replacement

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Italic *wre-

Latin re-der.

Old French re-bor.

Middle English re-

English re-

English place

English replace

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥

Proto-Indo-European *-mn̥tom

Proto-Italic *-mentom

Latin -mentum

Old French -mentbor.

Middle English -ment

English -ment

English replacement

From replace + -ment.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ɹɪˈpleɪsmənt/
Audio (US): (file)
Rhymes: -eɪsmənt

Noun

replacement (countable and uncountable, plural replacements)

A person or thing that takes the place of another; a substitute.
- 2010 December 28, Kevin Darlin, “West Brom 1 - 3 Blackburn”, in BBC‎^[1]:
  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.
The act of replacing something.
The replacement of that broken light-bulb will have to wait until I can buy a new one.
The removal of an edge of crystal, by one plane or more.

Synonyms

See also Thesaurus:substitute

Derived terms

Translations

a person or thing that takes the place of another; a substitute — see also substitute,‎ stand-in

Bulgarian: смяна (bg) f (smjana)
Catalan: substitut (ca) m
Czech: náhrada (cs) f
Danish: udskiftning c (sports), erstatning (da) c, substitut (da) c
Dutch: vervanger (nl) m, plaatsvervanger (nl) m, vervanging (nl) f
Egyptian:

(ḏbꜣw m)
Esperanto: (thing) anstataŭaĵo; (person) anstataŭulo
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
Greek: αντικαταστάτης (el) m (antikatastátis) (person), υποκατάστατο (el) n (ypokatástato) (thing)
Indonesian: pengganti (id)
Italian: sostituto (it), rimpiazzo (it)
Japanese: 代替 (ja)
Māori: kaitiriwā, whākapi
Polish: zastępca (pl) m (person), zamiennik (pl) m (object)
Portuguese: substituto (pt) m
Russian: заме́на (ru) (zaména), замеще́ние (ru) (zameščénije)
Serbo-Croatian: nadomjestak (sh), supstitut (sh), zamjena (sh)
Spanish: reemplazo (es) m, remplazo (es) m, remuda (es) f
Swedish: substitut (sv)
Tagalog: palitambal
Turkish:
Ottoman Turkish: عوض (ʼivâz)

act of replacing

Bulgarian: замяна (bg) f (zamjana), заместване (bg) n (zamestvane)
Catalan: reemplaçament (ca) m
Danish: udskiftning c
Esperanto: anstataŭigo
Finnish: vaihtaminen (fi)
German: Ersatz (de) m
Greek: αντικατάσταση (el) f (antikatástasi), υποκατάσταση (el) f (ypokatástasi), αλλαγή (el) f (allagí) (sports)
Indonesian: penggantian (id)
Italian: sostituzione (it) f
Japanese: 交換 (ja)
Māori: whakakapinga
Portuguese: substituição (pt) f, reposição (pt) f
Spanish: reemplazo (es) m, remplazo (es) m, remudamiento m
Turkish:
Ottoman Turkish: تعویض (taʼviz), عوض (ʼivâz)
Ukrainian: замі́на f (zamína)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

Greek: ^{(please verify)} υποκατάστατος (el) m (ypokatástatos)
Hungarian: ^{(please verify)} helyettes (hu), ^{(please verify)} pótlék (hu)
Romanian: ^{(please verify)} substitut (ro) n, ^{(please verify)} înlocuitor (ro) m, ^{(please verify)} locțiitor (ro) m, ^{(please verify)} substituent (ro) m, ^{(please verify)} substituitor m
Tagalog: ^{(please verify)} halili (tl)
Telugu: ^{(please verify)} ప్రత్యామ్నాయం (te) (pratyāmnāyaṁ)