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resupply

/ˌɹiː.səˈplaɪ/verb, noun

resupply is a verb meaning “To supply again” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled R-E-S-U-P-P-L-Y and has 3 syllables, and it appears about once in every 1 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).

What does resupply mean?

verb

  1. 1

    To supply again.

  2. 2

    To stock up on supplies again; synonym of restock.

noun

  1. 1

    The act of supplying again.

  2. 2

    A package of materials used to replenish supplies.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How do you pronounce resupply?

  • /ˌɹiː.səˈplaɪ/

As a noun (“The act of supplying again”): /ˈɹiː.səˌplaɪ/.

Resupply has 3 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-resupply.wav, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-resupply2.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).

Forms of resupply

  • resupplies present, singular, he/she/it, plural
  • resupplying participle, present
  • resupplied participle, past
  • re-supply

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).

How common is resupply?

Resupply appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 33,636th most frequent word form in the list.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

Resupply in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese

LanguageWords
Frenchravitailler (transitive)
Germanwiederbeliefern (transitive), wiederaufstocken (intransitive)
Portugueseavitualhar (transitive)
Spanishavituallar, vituallar (transitive)

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.

Where does resupply come from?

From re- + supply.

Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).