replacement

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Etymology

replace +‎ -ment

Pronunciation

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Noun

replacement (plural replacements)

1. A person or thing that takes the place of another; a substitute.
   • 2010 December 28, Kevin Darlin, “West Brom 1 - 3 Blackburn”, BBC:

     Rovers lost keeper Robinson to a calf problem at half-time and his replacement Mark Bunn, making his Premier League debut, was immediately called into action - pushing away a vicious Peter Odemwingie drive at the near post.

Synonyms

• See also Wikisaurus:substitute

Derived terms

• overreplacement

See also

• spare part

Translations

a person or thing that takes the place of another; a substitute

Czech: náhrada (cs) f. Dutch: vervanger (nl) m., plaatsvervanger (nl) m., vervanging (nl) f. Esperanto: anstataŭaĵo (eo) Finnish: (person) sijainen (fi); (of things, never people) korvike (fi), varaosa (fi) French: remplaçant (fr) m., substitut (fr) German: Ersatz (de) m., Ersatzspieler (de) m.

Italian: sostituto (it), rimpiazzo (it) Portuguese: substituto (pt) m. Russian: замена (ru) (zamena), замещение (ru) (zamesheniye) Serbo-Croatian: nadomjestak (sh), supstitut (sh), zamjena (sh) Spanish: substituto (es) m., sustituto (es) Swedish: substitut (sv)

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Greek: υποκατάστατος (el) (ypokatástatos) m. Hungarian: helyettes (hu), pótlék (hu)

Romanian: substitut (ro) n., înlocuitor (ro) m., locțiitor (ro) m., substituent (ro) m., substituitor (ro) m. Tagalog: halili (tl) Telugu: ప్రత్యామ్నాయం (te) (pratyaamnaayam)