supplement

See also: supplément

English

Etymology

From Latin supplementum (“that which is added to supply a shortage”), from supplere (“to provide something”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈsʌpləmənt/

  • Audio (Southern England):

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Noun

supplement (plural supplements)

1. Something added, especially to make up for a deficiency.
   • 2013 March, David S. Senchina, “Athletics and Herbal Supplements”, in American Scientist, volume 101, number 2, page 134:

     Athletes' use of herbal supplements has skyrocketed in the past two decades. At the top of the list of popular herbs are echinacea and ginseng, whereas garlic, St. John's wort, soybean, ephedra and others are also surging in popularity or have been historically prevalent.

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.
   • 1907 August, Robert W[illiam] Chambers, chapter IV, in The Younger Set, New York, N.Y.: D. Appleton & Company, →OCLC:

     "Mid-Lent, and the Enemy grins," remarked Selwyn as he started for church with Nina and the children. Austin, knee-deep in a dozen Sunday supplements, refused to stir; poor little Eileen was now convalescent from grippe, but still unsteady on her legs; her maid had taken the grippe, and now moaned all day: "Mon dieu! Mon dieu! Che fais mourir!"

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 ingested to meet dietary deficiencies or enhance muscular development.
6. A surcharge, additional cost, especially for food in a restaurant.

   There is a £2 supplement if you choose the steak.

Synonyms

• (something added): addition; See also Thesaurus:adjunct

Related terms

• supplementary
• suppletion
• suppletory

Translations

something added

• Armenian: լրացում (hy) (lracʻum)
• Bulgarian: допълнение (bg) n (dopǎlnenie)
• Dutch: aanvulling (nl) f, supplement (nl) n
• Esperanto: alaĵo, aldono
• Finnish: täydennys (fi), lisä (fi)
• Greek: συμπλήρωμα (el) n (symplíroma)

  Ancient: προσθήκη f (prosthḗkē)

• Latin: appendix f
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• Maori: āpiti, turuki
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tillegg (no), supplement (no) n

  Nynorsk: supplement n

• Polish: dodatek (pl) m, uzupełnienie (pl) n
• Portuguese: suplemento (pt) m, adendo (pt) m
• Slovene: dodatek m

extension to a document or publication

• Arabic: ملحق
• Armenian: հավելված (hy) (havelvac), լրացում (hy) (lracʻum)
• Bulgarian: приложе́ние (bg) n (priložénie)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: dodatek m
• Dutch: aanvulling (nl) f, bijlage (nl) m or f, errata (nl) pl
• Esperanto: aldono
• Estonian: täiendus
• Finnish: liite (fi)
• German: (generally) Nachtrag (de) m; (appendix) Anhang (de) m; (additional volume of an already completed opus) Supplement n, Supplementband m
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• Greek: συμπλήρωμα (el) n (symplíroma), παράρτημα (el) n (parártima)
• Irish: forbhia m
• Maori: āpiti
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: supplement (no) n

  Nynorsk: supplement n

• Polish: suplement (pl) m
• Portuguese: suplemento (pt) m, adendo (pt) m
• Russian: приложе́ние (ru) m (priložénije)
• Slovene: dodatek m
• Spanish: suplemento (es)

additional section of a newspaper

• Bulgarian: притурка (bg) f (priturka)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Dutch: supplement (nl) n, bijlage (nl) m or f
• Esperanto: aldono
• Finnish: liite (fi)
• French: supplément (fr) m
• Greek: παράρτημα (el) n (parártima)
• Icelandic: fylgirit n
• Maori: āpiti
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• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: supplement (no) n

  Nynorsk: supplement n

• Portuguese: suplemento (pt) m
• Russian: приложе́ние (ru) m (priložénije)
• Slovene: priloga f
• Swedish: bilaga (sv) c
• Vietnamese: phụ trương (vi)

supplementary angle in geometry

• Bulgarian: допълнителен ъгъл (dopǎlnitelen ǎgǎl)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: doplněk (cs) m
• Dutch: supplement (nl) n
• Finnish: suplementti, suplementtikulma (fi)
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• Greek: παραπλήρωμα (el) n (paraplíroma)
• Portuguese: suplemento (pt) m
• Russian: дополни́тельный у́гол m (dopolnítelʹnyj úgol)
• Spanish: suplementario
• Tagalog: kaladlad

vitamin, herbal extract, or chemical compound

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 補充劑 / 补充剂 (bǔchōngjì), 补充剂 (bǔchōngjì)

• Czech: doplněk (cs) m
• Dutch: voedingssupplement (nl) f
• Finnish: ravintolisä (fi), lisäravinne
• Greek: συμπλήρωμα (el) n (symplíroma)
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: tilskudd, supplement (no) n

  Nynorsk: supplement n

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• Polish: suplement (pl) m, odżywka (pl) f
• Portuguese: suplemento (pt) m
• Russian: дополне́ние (ru) n (dopolnénije), доба́вка (ru) f (dobávka)
• Slovene: dodatek m

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.

   I supplement my income by working as a model.

Synonyms

• eke out

Translations

to provide or make a supplement to

• Bulgarian: допълвам (bg) (dopǎlvam)
• Catalan: suplementar, complementar (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 增補 / 增补 (zh) (zēngbǔ), 增补 (zh) (zēngbǔ), 補充 / 补充 (zh) (bǔchōng), 补充 (zh) (bǔchōng)

• Dutch: aanvullen (nl), suppleren (nl)
• Finnish: täydentää (fi), lisätä (fi)
• Greek: συμπληρώνω (el) (sympliróno)
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• Irish: folíon
• Maori: āpiti, whakarawaka, whakakaurahi
• Portuguese: suplementar (pt)
• Russian: дополня́ть (ru) (dopolnjátʹ)
• Slovene: dopolniti
• Spanish: complementar (es)

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French supplément, from Latin supplēmentum.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌsʏ.pləˈmɛnt/
• Hyphenation: sup‧ple‧ment
• Rhymes: -ɛnt

Noun

supplement n (plural supplementen, diminutive supplementje n)

1. A supplement, addition.

   Synonym: aanvulling

2. A surcharge, additional cost.

   Synonym: toeslag

3. (geometry) An supplementary angle, which, when added to a given angle, makes 180°.

   Synonym: supplementshoek

Derived terms

• ereloonsupplement
• supplementair
• supplementshoek
• voedingssupplement

Related terms

• suppletie
• suppletoir

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From French supplément.

Noun

supplement n (definite singular supplementet, indefinite plural supplement or supplementer, definite plural supplementa or supplementene)

1. a supplement

Derived terms

• supplementsbind

References

• “supplement” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
• “supplement” in Det Norske Akademis ordbok (NAOB).

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From French supplément.

Noun

supplement n (definite singular supplementet, indefinite plural supplement, definite plural supplementa)

1. a supplement

Derived terms

• supplementsbind

References

• “supplement” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.