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)

1. alternating
2. 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 (first-person possessive alternatifku, second-person possessive alternatifmu, third-person possessive alternatifnya)

1. alternative: one of several mutually exclusive things which can be chosen.

   Synonym: pilihan

Related terms

• alternasi

 

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 Indonesia, 2016.

Middle French

Adjective

alternatif m (feminine singular alternatifve, masculine plural alternatifs, feminine plural alternatifves)

1. alternating
2. alternative (different)

Turkish

Etymology

From French alternatif.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.teɾ.na.tif/

Noun

alternatif (definite accusative alternatifi, plural alternatifler)

1. alternative
2. option

Declension

Inflection
Nominative	alternatif
Definite accusative	alternatifi
	Singular	Plural
Nominative	alternatif	alternatifler
Definite accusative	alternatifi	alternatifleri
Dative	alternatife	alternatiflere
Locative	alternatifte	alternatiflerde
Ablative	alternatiften	alternatiflerden
Genitive	alternatifin	alternatiflerin
Possessive forms Nominative Singular Plural 1st singular alternatifim alternatiflerim 2nd singular alternatifin alternatiflerin 3rd singular alternatifi alternatifleri 1st plural alternatifimiz alternatiflerimiz 2nd plural alternatifiniz alternatifleriniz 3rd plural alternatifleri alternatifleri Definite accusative Singular Plural 1st singular alternatifimi alternatiflerimi 2nd singular alternatifini alternatiflerini 3rd singular alternatifini alternatiflerini 1st plural alternatifimizi alternatiflerimizi 2nd plural alternatifinizi alternatiflerinizi 3rd plural alternatiflerini alternatiflerini Dative Singular Plural 1st singular alternatifime alternatiflerime 2nd singular alternatifine alternatiflerine 3rd singular alternatifine alternatiflerine 1st plural alternatifimize alternatiflerimize 2nd plural alternatifinize alternatiflerinize 3rd plural alternatiflerine alternatiflerine Locative Singular Plural 1st singular alternatifimde alternatiflerimde 2nd singular alternatifinde alternatiflerinde 3rd singular alternatifinde alternatiflerinde 1st plural alternatifimizde alternatiflerimizde 2nd plural alternatifinizde alternatiflerinizde 3rd plural alternatiflerinde alternatiflerinde Ablative Singular Plural 1st singular alternatifimden alternatiflerimden 2nd singular alternatifinden alternatiflerinden 3rd singular alternatifinden alternatiflerinden 1st plural alternatifimizden alternatiflerimizden 2nd plural alternatifinizden alternatiflerinizden 3rd plural alternatiflerinden alternatiflerinden Genitive Singular Plural 1st singular alternatifimin alternatiflerimin 2nd singular alternatifinin alternatiflerinin 3rd singular alternatifinin alternatiflerinin 1st plural alternatifimizin alternatiflerimizin 2nd plural alternatifinizin alternatiflerinizin 3rd plural alternatiflerinin alternatiflerinin

Further reading

• “alternatif”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu