alternat

See also: alternât

English

Etymology

From French.

Noun

alternat

1. The custom, among diplomats, of rotation in precedence among representatives of equal rank, sometimes determined by lot and at other times in regular order. The practice obtains in the signing of treaties and conventions between nations.

Translations

Translations

• Polish: alternat m

Anagrams

• alterant, tarletan

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central, Balearic) [əl.tərˈnat]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [al.teɾˈnat]
• Rhymes: -at

Participle

alternat (feminine alternada, masculine plural alternats, feminine plural alternades)

1. past participle of alternar

French

Pronunciation

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Noun

alternat m (plural alternats)

1. alternation
2. the imposition of circulation alternée

Further reading

• “alternat”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Verb

alternat

1. third-person singular present active indicative of alternō

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from German Alternat, from Latin alternat. First attested in 1839.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alˈtɛr.nat/

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• Audio 2:

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• Rhymes: -ɛrnat
• Syllabification: al‧ter‧nat

Noun

alternat m inan

1. (diplomacy) alternat

Declension

Declension of alternat

	singular	plural
nominative	alternat	alternaty
genitive	alternatu	alternatów
dative	alternatowi	alternatom
accusative	alternat	alternaty
instrumental	alternatem	alternatami
locative	alternacie	alternatach
vocative	alternacie	alternaty

Further reading

• alternat in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Romanian

Etymology

Past participle of alterna.

Noun

alternat n (uncountable)

1. alternation

Declension

declension of alternat (singular only)

	singular
n gender	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) alternat	alternatul
genitive/dative	(unui) alternat	alternatului
vocative	alternatule

Verb

alternat (past participle of alterna)

1. past participle of alterna

References

• alternat in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN