altern

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English[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Latin alternus.

Adjective[edit]

altern (not comparable)

  1. (obsolete) Acting by turns; alternate.
    • 1667, John Milton, “Book VII”, in Paradise Lost. [], London: [] [Samuel Simmons], [], →OCLC; republished as Paradise Lost in Ten Books: [], London: Basil Montagu Pickering [], 1873, →OCLC, lines 346-352:
      And God made two great lights, great for their use / To Man, the greater to have rule by day, / The less by night, altern ; and made the stars, / And set them in the firmament of Heaven / To illuminate the Earth, and rule the day / In their vicissitude, and rule the night, / And light from darkness to divide. []

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German[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈʔaltɐn/
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Verb[edit]

altern (weak, third-person singular present altert, past tense alterte, past participle gealtert, auxiliary sein)

  1. to age

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Further reading[edit]

  • altern” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache
  • altern” in Uni Leipzig: Wortschatz-Lexikon
  • altern” in Duden online
  • altern” in OpenThesaurus.de

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French alterne, from Latin alternus.

Adjective[edit]

altern m or n (feminine singular alternă, masculine plural alterni, feminine and neuter plural alterne)

  1. alternate

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