surrogate

English

Etymology

From Latin surrogātus, perfect passive participle of surrogāre (“ask”); a variant of subrogāre, from sub (“under”) + rogāre (“ask”).

Pronunciation

• (adjective and noun): IPA^(key): /ˈsʌɹəɡɨt/
• (verb): IPA^(key): /ˈsʌɹəɡeɪt/

Noun

surrogate (plural surrogates)

1. A substitute (usually of a person, position or role).

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:substitute

   A mixture of horseradish and mustard often serves as a surrogate for wasabi.

2. A person or animal that acts as a substitute for the social or pastoral role of another, such as a surrogate mother.
3. (chiefly British) A deputy for a bishop in granting licences for marriage.
4. (US law) A judicial officer of limited jurisdiction, who administers matters of probate and interstate succession and, in some cases, adoptions.
5. (computing) Any of a range of Unicode codepoints which are used in pairs in UTF-16 to represent characters beyond the Basic Multilingual Plane.
6. (databases) A surrogate key.

Derived terms

• surrogate advertising
• surrogate father
• surrogate key
• surrogate mother
• surrogate parent
• surrogate proxy
• surrogateship
• surrogative
• surrogatively
• surrogatum

 

Translations

substitute

• Catalan: suplent (ca) m, substitut (ca) m
• Danish: substitut c, surrogat n
• Dutch: vervanger (nl) m, plaatsvervanger (nl) m, surrogaat (nl) n
• French: remplaçant (fr) m, remplaçante (fr) f, suppléant (fr) m, suppléante (fr) f, substitut (fr) m, substitute (fr) f
• German: Ersatz-, Stellvertreter (de) m, Stellvertreterin (de) f
• Italian: surrogato (it) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Occitan: substitut m
• Persian: جای‌گزین (jáygozin)
• Portuguese: substituto (pt) m
• Russian: суррога́т (ru) m (surrogát)
• Spanish: sustituto (es) m
• Turkish: vekil (tr), yedek (tr)

person or animal that acts as a substitute for another

• Finnish: sijainen (fi), korvike (fi)
• French: substitut (fr) m, personne de substitution f
• German: Ersatz (de) m, Substitut n
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Maori: kōpū whāngai ("womb for hire")
• Occitan: substitut
• Russian: замести́тель (ru) m (zamestítelʹ), замести́тельница (ru) f (zamestítelʹnica)

deputy for a bishop

• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

US: judicial officer of limited jurisdiction

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surrogate key

• German: Surrogat (de) n, Surrogatschlüssel (de) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

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Translations to be checked

• (deprecated template usage) French: remplaçant (person), succédané m
• German: ^{(please verify)} Ersatz (de) m
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Serbo-Croatian: ^{(please verify)} zamenički

Adjective

surrogate (comparative more surrogate, superlative most surrogate)

1. Of, concerning, relating to or acting as a substitute.

Translations

Of, concerning, relating to or acting as a substitute

• Greek: αναπληρωματικός (el) (anapliromatikós)
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Verb

1. (transitive) To replace or substitute something with something else; appoint a successor.

   Synonyms: deputize, foster, replace, subrogate, substitute

Related terms

• subrogate

 

Translations

to replace or substitute something with something else

• Spanish: subrogar (es) (law)
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}

to appoint a successor

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See also

• surrogatum

Anagrams

• outragers

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Italian

Adjective

surrogate f

1. feminine plural of surrogato

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) surrogāte

1. second-person plural present active imperative of surrogō