alternatif
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Medieval Latin alternativus, from alternatus, perfect participle of alterno, from Classical Latin alter (“other”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /al.tɛʁ.na.tif/
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Adjective
alternatif (feminine alternative, masculine plural alternatifs, feminine plural alternatives)
- alternating
- alternative (different)
Derived terms
- clé alternative
- courant alternatif
- gestion alternative
- médecine alternative
- obligation alternative
- pas alternatif
Descendants
- → Turkish: alternatif
Further reading
- “alternatif”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Indonesian
Etymology
From Dutch alternatief, from Middle French alternatif, from Medieval Latin alternativus, from the participle stem of Latin alternāre (“to do by turns”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [altərˈnatɪf]
- Hyphenation: al‧têr‧na‧tif
Noun
altêrnatif (plural alternatif-alternatif)
- alternative: one of several mutually exclusive things which can be chosen
- Synonym: pilihan
Related terms
Further reading
- “alternatif” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.
Middle French
Adjective
alternatif m (feminine singular alternatifve, masculine plural alternatifs, feminine plural alternatifves)
- alternating
- alternative (different)
Turkish
Etymology
From French alternatif.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /al.teɾ.na.tif/
Noun
alternatif (definite accusative alternatifi, plural alternatifler)
Declension
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Further reading
- “alternatif”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu