supplier
English
Etymology
supply + -er.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /səˈplaɪə/
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)
Noun
supplier (plural suppliers)
- One who supplies; a provider.
- 2012 December 1, “An internet of airborne things”, in The Economist, volume 405, number 8813, page 3 (Technology Quarterly):
- A farmer could place an order for a new tractor part by text message and pay for it by mobile money-transfer. A supplier many miles away would then take the part to the local matternet station for airborne dispatch via drone.
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- (soccer) Someone who assists (sets up) a goal.
- 2011 January 16, Saj Chowdhury, “Sunderland 1 - 1 Newcastle”, in BBC:
- Regular supplier Barton played in another teasing corner, which was headed on towards goal by the impressive Ameobi and flicked in by expert poacher Nolan.
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Related terms
- supplement
- supply
Translations
one who supplies, a provider
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See also
- provider
- purveyor
- vendor
Anagrams
- periplus
French
Etymology
Modified based on the original Latin prefix sup-, from Old French souploier, sosploier, from Latin supplicāre, present active infinitive of supplicō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sy.pli.je/
audio (file)
Verb
supplier
- (transitive) to implore, to beseech, to beg
Conjugation
Conjugation of supplier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive | simple | supplier | |||||
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compound | avoir + past participle | ||||||
present participle or gerund1 | simple | suppliant /sy.pli.jɑ̃/ | |||||
compound | ayant + past participle | ||||||
past participle | supplié /sy.pli.je/ | ||||||
singular | plural | ||||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
indicative | je (j’) | tu | il, elle, on | nous | vous | ils, elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | supplie /sy.pli/ | supplies /sy.pli/ | supplie /sy.pli/ | supplions /sy.pli.jɔ̃/ | suppliez /sy.pli.je/ | supplient /sy.pli/ |
imperfect | suppliais /sy.pli.jɛ/ | suppliais /sy.pli.jɛ/ | suppliait /sy.pli.jɛ/ | suppliions /sy.pli.jɔ̃/ | suppliiez /sy.pli.je/ | suppliaient /sy.pli.jɛ/ | |
past historic2 | suppliai /sy.pli.je/ | supplias /sy.pli.ja/ | supplia /sy.pli.ja/ | suppliâmes /sy.pli.jam/ | suppliâtes /sy.pli.jat/ | supplièrent /sy.pli.jɛʁ/ | |
future | supplierai /sy.pli.ʁe/ | supplieras /sy.pli.ʁa/ | suppliera /sy.pli.ʁa/ | supplierons /sy.pli.ʁɔ̃/ | supplierez /sy.pli.ʁe/ | supplieront /sy.pli.ʁɔ̃/ | |
conditional | supplierais /sy.pli.ʁɛ/ | supplierais /sy.pli.ʁɛ/ | supplierait /sy.pli.ʁɛ/ | supplierions /sy.pli.ʁjɔ̃/ | supplieriez /sy.pli.ʁje/ | supplieraient /sy.pli.ʁɛ/ | |
(compound tenses) | present perfect | present indicative of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect | imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle | ||||||
past anterior2 | past historic of avoir + past participle | ||||||
future perfect | future of avoir + past participle | ||||||
conditional perfect | conditional of avoir + past participle | ||||||
subjunctive | que je (j’) | que tu | qu’il, qu’elle | que nous | que vous | qu’ils, qu’elles | |
(simple tenses) | present | supplie /sy.pli/ | supplies /sy.pli/ | supplie /sy.pli/ | suppliions /sy.pli.jɔ̃/ | suppliiez /sy.pli.je/ | supplient /sy.pli/ |
imperfect2 | suppliasse /sy.pli.jas/ | suppliasses /sy.pli.jas/ | suppliât /sy.pli.ja/ | suppliassions /sy.pli.ja.sjɔ̃/ | suppliassiez /sy.pli.ja.sje/ | suppliassent /sy.pli.jas/ | |
(compound tenses) | past | present subjunctive of avoir + past participle | |||||
pluperfect2 | imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle | ||||||
imperative | – | – | – | ||||
simple | — | supplie /sy.pli/ | — | supplions /sy.pli.jɔ̃/ | suppliez /sy.pli.je/ | — | |
compound | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | simple imperative of avoir + past participle | — | |
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en. | |||||||
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81). |
Related terms
- supplication
Further reading
- “supplier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German
Pronunciation
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Verb
supplier
- singular imperative of supplieren