supplanter

English

Etymology

supplant +‎ -er.

Noun

supplanter (plural supplanters)

  1. Someone or something that supplants.
    • 1906, James H. McConkey, “Jacob's Struggle”, in China's Millions, page 13:
      Selfishness is indeed the supplanter of God in the soul.
    • 1957, Petroleum Times, volume 61, page 43:
      What with the increased cost and the continued element of unreliability that these facts mean, I don't see in hydro-electricity more than an eker-out of coal and oil, not a supplanter.

Anagrams

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin supplantāre.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /sy.plɑ̃.te/
  • Audio(file)

Verb

supplanter

  1. (transitive) to supplant

Conjugation
Conjugation of supplanter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple supplanter
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple supplantant
/sy.plɑ̃.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle supplanté
/sy.plɑ̃.te/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present supplante
/sy.plɑ̃t/		 supplantes
/sy.plɑ̃t/		 supplante
/sy.plɑ̃t/		 supplantons
/sy.plɑ̃.tɔ̃/		 supplantez
/sy.plɑ̃.te/		 supplantent
/sy.plɑ̃t/
imperfect supplantais
/sy.plɑ̃.tɛ/		 supplantais
/sy.plɑ̃.tɛ/		 supplantait
/sy.plɑ̃.tɛ/		 supplantions
/sy.plɑ̃.tjɔ̃/		 supplantiez
/sy.plɑ̃.tje/		 supplantaient
/sy.plɑ̃.tɛ/
past historic2 supplantai
/sy.plɑ̃.te/		 supplantas
/sy.plɑ̃.ta/		 supplanta
/sy.plɑ̃.ta/		 supplantâmes
/sy.plɑ̃.tam/		 supplantâtes
/sy.plɑ̃.tat/		 supplantèrent
/sy.plɑ̃.tɛʁ/
future supplanterai
/sy.plɑ̃.tʁe/		 supplanteras
/sy.plɑ̃.tʁa/		 supplantera
/sy.plɑ̃.tʁa/		 supplanterons
/sy.plɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/		 supplanterez
/sy.plɑ̃.tʁe/		 supplanteront
/sy.plɑ̃.tʁɔ̃/
conditional supplanterais
/sy.plɑ̃.tʁɛ/		 supplanterais
/sy.plɑ̃.tʁɛ/		 supplanterait
/sy.plɑ̃.tʁɛ/		 supplanterions
/sy.plɑ̃.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 supplanteriez
/sy.plɑ̃.tə.ʁje/		 supplanteraient
/sy.plɑ̃.tʁɛ/
(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 supplante
/sy.plɑ̃t/		 supplantes
/sy.plɑ̃t/		 supplante
/sy.plɑ̃t/		 supplantions
/sy.plɑ̃.tjɔ̃/		 supplantiez
/sy.plɑ̃.tje/		 supplantent
/sy.plɑ̃t/
imperfect2 supplantasse
/sy.plɑ̃.tas/		 supplantasses
/sy.plɑ̃.tas/		 supplantât
/sy.plɑ̃.ta/		 supplantassions
/sy.plɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃/		 supplantassiez
/sy.plɑ̃.ta.sje/		 supplantassent
/sy.plɑ̃.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — supplante
/sy.plɑ̃t/		 — supplantons
/sy.plɑ̃.tɔ̃/		 supplantez
/sy.plɑ̃.te/		 —
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).

Further reading

Latin

Verb

supplanter

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of supplantō

Old French

Etymology

From Latin supplantō.

Verb

supplanter

  1. (transitive) to supplant

Conjugation

This verb conjugates as a first-group verb ending in -er. The forms that would normally end in *-ts, *-tt are modified to z, t. Old French conjugation varies significantly by date and by region. The following conjugation should be treated as a guide.

    Conjugation of supplanter (see also Appendix:Old French verbs)
simple compound
infinitive supplanter avoir supplanté
gerund en supplantant gerund of avoir + past participle
present participle supplantant
past participle supplanté
person singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative jo tu il nos vos il
simple
tenses		 present supplant supplantes supplante supplantons supplantez supplantent
imperfect supplantoie, supplanteie, supplantoe, supplanteve supplantoies, supplanteies, supplantoes, supplanteves supplantoit, supplanteit, supplantot, supplanteve supplantiiens, supplantiens supplantiiez, supplantiez supplantoient, supplanteient, supplantoent, supplantevent
preterite supplantai supplantas supplanta supplantames supplantastes supplanterent
future supplanterai supplanteras supplantera supplanterons supplanteroiz, supplantereiz, supplanterez supplanteront
conditional supplanteroie, supplantereie supplanteroies, supplantereies supplanteroit, supplantereit supplanteriiens, supplanteriens supplanteriiez, supplanteriez supplanteroient, supplantereient
compound
tenses		 present perfect present tense of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect tense of avoir + past participle
past anterior preterite tense of avoir + past participle
future perfect future tense of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional tense of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que jo que tu qu’il que nos que vos qu’il
simple
tenses		 present supplant supplanz supplant supplantons supplantez supplantent
imperfect supplantasse supplantasses supplantast supplantissons, supplantissiens supplantissoiz, supplantissez, supplantissiez supplantassent
compound
tenses		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nos vos –
— supplante — supplantons supplantez —

Descendants
  • → English: supplant
  • French: supplanter
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