subalterno

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [sup.əlˈtɛr.nu]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [sup.əlˈtɛr.no]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [sup.alˈtɛɾ.no], [su.balˈtɛɾ.no]

Verb

subalterno

1. first-person singular present indicative of subalternar

Italian

Etymology

From sub- +‎ alterno.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /su.balˈtɛr.no/
• Rhymes: -ɛrno
• Hyphenation: su‧bal‧tèr‧no

Adjective

subalterno (feminine subalterna, masculine plural subalterni, feminine plural subalterne)

1. subordinate

Noun

subalterno m (plural subalterni)

1. subordinate
2. subaltern

Portuguese

Etymology

From Late Latin subalternus, from Latin sub- + alternus.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /su.bawˈtɛʁ.nu/ [su.baʊ̯ˈtɛɦ.nu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /su.bawˈtɛʁ.nu/ [su.baʊ̯ˈtɛɦ.nu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /su.bawˈtɛɾ.nu/ [su.baʊ̯ˈtɛɾ.nu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /su.bawˈtɛʁ.nu/ [su.baʊ̯ˈtɛʁ.nu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /su.bawˈtɛɻ.no/ [su.baʊ̯ˈtɛɻ.no]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /su.balˈtɛɾ.nu/ [su.βaɫˈtɛɾ.nu]

• Hyphenation: su‧bal‧ter‧no

Adjective

subalterno (feminine subalterna, masculine plural subalternos, feminine plural subalternas)

1. subordinate

Noun

subalterno m (plural subalternos)

1. subordinate
2. subaltern

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Late Latin subalternus, from Latin sub- + alternus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /subalˈteɾno/ [su.β̞al̪ˈt̪eɾ.no]
• Rhymes: -eɾno
• Syllabification: su‧bal‧ter‧no

Adjective

subalterno (feminine subalterna, masculine plural subalternos, feminine plural subalternas)

1. subordinate

Noun

subalterno m (plural subalternos, feminine subalterna, feminine plural subalternas)

1. subordinate
2. subaltern

Further reading

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