Definitions For Suppletive

Noun

SUPPLETIVE (plural SUPPLETIVEs) (grammar) A form used by way of suppletion.

See also

suppleted suppletion syncretic :category:suppletions by language

Adjective

(grammar) Which supplies an etymologically unrelated word with forms, or which is used as one of its forms, by suppletion (for example, in English, better and best are suppletive forms of good). Supplying deficiencies; supplementary; suppletory.

Translations

Finnish: suppletiivinen French: supplétif German: suppletivisch Hungarian: szuppletív, tőváltó, tőcserélő, alakkiegészüléses Portuguese: supletivo Russian: супплети́вный Spanish: supletivo Swedish: suppletiv

Is Suppletive a Scrabble Word?

Words With Friends YES
Scrabble US YES
Scrabble UK YES
English International (SOWPODS) YES
Scrabble Global YES
Enable1 Dictionary YES

Points in Different Games

Scrabble
17
Words with Friends
22

The word Suppletive is worth 17 points in Scrabble and 22 points in Words with Friends

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