suppôt
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin suppositus. Compare impôt from Latin impositus, prévôt from praepositus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sy.po/
Noun
suppôt m (plural suppôts)
- (literary) a subversive, an underling, a henchman
- short form of suppositoire
Derived terms
- suppôt de Satan
Further reading
- “suppôt”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.