supplement

See also supplément

English

Noun

supplement (plural supplements)

1. Something added, especially to make up for a deficiency.
2. An extension to a document or publication that adds information, corrects errors or brings up to date.
3. An additional section of a newspaper devoted to a specific subject.
4. (geometry) An angle that, when added to a given angle, makes 180°; a supplementary angle.
5. (nutrition, bodybuilding): A vitamin, herbal extract, or chemical compound included with a diet to enhance muscular development.

Translations

extension to a document or publication

Armenian: հավելված (hy) (havelvaç) Czech: dodatek (cs) m. Dutch: aanvulling (nl) f., bijlage (nl) m. and f.

Estonian: täiendus (et) Finnish: täydennys (fi), lisä (fi) Irish: forbhia (ga) m.

supplementary angle in geometry

Czech: doplněk (cs) m.

Finnish: suplementti, suplementtikulma

addition to a diet in bodybuilding

Czech: doplněk (cs) m.

Finnish: ravintolisä (fi), lisäravinne (fi)

Verb

supplement (third-person singular simple present supplements, present participle supplementing, simple past and past participle supplemented)

1. To provide or make a supplement to something.

Synonyms

• eke out

Translations

to provide or make a supplement to

Catalan: suplementar (ca), complementar (ca)

Dutch: aanvullen (nl)