n.
Pronunciation: s ə - ' pl ē -sh ə n
Function: noun
Etymology: Medieval Latin suppletion-, suppletio act of supplementing, from Latin suppl ē re
Date: 1914
: the occurrence of phonemically unrelated allomorphs of the same morpheme (as went as the past tense of go or better as the comparative form of good )
– sup · ple · tive \ s ə - ' pl ē -tiv, ' s ə -pl ə - \ adjective