Synonyms for "suppletion"

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Related terms

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noncognatesupplementsupplementarysuppletivesupply

coordinate

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;augmentationcompletionrepletionsupplementation

has context

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grammarlinguistics

related to

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cancomparativegoodinfinitivelexical categorynoncognatesupply

Translations

43 translations across 26 languages.

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Belarusian

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• суплетыві́зм noun ((grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking)

Catalan

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• supleció noun ((grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking)

Chinese Mandarin

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• 異干互補 /异干互补 noun ((grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking)
• 異干法 noun ((grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking)
• 補充法 /补充法 noun ((grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking)

Dutch

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• suppletie noun ((grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking)

Finnish

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• suppleetio noun ((grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking)
• suppletivismi noun ((grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking)

French

2 entries

• supplétion noun ((grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking)
• supplétisme noun ((grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking)

German

2 entries

• Suppletion noun ((grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking)
• Suppletivismus noun ((grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking)

Hungarian

4 entries

• alakkiegészülés noun ((grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking)
• szuppletivizmus noun ((grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking)
• tőalakpótlás noun ((grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking)
• tőcsere noun ((grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking)

Irish

1 entries

• ilfhréamhachas noun ((grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking)

Italian

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• suppletivismo noun ((grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking)

Japanese

1 entries

• 補充形 noun ((grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking)

Korean

1 entries

• 보충법 noun ((grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking)

Kyrgyz

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• супплетивизм noun ((grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking)

Latvian

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• supletīvisms noun ((grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking)

Lithuanian

1 entries

• supletyvizmas noun ((grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries

• suppletivisme noun ((grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking)

Norwegian Nynorsk

1 entries

• suppletivisme noun ((grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking)

Polish

1 entries

• supletywizm noun ((grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking)

Portuguese

1 entries

• supletismo noun ((grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking)

Romanian

1 entries

• supletivism noun ((grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking)

Russian

4 entries

• восполне́ние noun (the supplying of something lacking)
• пополне́ние noun (the supplying of something lacking)
• супплети́вность noun ((grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking)
• супплетиви́зм noun ((grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries

• supletivizam noun ((grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking)
• суплетивизам noun ((grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking)

Spanish

4 entries

• supleción noun (the supplying of something lacking)
• supleción noun ((grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking)
• suplemento noun (the supplying of something lacking)
• suplencia noun ((grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking)

Tamil

1 entries

• மாற்றுச்சொல் noun ((grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking)

Ukrainian

1 entries

• суплетивізм noun ((grammar) the use of an unrelated word or phrase to supply inflected forms otherwise lacking)

Welsh

1 entries

• cyflenwad noun (the supplying of something lacking)

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