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supplémentaire

French, adjective/sy.ple.mɑ̃.tɛʁ/

supplémentaire is spelled S-U-P-P-L-É-M-E-N-T-A-I-R-E (14 letters) and appears 23 times per million words in written French, the 3,324th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Supplémentaire is a French adjective meaning “extra” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui sert de supplément ; qui s’ajoute”.

What does supplémentaire mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    extra

  2. 2

    supplementary

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

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui sert de supplément ; qui s’ajoute. 2. Qualifie les jurés qui sont désignés pour suppléer les jurés titulaires en cas d’absence ou de maladie. 3. Qualifie des angles dont la somme est égale à deux angles droits.

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 supplémentaire

  • supplémentaires plural
  • supp alternative

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

How do you pronounce supplémentaire?

  • /sy.ple.mɑ̃.tɛʁ/
  • \sy.ple.mɑ̃rkflfk .tɛʁ\
  • \sy.ple.mɑ̃.tɛʁ\

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

English words that translate to supplémentaire

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is supplémentaire in French?

supplémentaire appears 23 times per 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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