supplant

English

WOTD – 8 February 2010

Alternative forms

• supplaunt (obsolete)

Etymology

From Middle English supplanten, supplaunten, from Old French supplanter, from Latin supplantō (“trip up”), from sub (“from below, under”) + planta (“sole”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) enPR: səpläntʹ, IPA^(key): /səˈplɑːnt/
• Rhymes: -ɑːnt
• (US, Canada, Northern England) enPR: səplăntʹ, IPA^(key): /səˈplænt/

• Audio (US):

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• Audio (General Australian):

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• Rhymes: -ænt

Verb

supplant (third-person singular simple present supplants, present participle supplanting, simple past and past participle supplanted)

1. (transitive) To take the place of; to replace, to supersede.

   Synonyms: dethrone, oust, replace, supersede, take over from

   Will online dictionaries ever supplant paper dictionaries?

2. (transitive, obsolete) To uproot, to remove violently.

   Synonym: uproot

   • 1610–1611 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Tempest”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene ii]:

     Trinculo, if you trouble him any more in's tale, by this hand, I will supplant some of your teeth.

Translations

to take the place of, to replace

Bulgarian: изме́ствам (bg) (izméstvam), избу́твам (bg) (izbútvam) Dutch: verdringen (nl), vervangen (nl), opvolgen (nl) Esperanto: anstataŭi Finnish: korvata (fi) French: supplanter (fr) German: verdrängen (de), ersetzen (de), ausstechen (de) Maori: rīwhi, whakakapi Portuguese: suplantar (pt), substituir (pt) Romanian: înlocui (ro) Russian: вытесня́ть (ru) (vytesnjátʹ), выживать (ru) (vyživatʹ) Spanish: suplantar (es) Swedish: ersätta (sv), avlösa (sv), tränga undan (sv) Turkish: yerine geçmek (tr)

to remove violently

Bulgarian: изпъ́ждам (bg) (izpǎ́ždam) French: détrôner (fr), déposer (fr), dézinguer (fr), renverser (fr), éradiquer (fr) Italian: detronizzare (it), rovesciare (it) Russian: искорени́ть (ru) n (iskorenítʹ) Spanish: destronar (es), derribar (es), derrocar (es)

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Arabic: (please verify) يحل محل