suppletive in the Oxford-Hachette French Dictionary

Translations for suppletive in the English»French Dictionary

suppletive [Brit səˈpliːtɪv, Am səˈplidɪv, ˈsəplədɪv] ADJ LING

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The plurality of the absolutive participant can be expressed by complete reduplication of the stem or by a suppletive stem.
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Besides that, some verbs have special hyper-polite suppletive forms.
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In this sense of the term, father/fatherly is non-suppletive.
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