletive, a metà marzo, per un “bis” delle amministrative. Il decreto è stato, di fatto, messo a ... «SiciliaInformazioni.com, Jan 15»
10
Gran Bretagna, elezioni suppletive puniscono Cameron: Ukip …
21 novembre 2014 Il partito britannico anti-Ue Ukip ha conquistato un secondo seggio alla Camera dei Comuni. Mark Reckless, che ha lasciato a settembre il ... «Rai News, Nov 14»

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