supplier

English

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *upó

Proto-Italic *supo

Latin sub

Latin sub-

Proto-Indo-European *pleh₁-

Proto-Italic *plēō

Latin pleō

Latin supplērebor.

Old French souploierbor.

Middle English supplien

English supply

Proto-Indo-European *-yósder.

Proto-Italic *-āzios

Latin -āriusnom.

Latin -āriusbor.

Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz

Proto-West Germanic *-ārī

Old English -ere

Middle English -ere

English -er

English supplier

From supply + -er.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /səˈplaɪə/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -aɪə(ɹ)

Noun

supplier (plural suppliers)

1. One who supplies; a provider.
   • 2012 December 1, “An internet of airborne things”, in The Economist‎^[1], volume 405, number 8813, page 3 (Technology Quarterly):

     A farmer could place an order for a new tractor part by text message and pay for it by mobile money-transfer. A supplier many miles away would then take the part to the local matternet station for airborne dispatch via drone.

2. (soccer) Someone who assists (sets up) a goal.
   • 2011 January 16, Saj Chowdhury, “Sunderland 1 - 1 Newcastle”, in BBC‎^[2]:

     Regular supplier Barton played in another teasing corner, which was headed on towards goal by the impressive Ameobi and flicked in by expert poacher Nolan.

Derived terms

• fuel supplier
• nonsupplier
• self-supplier
• subsupplier

Related terms

• supplement
• supply

Translations

one who supplies, a provider

• Albanian: furnitor (sq) m, furnizues (sq) m
• Arabic: مُزَوِّد m (muzawwid), مُزَوِّدَة f (muzawwida), مُوَرِّد m (muwarrid), مُوَرِّدَة f (muwarrida)
• Armenian: մատակարար (hy) (matakarar)
• Azerbaijani: təchizatçı
• Belarusian: пастаўшчы́к m (pastawščýk), пастаўшчы́ца f (pastawščýca)
• Bulgarian: доста́вчик m (dostávčik), доста́вчица f (dostávčica), снабди́тел m (snabdítel), снабди́телка f (snabdítelka)
• Catalan: proveïdor (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 供應商 / 供应商 (zh) (gōngyìngshāng), 供應者 / 供应者 (zh) (gōngyìngzhě), 提供者 (zh) (tígōngzhě)

• Czech: dodavatel (cs) m, dodavatelka f
• Danish: leverandør c
• Dutch: leverancier (nl) m
• Estonian: tarnija
• Finnish: hankkija (fi), toimittaja (fi)
• French: fournisseur (fr) m, fournisseuse (fr) f
• Georgian: მიმწოდებელი (mimc̣odebeli)
• German: Lieferant (de) m, Lieferantin (de) f, Zulieferer (de) m, Zuliefererin f, Versorger m, Versorgerin f
• Greek: προμηθευτής (el) m (promitheftís)
• Hindi: प्रदायक (hi) m (pradāyak), सप्लायर (hi) m (saplāyar), संभरक m (sambhrak)
• Hungarian: beszállító (hu), szállító (hu), szolgáltató (hu), ellátó (hu)
• Italian: fornitore (it) m, fornitrice (it) f, venditore (it) m, venditrice (it) f
• Japanese: サプライヤー (ja) (sapuraiyā), 供給者 (ja) (きょうきゅうしゃ, kyōkyūsha), 仕入れ先 (しいれさき, shiiresaki)
• Kazakh: жеткізуші (jetkızuşı)
• Korean: 공급자(供給者) (gonggeupja)
• Kyrgyz: тапшыруучу (tapşıruucu), төгүүчү (tögüücü), өткөрүүчү (ötkörüücü), жеткирүүчү (ky) (jetkirüücü)
• Latin: praebitor m
• Latvian: piegādātājs m
• Lithuanian: tiekėjas m, tiekėja f
• Macedonian: снабдувач m (snabduvač), снабдувачка f (snabduvačka)
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: ханган нийлүүлэгч (xangan niilüülegč)

• Norman: fournisseux m
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: leverandør (no) m

• Persian: رساننده (fa) (rasânande), تأمین کننده (fa) (ta'min konande)
• Polish: dostawca (pl) m, dostawczyni (pl) f
• Portuguese: fornecedor (pt) m, fornecedora f
• Romanian: furnizor (ro) m, furnizoare (ro) f
• Russian: поставщи́к (ru) m (postavščík), поставщи́ца (ru) f (postavščíca)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: доба̀вља̄ч m, добавља̀чица f, наба̀вља̄ч m, набавља̀чица f

  Latin: dobàvljāč (sh) m, dobavljàčica (sh) f, nabàvljāč (sh) m, nabavljàčica (sh) f

• Slovak: dodávateľ m, dodávateľka f
• Slovene: dobavitelj m, dobaviteljica f
• Spanish: proveedor (es) m, proveedora (es) f, abastecedor (es) m, suministrador (es) m, subministrador (es) m (desus.)
• Swedish: leverantör (sv) c
• Tagalog: tagatustos
• Tajik: таъминкунанда (ta'minkunanda), молсупоранда (molsuporanda), таҳвилкунанда (tahvilkunanda)
• Thai: ผู้ให้ (pûu-hâi), ผู้ผลิต (th) (pûu-pà-lìt)
• Turkish: tedarikçi
• Ukrainian: постача́льник m (postačálʹnyk), постача́льниця f (postačálʹnycja)
• Urdu: سَپْلائِر m (saplāyar)
• Uzbek: taminlovchi
• Vietnamese: người cung cấp, người tiếp tế

See also

• provider
• purveyor
• vendor

Anagrams

• periplus

French

Etymology

Modified based on the original Latin prefix sup-, from Old French souploier, sosploier, from Latin supplicāre.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /sy.pli.je/

• Audio:

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• Audio (France (Toulouse)):

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• Audio (France (Somain)):

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Verb

supplier

1. (transitive) to implore, to beseech, to beg

Conjugation

Conjugation of supplier (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	supplier
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	suppliant /sy.pli.jɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		supplié /sy.pli.je/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	supplie /sy.pli/	supplies /sy.pli/	supplie /sy.pli/	supplions /sy.pli.jɔ̃/	suppliez /sy.pli.je/	supplient /sy.pli/
	imperfect	suppliais /sy.pli.jɛ/	suppliais /sy.pli.jɛ/	suppliait /sy.pli.jɛ/	suppliions /sy.pli.jɔ̃/	suppliiez /sy.pli.je/	suppliaient /sy.pli.jɛ/
	past historic2	suppliai /sy.pli.je/	supplias /sy.pli.ja/	supplia /sy.pli.ja/	suppliâmes /sy.pli.jam/	suppliâtes /sy.pli.jat/	supplièrent /sy.pli.jɛʁ/
	future	supplierai /sy.pli.ʁe/	supplieras /sy.pli.ʁa/	suppliera /sy.pli.ʁa/	supplierons /sy.pli.ʁɔ̃/	supplierez /sy.pli.ʁe/	supplieront /sy.pli.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	supplierais /sy.pli.ʁɛ/	supplierais /sy.pli.ʁɛ/	supplierait /sy.pli.ʁɛ/	supplierions /sy.pli.ʁjɔ̃/	supplieriez /sy.pli.ʁje/	supplieraient /sy.pli.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	supplie /sy.pli/	supplies /sy.pli/	supplie /sy.pli/	suppliions /sy.pli.jɔ̃/	suppliiez /sy.pli.je/	supplient /sy.pli/
	imperfect2	suppliasse /sy.pli.jas/	suppliasses /sy.pli.jas/	suppliât /sy.pli.ja/	suppliassions /sy.pli.ja.sjɔ̃/	suppliassiez /sy.pli.ja.sje/	suppliassent /sy.pli.jas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	supplie /sy.pli/	—	supplions /sy.pli.jɔ̃/	suppliez /sy.pli.je/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Related terms

• supplication

Further reading

• “supplier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

German

Pronunciation

• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Verb

supplier

1. singular imperative of supplieren