alternativa

See also: alternatíva

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əl.tər.nəˈti.βə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əl.tər.nəˈti.və]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [al.teɾ.naˈti.va]

Adjective

alternativa f sg

1. feminine singular of alternatiu

Czech

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

Esperanto

Pronunciation

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

Adjective

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

1. alternative

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) IPA^(key): /al.ter.naːˈtiː.u̯a/, [äɫ̪t̪ɛrnäːˈt̪iːu̯ä]
• alternātīva: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /al.ter.naˈti.va/, [äl̪t̪ernäˈt̪iːvä]
• alternātīvā: (Classical) IPA^(key): /al.ter.naːˈtiː.u̯aː/, [äɫ̪t̪ɛrnäːˈt̪iːu̯äː]
• alternātīvā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /al.ter.naˈti.va/, [äl̪t̪ernäˈt̪iːvä]

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’s 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]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.teɻ.naˈt͡ʃi.va/ [aʊ̯.teɻ.naˈt͡ʃi.va]

 

• (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

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):

  (file)

• 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

• tomar la alternativa

 

Adjective

alternativa

1. feminine singular of alternativo

Further reading

• “alternativo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

Swedish

Adjective

alternativa

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