Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

supplementation

Word Rarity Rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.95 in modern English

Syllables: sup-ple-men-ta-tion
IPA

21

Scrabble Score

15

Letters

5

Syllables

11

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

The act of supplementing

Countable; Uncountable

noun

Something added as a supplement

Countable; Uncountable

Etymology

Etymology tree English supplement Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English supplementation From supplement + -ation.

Usage

Inflected Forms

supplementations (plural)

Derived Forms

resupplementation supplementational viscosupplementation

Synonyms

subjunction subjoining supplement

Questions

What does supplementation mean?: The act of supplementing
Where does supplementation come from?: Etymology tree English supplement Proto-Indo-European *-tis Proto-Indo-European *-Hō Proto-Indo-European *-tiHō Proto-Italic *-tiō Latin -tiō Latin -ātiōlbor. Old French -ationbor. Middle English -acioun English -ation English supplementation From supplement + -ation.

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