suppôt

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin suppositus. Compare impôt from Latin impositus, prévôt from praepositus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sy.po/

• Audio:

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Noun

suppôt m (plural suppôts)

1. (literary) a subversive, an underling, a henchman
2. 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.