supplicant

English

Etymology

Latin supplicans, "supplicating, bowing down" from supplico "kneel, bow down, request", from sub- "lower" + plico "fold".

Pronunciation

• (GenAm) IPA: /ˈsʌplɪkənt/, X-SAMPA: /"sVplIk@nt/
• Hyphenation: sup‧pli‧cant

Adjective

supplicant (comparative more supplicant, superlative most supplicant)

1. begging, pleading, supplicating

Translations

supplicating

• Finnish: anova (fi)

• Spanish: suplicante (es)

Noun

supplicant (plural supplicants)

1. one who comes to humbly ask or petition

Related terms

• supplicate
• applicant

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Latin

Verb

supplicant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of supplicō