Italian edit

Etymology edit

From Latin supplēre (to supply), with the Latin l becoming r. It has a more literal doublet: supplire (to compensate). Both words date from the 14th century.[1]

Pronunciation edit

  • IPA(key): /sop.peˈri.re/
  • Rhymes: -ire
  • Hyphenation: sop‧pe‧rì‧re

Verb edit

sopperìre (first-person singular present sopperìsco, first-person singular past historic sopperìi, past participle sopperìto, auxiliary avére) (intransitive)

  1. to provide [+ a (someone) = for] [auxiliary avere]

Conjugation edit

References edit

  1. ^ Dizionario italiano da un affiliato di Oxford University Press. Mondadori Education S.p.A. (on Mac OSX Mavericks)

Anagrams edit