alternatif
French edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Medieval Latin alternativus, from alternatus, perfect participle of alterno, from Classical Latin alter (“other”).
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
alternatif (feminine alternative, masculine plural alternatifs, feminine plural alternatives)
- alternating
- alternative (different)
Derived terms edit
Descendants edit
- → Turkish: alternatif
Further reading edit
- “alternatif”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Indonesian edit
Etymology edit
From Dutch alternatief, from Middle French alternatif, from Medieval Latin alternativus, from the participle stem of Latin alternāre (“to do by turns”).
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
altêrnatif (first-person possessive alternatifku, second-person possessive alternatifmu, third-person possessive alternatifnya)
- alternative: one of several mutually exclusive things which can be chosen.
- Synonym: pilihan
Related terms edit
Further reading edit
- “alternatif” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation — Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic Indonesia, 2016.
Middle French edit
Adjective edit
alternatif m (feminine singular alternatifve, masculine plural alternatifs, feminine plural alternatifves)
- alternating
- alternative (different)
Turkish edit
Etymology edit
From French alternatif.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
alternatif (definite accusative alternatifi, plural alternatifler)
Declension edit
Further reading edit
- “alternatif”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu