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Webster 1913 Edition
Supplier
Sup-pli′er
,Noun.
One who supplies.
Webster 1828 Edition
Supplier
SUPPLI'ER
,Noun.
Definition 2024
supplier
supplier
English
Noun
supplier (plural suppliers)
- One who supplies; a provider.
- 2012 December 1, “An internet of airborne things”, in The Economist, 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.
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- (soccer) Someone who assists (sets up) a goal.
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Translations
one who supplies, a provider
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French
Etymology
Modified based on the original Latin prefix sup-, from Old French souploier, sosploier, from Latin supplicāre, present active infinitive of supplicō.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /sy.pli.je/
Verb
supplier
Conjugation
Conjugation of supplier (see also Appendix:French verbs)
| simple | compound | ||||||
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| infinitive | supplier | avoir supplié | |||||
| gerund | en suppliant | en ayant supplié | |||||
| present participle | suppliant /sy.pli.jɑ̃/ |
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| past participle | supplié /sy.pli.je/ |
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| person | singular | plural | |||||
| first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
| indicative | je (j’) | tu | il | nous | vous | ils | |
| 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/ |
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| past historic1 | suppliai /sy.pli.je/ |
supplias /sy.pli.ja/ |
supplia /sy.pli.ja/ |
suppliâmes /sy.pli.jam/ |
suppliâtes /sy.pli.jat/ |
supplièrent /sy.pli.jɛʁ/ |
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| 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/ |
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| 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/ |
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| 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 | supplie /sy.pli/ |
supplies /sy.pli/ |
supplie /sy.pli/ |
suppliions /sy.pli.jɔ̃/ |
suppliiez /sy.pli.je/ |
supplient /sy.pli/ |
| imperfect1 |
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/ |
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| compound tenses |
past | Use the present subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | |||||
| pluperfect1 | Use the imperfect subjunctive tense of avoir followed by the past participle | ||||||
| imperative | – | tu | – | nous | vous | – | |
| — | supplie /sy.pli/ |
— | supplions /sy.pli.jɔ̃/ |
suppliez /sy.pli.je/ |
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