| Webster's Online Dictionary |
| Part of Speech | Definition | |
| Adjective | 1. Acting by turns; alternate.[Websters] 2. Being continual. [Eve - graph theoretic] 3. Being intermittent or periodic. [Eve - graph theoretic] 4. Infrequently used base adjective of the adverb alternly.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
| Adverb Form (alternly) |
1. Virtually never used adverbial inflection of the adjective altern.[Eve - graph theoretic] | |
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Source: Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913), compiled from various sources, under license. |
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Date "Altern" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1604. (references) |
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Etymology:Altern \Al"tern\, adjective. [Latin expression alternus, from alter another: compare to the French expression alterne.]. (references) |
Topics by Level of Interest: ALTERN | ||||
| Topics sorted by level of Interest | Level (1=low, 600=high) | Topics sorted Alphabetically | Level (1=low, 600=high) | |
| Altern base | 2 | Altern base | 2 | |
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Source: the editor, created by/for EVE to gauge likely levels of human interest in linguistically triggered topics (compiled across various sources, such as Wikipedia and specialty expression glosses). | ||||
| Language | Translations (or nearest inflections or synonyms, in parentheses) | |||
| Dari | يك درميان (alternate, altern), متناوب (alternating, intermittent, alternate, alternative, continual), متبادل (altern, alternate, mutual). Additional references: Dari, Iran, Indo-European, altern. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Deutsch | verändert (alter, altered, alters, diversifies, modified). Additional references: Deutsch, Germany, Austria, altern. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Finnish | vuorotella (alternate, altern, occur alternately, rotate, take it in turns), vaihdella (vary, alternate, alternated, interchange, range). Additional references: Finnish, Finland, Russia (Europe), altern. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Français | altéré (altered, thirsty, athirst, impaired, corrupt). Additional references: Français, France, Algeria, altern. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| French | altéré (altered, thirsty, athirst, impaired, corrupt). Additional references: French, France, Algeria, altern. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| German | verändert (alter, altered, alters, diversifies, modified). Additional references: German, Germany, Austria, altern. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| High German | verändert (alter, altered, alters, diversifies, modified). Additional references: High German, Germany, Austria, altern. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Hochdeutsch | verändert (alter, altered, alters, diversifies, modified). Additional references: Hochdeutsch, Germany, Austria, altern. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Parsi | يك درميان (alternate, altern), متناوب (alternating, intermittent, alternate, alternative, continual), متبادل (altern, alternate, mutual). Additional references: Parsi, Iran, Indo-European, altern. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Persian | يك درميان (alternate, altern), متناوب (alternating, intermittent, alternate, alternative, continual), متبادل (altern, alternate, mutual). Additional references: Persian, Iran, Indo-European, altern. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Persian (Farsi) | يك درميان (alternate, altern), متناوب (alternating, intermittent, alternate, alternative, continual), متبادل (altern, alternate, mutual). Additional references: Persian (Farsi), Iran, Indo-European, altern. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Spanish | Alterado (altered, corrupted, alter, altern, change). Additional references: Spanish, Spain, Mexico, altern. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Suomea | vuorotella (alternate, altern, occur alternately, rotate, take it in turns), vaihdella (vary, alternate, alternated, interchange, range). Additional references: Suomea, Finland, Russia (Europe), altern. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Suomi | vuorotella (alternate, altern, occur alternately, rotate, take it in turns), vaihdella (vary, alternate, alternated, interchange, range). Additional references: Suomi, Finland, Russia (Europe), altern. (volunteer & more translations) | |||
| Source: Eve, based on a combination of meta analysis and graph theory (for near and back translations). | Top | |||
| Language | Translations for “altern” or closest synonym(s); back translations in parentheses. | |||
| Athag | athagaltathagern (altern). Additional references: Athag, altern. (volunteer) | |||
| Double Dutch | agaltagern (altern). Additional references: Double Dutch, altern. (volunteer) | |||
| Leet | /-\|_7£|2/\/ (altern). Additional references: Leet, altern. (volunteer) | |||
| Oppish | opaltopern (altern). Additional references: Oppish, altern. (volunteer) | |||
| Pig Latin | alternway (altern). Additional references: Pig Latin, altern. (volunteer) | |||
| Terran B | vlorreel (altern). Additional references: Terran B, altern. (volunteer) | |||
| Ubbi Dubbi | ubaltubern (altern). Additional references: Ubbi Dubbi, altern. (volunteer) | |||
| Source: compiled by the editor. | Top | |||
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