alter
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English [edit]
Alternative forms [edit]
- altre (obsolete)
Etymology [edit]
From Old French alterer (French altérer), from Medieval Latin alterare (“to make other”), from Latin alter (“the other”), from al- (seen in alius (“other”), alienus (“of another”), etc.; see alias, alien, etc.) + compar. suffix -ter.
Pronunciation [edit]
Verb [edit]
alter (third-person singular simple present alters, present participle altering, simple past and past participle altered)
- (transitive) To change the form or structure of.
- (intransitive) To become different.
- (transitive) To tailor clothes to make them fit.
- (transitive) To castrate, neuter or spay (a dog or other animal).
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Translations [edit]
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External links [edit]
- alter in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
- alter in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911
Anagrams [edit]
Danish [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Old Norse altari, from Old Saxon altari, from Latin altare (“altar”), cognates with Icelandic altari.
Noun [edit]
alter n (singular definite altret or alteret, plural indefinite altre)
Inflection [edit]
German [edit]
Pronunciation [edit]
- IPA: /ˈʔaltɐ/
Adjective [edit]
alter
- inflected form of alt
Latin [edit]
Etymology [edit]
From Proto-Indo-European *h₂élteros (“the other of two”). Akin to alius.
Adjective [edit]
alter m (feminine altera, neuter alterum); first/second declension
Inflection [edit]
Mixed declensions (1, 2, & 3). Irregular in that the singular genitive ends in -īus and the singular dative in -ī.
| Number | Singular | Plural | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Case / Gender | M. | F. | N. | MM. | FF. | NN. | |
| nominative | alter | altera | alterum | alterī | alterae | altera | |
| genitive | alterīus | alterīus | alterīus | alterōrum | alterārum | alterōrum | |
| dative | alterī | alterī | alterī | alterīs | alterīs | alterīs | |
| accusative | alterum | alteram | alterum | alterōs | alterās | altera | |
| ablative | alterō | alterā | alterō | alterīs | alterīs | alterīs | |
| vocative | alter | altera | alterum | alterī | alterae | altera | |
Descendants [edit]
Norwegian Bokmål [edit]
Noun [edit]
alter
- alter
Inflection [edit]
| singular | plural | |
|---|---|---|
| indefinite | alter | altre |
| definite | alteret | altrene |
- English terms derived from Old French
- English terms derived from Medieval Latin
- English terms derived from Latin
- English terms with homophones
- English verbs
- Danish terms derived from Old Norse
- Danish terms derived from Old Saxon
- Danish terms derived from Latin
- Danish nouns
- German adjective forms
- Latin terms derived from Proto-Indo-European
- Latin adjectives
- Norwegian nouns