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supplier

noun · 3 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • /səˈplaɪə/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -aɪə(ɹ)
  • CMU ARPABET: S AH0 P L AY1 ER0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

One who supplies; a provider.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

Someone who assists (sets up) a goal.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Topics: ball-games, games, hobbies, lifestyle, soccer, sports

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

3

noun

Meaning 3

someone whose business is to supply a particular service or commodity

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: provider

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: businessperson, bourgeois

Narrower terms: black marketeer, caterer, connection, dispenser, distributor, distributer, purveyor, recruiter, stockist, sutler, victualer, victualler, provisioner

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Proto-Indo-European *upó Proto-Italic *supo Latin sub Latin sub- Proto-Indo-European *pleh1- Proto-Italic *plēō Latin pleō Latin supplērebor. Old French souploierbor. Middle English supplien English supply Proto-Indo-European *-yósder. Proto-Italic *-āzios Latin -āriusnom. Latin -āriusbor. Proto-Germanic *-ārijaz Proto-West Germanic *-ārī Old English -ere Middle English -ere English -er English supplier From supply + -er.

Across languages

Translations

105 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Albanian: furnitor — one who supplies, a provider
  • Albanian: furnizues — one who supplies, a provider
  • Arabic: مُزَوِّد (muzawwid) — one who supplies, a provider
  • Arabic: مُزَوِّدَة (muzawwida) — one who supplies, a provider
  • Arabic: مُوَرِّد (muwarrid) — one who supplies, a provider
  • Arabic: مُوَرِّدَة (muwarrida) — one who supplies, a provider
  • Armenian: մատակարար (matakarar) — one who supplies, a provider
  • Azerbaijani: təchizatçı — one who supplies, a provider
  • Belarusian: пастаўшчы́к (pastawščýk) — one who supplies, a provider
  • Belarusian: пастаўшчы́ца (pastawščýca) — one who supplies, a provider
  • Bulgarian: доста́вчик (dostávčik) — one who supplies, a provider
  • Bulgarian: доста́вчица (dostávčica) — one who supplies, a provider
  • Bulgarian: снабди́тел (snabdítel) — one who supplies, a provider
  • Bulgarian: снабди́телка (snabdítelka) — one who supplies, a provider
  • Catalan: proveïdor — one who supplies, a provider
  • Chinese Mandarin: 供應商 /供应商 (gōngyìngshāng) — one who supplies, a provider
  • Chinese Mandarin: 供應者 /供应者 (gōngyìngzhě) — one who supplies, a provider
  • Chinese Mandarin: 提供者 (tígōngzhě) — one who supplies, a provider
  • Czech: dodavatel — one who supplies, a provider
  • Czech: dodavatelka — one who supplies, a provider
  • Danish: leverandør — one who supplies, a provider
  • Dutch: leverancier — one who supplies, a provider
  • Estonian: tarnija — one who supplies, a provider
  • Finnish: hankkija — one who supplies, a provider
  • Finnish: toimittaja — one who supplies, a provider
  • French: fournisseur — one who supplies, a provider
  • French: fournisseuse — one who supplies, a provider
  • Georgian: მიმწოდებელი (mimc̣odebeli) — one who supplies, a provider
  • German: Lieferant — one who supplies, a provider
  • German: Lieferantin — one who supplies, a provider
  • German: Zulieferer — one who supplies, a provider
  • German: Zuliefererin — one who supplies, a provider
  • German: Versorger — one who supplies, a provider
  • German: Versorgerin — one who supplies, a provider
  • Greek: προμηθευτής (promitheftís) — one who supplies, a provider
  • Hindi: प्रदायक (pradāyak) — one who supplies, a provider
  • Hindi: सप्लायर (saplāyar) — one who supplies, a provider
  • Hindi: संभरक (sambhrak) — one who supplies, a provider
  • Hungarian: beszállító — one who supplies, a provider
  • Hungarian: szállító — one who supplies, a provider
  • Hungarian: szolgáltató — one who supplies, a provider
  • Hungarian: ellátó — one who supplies, a provider
  • Italian: fornitore — one who supplies, a provider
  • Italian: fornitrice — one who supplies, a provider
  • Italian: venditore — one who supplies, a provider
  • Italian: venditrice — one who supplies, a provider
  • Japanese: サプライヤー (sapuraiyā) — one who supplies, a provider
  • Japanese: 供給者 (kyōkyūsha) — one who supplies, a provider
  • Japanese: 仕入れ先 (shiiresaki) — one who supplies, a provider
  • Kazakh: жеткізуші (jetkızuşı) — one who supplies, a provider
  • Korean: 공급자 (gonggeupja) — one who supplies, a provider
  • Kyrgyz: тапшыруучу (tapşıruucu) — one who supplies, a provider
  • Kyrgyz: төгүүчү (tögüücü) — one who supplies, a provider
  • Kyrgyz: өткөрүүчү (ötkörüücü) — one who supplies, a provider
  • Kyrgyz: жеткирүүчү (jetkirüücü) — one who supplies, a provider
  • Latin: praebitor — one who supplies, a provider
  • Latvian: piegādātājs — one who supplies, a provider
  • Lithuanian: tiekėjas — one who supplies, a provider
  • Lithuanian: tiekėja — one who supplies, a provider
  • Macedonian: снабдувач (snabduvač) — one who supplies, a provider
  • Macedonian: снабдувачка (snabduvačka) — one who supplies, a provider
  • Mongolian: ханган нийлүүлэгч (xangan niilüülegč) — one who supplies, a provider
  • Norman: fournisseux — one who supplies, a provider
  • Norwegian Bokmål: leverandør — one who supplies, a provider
  • Persian: رساننده (rasânande) — one who supplies, a provider
  • Persian: تأمین کننده (ta'min konande) — one who supplies, a provider
  • Polish: dostawca — one who supplies, a provider
  • Polish: dostawczyni — one who supplies, a provider
  • Portuguese: fornecedor — one who supplies, a provider
  • Portuguese: fornecedora — one who supplies, a provider
  • Romanian: furnizor — one who supplies, a provider
  • Romanian: furnizoare — one who supplies, a provider
  • Russian: поставщи́к (postavščík) — one who supplies, a provider
  • Russian: поставщи́ца (postavščíca) — one who supplies, a provider
  • Serbo-Croatian: доба̀вља̄ч — one who supplies, a provider
  • Serbo-Croatian: добавља̀чица — one who supplies, a provider
  • Serbo-Croatian: наба̀вља̄ч — one who supplies, a provider
  • Serbo-Croatian: набавља̀чица — one who supplies, a provider
  • Serbo-Croatian: dobàvljāč — one who supplies, a provider
  • Serbo-Croatian: dobavljàčica — one who supplies, a provider
  • Serbo-Croatian: nabàvljāč — one who supplies, a provider
  • Serbo-Croatian: nabavljàčica — one who supplies, a provider
  • Slovak: dodávateľ — one who supplies, a provider
  • Slovak: dodávateľka — one who supplies, a provider
  • Slovene: dobavitelj — one who supplies, a provider
  • Slovene: dobaviteljica — one who supplies, a provider
  • Spanish: proveedor — one who supplies, a provider
  • Spanish: proveedora — one who supplies, a provider
  • Spanish: abastecedor — one who supplies, a provider
  • Spanish: suministrador — one who supplies, a provider
  • Spanish: subministrador (desus.) — one who supplies, a provider
  • Swedish: leverantör — one who supplies, a provider
  • Tagalog: tagatustos — one who supplies, a provider
  • Tajik: таъминкунанда (ta'minkunanda) — one who supplies, a provider
  • Tajik: молсупоранда (molsuporanda) — one who supplies, a provider
  • Tajik: таҳвилкунанда (tahvilkunanda) — one who supplies, a provider
  • Thai: ผู้ให้ (pûu-hâi) — one who supplies, a provider
  • Thai: ผู้ผลิต (pûu-pà-lìt) — one who supplies, a provider
  • Turkish: tedarikçi — one who supplies, a provider
  • Ukrainian: постача́льник (postačálʹnyk) — one who supplies, a provider
  • Ukrainian: постача́льниця (postačálʹnycja) — one who supplies, a provider
  • Urdu: سَپْلائِر (saplāyar) — one who supplies, a provider
  • Uzbek: taminlovchi — one who supplies, a provider
  • Vietnamese: người cung cấp — one who supplies, a provider
  • Vietnamese: người tiếp tế — one who supplies, a provider
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