alternativa

See also: alternatíva

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /əl.təɾ.nəˈti.və/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /əl.tər.nəˈti.bə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /al.teɾ.naˈti.va/

Adjective

alternativa f sg

1. feminine singular of alternatiu

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Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈaltɛrnatɪva]

• Audio

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Noun

alternativa f

1. alternative

Declension

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	alternativa	alternativy
genitive	alternativy	alternativ
dative	alternativě	alternativám
accusative	alternativu	alternativy
vocative	alternativo	alternativy
locative	alternativě	alternativách
instrumental	alternativou	alternativami

Related terms

• alternativní

Further reading

• alternativa in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• alternativa in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alternaˈtiva/
• Hyphenation: al‧ter‧na‧ti‧va
• Rhymes: -iva

Adjective

alternativa (accusative singular alternativan, plural alternativaj, accusative plural alternativajn)

1. alternative

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Italian

Noun

alternativa f (plural alternative)

1. alternative

Adjective

alternativa f sg

1. Feminine singular of adjective alternativo.

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Latin

Pronunciation

• (alternātīva) (Classical) IPA^(key): /al.ter.naːˈtiː.wa/, [aɫ̪.t̪ɛr.naːˈt̪iː.wa]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /al.ter.naˈti.va/, [al̪.t̪ɛr.naˈt̪iː.va]
• (alternātīvā) (Classical) IPA^(key): /al.ter.naːˈtiː.waː/, [aɫ̪.t̪ɛr.naːˈt̪iː.waː]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /al.ter.naˈti.va/, [al̪.t̪ɛr.naˈt̪iː.va]

Adjective 1

alternātīva

1. inflection of alternātīvus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective 2

alternātīvā

1. ablative feminine singular of alternātīvus

References

• alternativa in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)

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Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• alternativene

Noun

alternativa n pl

1. definite plural of alternativ

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

alternativa n pl

1. definite plural of alternativ

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Portuguese

Etymology

From alternativo (“alternative”), from Medieval Latin alternātīvus.

Pronunciation

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /aɫ.tɨɾ.nɐ.ˈti.vɐ/
• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.teʁ.na.ˈtʃi.vɐ/
• Hyphenation: al‧ter‧na‧ti‧va

Noun

alternativa f (plural alternativas)

1. alternative (one of a set of mutually exclusive choices)

   Synonym: opção

Related terms

• alternação
• alternadamente
• alternado
• alternador
• alternamente
• alternância
• alternante
• alternar
• alternário
• alternativamente
• alternatividade
• alternativo
• alternável

 

Adjective

alternativa

1. Feminine singular of adjective alternativo.

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

alternatíva f (Cyrillic spelling алтернати́ва)

1. alternative
2. alternative lifestyle

Declension

Declension of alternativa

	singular	plural
nominative	alternativa	alternative
genitive	alternative	alternativa
dative	alternativi	alternativama
accusative	alternativu	alternative
vocative	alternativo	alternative
locative	alternativi	alternativama
instrumental	alternativom	alternativama

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alternaˈtiba/, [al̪t̪ernaˈt̪iβa]

Adjective

alternativa

1. Feminine singular of adjective alternativo.

Noun

alternativa f (plural alternativas)

1. An alternative, option
2. alternation
3. (bullfighting) a ceremony in which a "novillero" becomes a "matador" for the first time, when the "padrino" allows him to make his first kill

Derived terms

• tomar la alternativa

 

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Swedish

Adjective

alternativa

1. absolute singular definite and plural form of alternativ.