alterno

See also: alternó and alternò

Catalan

Verb

alterno

1. first-person singular present indicative of alternar

Galician

Verb

alterno

1. first-person singular present indicative of alternar

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alˈtɛr.no/
• Rhymes: -ɛrno
• Hyphenation: al‧tèr‧no

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin alternus, from alter (“other”).

Adjective

alterno (feminine alterna, masculine plural alterni, feminine plural alterne)

1. alternate, alternating, every other
2. (mathematics, botany) alternate

Etymology 2

Verb

alterno

1. first-person singular present indicative of alternare

Anagrams

• notarle, orlante, terlano

Latin

Etymology

From alternus (“one after the other, alternate”) +‎ -ō.

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /alˈter.noː/, [äɫ̪ˈt̪ɛrnoː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /alˈter.no/, [äl̪ˈt̪ɛrno]

Verb

alternō (present infinitive alternāre, perfect active alternāvī, supine alternātum); first conjugation

1. to do one thing and then another, do by turns, interchange, alternate
2. to hesitate, vacillate

Conjugation

   Conjugation of alternō (first conjugation)

indicative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	alternō	alternās	alternat	alternāmus	alternātis	alternant
	imperfect	alternābam	alternābās	alternābat	alternābāmus	alternābātis	alternābant
	future	alternābō	alternābis	alternābit	alternābimus	alternābitis	alternābunt
	perfect	alternāvī	alternāvistī	alternāvit	alternāvimus	alternāvistis	alternāvērunt, alternāvēre
	pluperfect	alternāveram	alternāverās	alternāverat	alternāverāmus	alternāverātis	alternāverant
	future perfect	alternāverō	alternāveris	alternāverit	alternāverimus	alternāveritis	alternāverint
passive	present	alternor	alternāris, alternāre	alternātur	alternāmur	alternāminī	alternantur
	imperfect	alternābar	alternābāris, alternābāre	alternābātur	alternābāmur	alternābāminī	alternābantur
	future	alternābor	alternāberis, alternābere	alternābitur	alternābimur	alternābiminī	alternābuntur
	perfect	alternātus + present active indicative of sum
	pluperfect	alternātus + imperfect active indicative of sum
	future perfect	alternātus + future active indicative of sum
subjunctive		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	alternem	alternēs	alternet	alternēmus	alternētis	alternent
imperfect	alternārem	alternārēs	alternāret	alternārēmus	alternārētis	alternārent
perfect	alternāverim	alternāverīs	alternāverit	alternāverīmus	alternāverītis	alternāverint
pluperfect	alternāvissem	alternāvissēs	alternāvisset	alternāvissēmus	alternāvissētis	alternāvissent
passive	present	alterner	alternēris, alternēre	alternētur	alternēmur	alternēminī	alternentur
imperfect	alternārer	alternārēris, alternārēre	alternārētur	alternārēmur	alternārēminī	alternārentur
perfect	alternātus + present active subjunctive of sum
pluperfect	alternātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum
imperative		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
active	present	—	alternā	—	—	alternāte	—
	future	—	alternātō	alternātō	—	alternātōte	alternantō
passive	present	—	alternāre	—	—	alternāminī	—
	future	—	alternātor	alternātor	—	—	alternantor
non-finite forms		active			passive
		present	perfect	future	present	perfect	future
infinitives		alternāre	alternāvisse	alternātūrum esse	alternārī	alternātum esse	alternātum īrī
participles		alternāns	—	alternātūrus	—	alternātus	alternandus
verbal nouns		gerund				supine
		genitive	dative	accusative	ablative	accusative	ablative
		alternandī	alternandō	alternandum	alternandō	alternātum	alternātū

Derived terms

• alternāmentum
• alternātim
• alternātiō
• alternātus

Descendants

• Catalan: alternar
• English: alternate
• French: alterner
• Friulian: alternâ
• Galician: alternar
• Italian: alternare
• Occitan: alternar
• Piedmontese: alterné
• Portuguese: alternar
• Spanish: alternar

References

• “alterno”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “alterno”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• alterno in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Verb

alterno

1. first-person singular present indicative of alternar

Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alˈteɾno/ [al̪ˈt̪eɾ.no]
• Rhymes: -eɾno
• Syllabification: al‧ter‧no

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin alternus.

Adjective

alterno (feminine alterna, masculine plural alternos, feminine plural alternas)

1. alternate, alternative

   Synonym: alternativo

Derived terms

• corriente alterna

 

Related terms

• alternar

 

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

alterno

1. first-person singular present indicative of alternar

Further reading

• “alterno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10