supplant

English

WOTD – 8 February 2010

Alternative forms

• supplaunt (obsolete)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

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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.

   Will online dictionaries ever supplant paper dictionaries?

2. (transitive, obsolete) To uproot, to remove violently.
   • 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 606515358, [Act III, scene ii]:

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

Synonyms

• (replace): dethrone, oust, replace, supersede, take over from
• (remove violently): uproot, wrench out

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)

• 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