alternativa

See also: alternatíva

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [əl.tər.nəˈti.βə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əl.tər.nəˈti.və]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [al.teɾ.naˈti.va]
• IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [al.ter.naˈti.βa]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Adjective

alternativa f sg

1. feminine singular of alternatiu

Czech

Etymology

First attested in the 19th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈaltɛrnatɪva]
• IPA^(key): [ˈaltɛrnatiːva]

• Audio:

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Noun

alternativa f

1. alternative

Declension

Declension of alternativa (hard feminine)

	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 (in Czech), 1935–1957
• “alternativa”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alternaˈtiva/

• Audio:

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• Rhymes: -iva
• Syllabification: al‧ter‧na‧ti‧va

Adjective

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

1. alternative

Further reading

• “alternativa”, in Plena Ilustrita Vortaro de Esperanto [Complete Illustrated Dictionary of Esperanto], 2020, →ISBN
• “alternativa”, in Reta Vortaro [Online Dictionary] (in Esperanto), 1997-2026

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.ter.naˈti.va/
• Rhymes: -iva
• Hyphenation: al‧ter‧na‧tì‧va

Noun

alternativa f (plural alternative)

1. alternative

Adjective

alternativa f sg

1. feminine singular of alternativo

Anagrams

• intarlavate

Latin

Pronunciation

• alternātīva:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aɫ.tɛr.naːˈtiː.wa]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [al.ter.naˈtiː.va]
• alternātīvā:
  • (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [aɫ.tɛr.naːˈtiː.waː]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [al.ter.naˈtiː.va]

Adjective

alternātīva

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

Adjective

alternātīvā

1. ablative feminine singular of alternātīvus

References

• "alternativa", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

• alternativene

Noun

alternativa n pl

1. definite plural of alternativ

Norwegian Nynorsk

Noun

alternativa n pl

1. definite plural of alternativ

Portuguese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.teʁ.naˈt͡ʃi.vɐ/ [aʊ̯.teɦ.naˈt͡ʃi.vɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.teʁ.naˈt͡ʃi.vɐ/ [aʊ̯.teɦ.naˈt͡ʃi.vɐ]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /aw.teɾ.naˈt͡ʃi.vɐ/ [aʊ̯.teɾ.naˈt͡ʃi.vɐ]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aw.teʁ.naˈt͡ʃi.vɐ/ [aʊ̯.teʁ.naˈt͡ʃi.vɐ]
  • (Caipira) IPA^(key): /aw.teɻ.naˈt͡ʃi.vɐ/ [aʊ̯.teɻ.naˈt͡ʃi.vɐ]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.tɨɾ.nɐˈti.vɐ/ [aɫ.tɨɾ.nɐˈti.vɐ]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.tɨɾ.nɐˈti.vɐ/ [aɫ.tɨɾ.nɐˈti.vɐ]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.tɨɾ.nɐˈti.bɐ/ [aɫ.tɨɾ.nɐˈti.βɐ]

• 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 alternativo

Further reading

• “alternativa”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026
• “alternativa”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026

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

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alteɾnaˈtiba/ [al̪.t̪eɾ.naˈt̪i.β̞a]

• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Rhymes: -iba
• Syllabification: al‧ter‧na‧ti‧va

Noun

alternativa f (plural alternativas)

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

Derived terms

• energía alternativa
• tomar la alternativa

Adjective

alternativa

1. feminine singular of alternativo

Further reading

• “alternativo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Swedish

Adjective

alternativa

1. inflection of alternativ:
   1. definite singular
   2. plural