alternant

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alternant (not comparable)

1. Alternating from one row of a matrix to another.
2. (geology) Composed of alternate layers, like certain rocks.

alternant (plural alternants)

1. (linguistics) An alternative form or allomorph.
2. (mathematics) A determinant which is an alternating function.

• alternant matrix

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əl.tərˈnan]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əl.tərˈnant]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [al.teɾˈnant]

alternant

1. gerund of alternar

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alternant

1. present participle of alterner

alternant (feminine alternante, masculine plural alternants, feminine plural alternantes)

1. alternating

• “alternant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

alternant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of alternō

Learned borrowing from Latin alternantem.^[1][2] First attested in the 19th century.

• IPA^(key): /alˈtɛr.nant/

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• Rhymes: -ɛrnant
• Syllabification: al‧ter‧nant

alternant m inan

1. (phonology) alternant (various realizations of alteration)

• alternant in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• alternant in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Borrowed from French alternant, from Latin alternare.

alternant m or n (feminine singular alternantă, masculine plural alternanți, feminine and neuter plural alternante)

1. alternating