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supplantation

French, noun\syp.lɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃\

supplantation is spelled S-U-P-P-L-A-N-T-A-T-I-O-N (13 letters) and appears about once in every 83 million words in written French, the 285,390th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Supplantation is a French feminine noun meaning “supplantation” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Action de supplanter”.

What does supplantation mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    femininesupplantation

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

noun: 1. Action de supplanter.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of supplantation

  • supplantations plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce supplantation?

  • \syp.lɑ̃.ta.sjɔ̃\

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

How common is supplantation in French?

supplantation appears about once in every 83 million words in written French.

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

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