supporter

English

Wikipedia

Etymology

to support + -er.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ɔː(ɹ)tə(ɹ)

Noun

supporter (plural supporters)

1. Something that supports a structure such as a building.
2. A person who supports, promotes, advocates or champions a cause or movement; an adherent.
3. (heraldry) An animal or figure that supports a shield in a coat of arms.
4. A garter worn around the leg to support a sock or stocking
   • 1957, J. D. Salinger, "Zooey", in, 1961, Franny and Zooey, 1991 LB Books edition, page 117,

     From the radiator, where he was attaching supporters to his socks, Zooey glanced up at her.

5. (sports) Someone who is a fan of a certain team or sportsperson.
   • 2011 October 20, Michael da Silva, “Stoke 3 - 0 Macc Tel-Aviv”, BBC Sport:

     With the Stoke supporters jeering Ziv's every subsequent touch, the pantomime atmosphere created by the home crowd reached a crescendo when Ziv was shown a straight red shortly after the break in extraordinary circumstances.

6. (sports) Someone who attends a sports match.

   There were 10,000 supporters in the last match.

Synonyms

• adherent
• proponent

Antonyms

• opponent
• detractor

Translations

animal or figure that supports a shield in a coat of arms

• Czech: štítonoš (cs) m

• Macedonian: штитодржач (mk) (štitod'ržač) m

Person who supports, an adherent

• Esperanto: subtenanto (eo)
• Finnish: kannattaja (fi)
• French: partisan (fr) m, supporter (fr) m, supporteur (fr) m, supporteuse (fr) f
• German: Unterstützer (de) m, Anhänger (de) m
• Indonesian: pendukung (id)

• Italian: promotore (it)
• Jèrriais: partisan m
• Portuguese: apoiador (pt) m
• Sundanese: bobotoh (su)
• Swedish: anhängare (sv)

Anagrams

• superport

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Dutch

Etymology

From English supporter.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /sʏˈpɔrtər/

Noun

supporter m (plural supporters, diminutive supportertje)

1. (sports) supporter.

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French

Etymology 1

From Latin supportō.

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /sy.pɔʁ.te/

Verb

supporter

1. to support
2. to bear

   Je ne supporte pas le mot injustice. (François Pérusse) - I can't bear the word injustice.

Conjugation

   Conjugation of supporter (see also Appendix:French verbs)

		simple			compound
infinitive		supporter			avoir supporté
gerund		en supportant			en ayant supporté
present participle		supportant
past participle		supporté
person		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il	nous	vous	ils
simple tenses	present	supporte	supportes	supporte	supportons	supportez	supportent
	imperfect	supportais	supportais	supportait	supportions	supportiez	supportaient
	past historic1	supportai	supportas	supporta	supportâmes	supportâtes	supportèrent
	future	supporterai	supporteras	supportera	supporterons	supporterez	supporteront
	conditional	supporterais	supporterais	supporterait	supporterions	supporteriez	supporteraient
compound tenses	present perfect	Use the present tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect	Use the imperfect tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	past anterior1	Use the past historic tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	future perfect	Use the future tense of avoir followed by the past participle
	conditional perfect	Use the conditional tense of avoir followed by the past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il	que nous	que vous	qu’ils
simple tenses	present	supporte	supportes	supporte	supportions	supportiez	supportent
	imperfect1	supportasse	supportasses	supportât	supportassions	supportassiez	supportassent
compound tenses	past	Use the present subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
	pluperfect1	Use the imperfect subjunctive of avoir followed by the past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
		—	supporte	—	supportons	supportez	—
1literary tenses

Etymology 2

Borrowing from English supporter.

Alternative forms

• supporteur

Pronunciation

• IPA: /sy.pɔʁ.tɛʁ/

Noun

supporter m (plural supporters)

1. (sports) supporter, fan

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Italian

Etymology

Borrowing from English supporter.

Noun

supporter m and f (invariable)

1. supporter, fan
2. support act

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Latin

Verb

supporter

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of supportō