supplier

English

Etymology

supply +‎ -er.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /səˈplaɪə/
  • Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)

Noun

supplier (plural suppliers)

  1. 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.
  2. (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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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/
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Verb

supplier

  1. (transitive) to implore, to beseech, to beg

Conjugation
Conjugation of supplier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle suppliant
/sy.pli.jɑ̃/
past participle supplié
/sy.pli.je/
infinitive
simple supplier
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple suppliant
/sy.pli.jɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle 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 – tu – nous vous –
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 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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