alternativo

Dutch

Etymology

Either from alternatief +‎ -o or a borrowing, in which case Italian alternativo would be a plausible etymon.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌɑl.tər.naːˈti.voː/
• Hyphenation: al‧ter‧na‧ti‧vo
• Rhymes: -ivoː

• Audio

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Noun

alternativo m (plural alternativo's, diminutive alternativootje n, feminine alternativa)

1. (chiefly Belgium, derogatory) Someone who participates in an alternative subculture (e.g. a hipster, emo or punk) and typically has leftist opinions.

   Synonyms: alto, alternatieveling, alternatieve

Esperanto

Pronunciation

• Audio

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• IPA^(key): [alternaˈtivo]
• Rhymes: -ivo
• Hyphenation: al‧ter‧na‧ti‧vo

Noun

alternativo (accusative singular alternativon, plural alternativoj, accusative plural alternativojn)

1. alternative

Galician

Adjective

alternativo (feminine alternativa, masculine plural alternativos, feminine plural alternativas)

1. alternative

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.ter.naˈti.vo/
• Rhymes: -ivo
• Hyphenation: al‧ter‧na‧tì‧vo

Adjective

alternativo (feminine alternativa, masculine plural alternativi, feminine plural alternative)

1. alternative

Derived terms

• alternativamente
• alternatività

Related terms

• alternativa

Further reading

• alternativo in Collins Italian-English Dictionary
• alternativo in Aldo Gabrielli, Grandi Dizionario Italiano (Hoepli)
• alternativo in garzantilinguistica.it – Garzanti Linguistica, De Agostini Scuola Spa
• alternativo in Dizionario Italiano Olivetti, Olivetti Media Communication
• alternativo in sapere.it – De Agostini Editore
• alternativo in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• avolteranti, inoltravate, rintavolate

Latin

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /al.ter.naːˈtiː.u̯oː/, [äɫ̪t̪ɛrnäːˈt̪iːu̯oː]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /al.ter.naˈti.vo/, [äl̪t̪ernäˈt̪iːvo]

Adjective

alternātīvō

1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of alternātīvus

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin alternātīvus. By surface analysis, alternar +‎ -tivo.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.teʁ.naˈt͡ʃi.vu/ [aʊ̯.teɦ.naˈt͡ʃi.vu]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.teʁ.naˈt͡ʃi.vu/ [aʊ̯.teɦ.naˈt͡ʃi.vu]
  • (São Paulo) IPA^(key): /aw.teɾ.naˈt͡ʃi.vu/ [aʊ̯.teɾ.naˈt͡ʃi.vu]
  • (Rio de Janeiro) IPA^(key): /aw.teʁ.naˈt͡ʃi.vu/ [aʊ̯.teʁ.naˈt͡ʃi.vu]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /aw.teɻ.naˈt͡ʃi.vo/ [aʊ̯.teɻ.naˈt͡ʃi.vo]

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.tɨɾ.nɐˈti.vu/ [aɫ.tɨɾ.nɐˈti.vu]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.tɨɾ.nɐˈti.vu/ [aɫ.tɨɾ.nɐˈti.vu]
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /al.tɨɾ.nɐˈti.bu/ [aɫ.tɨɾ.nɐˈti.βu]

• (Nordestino) IPA^(key): [awtexnaˈtivu]
• Hyphenation: al‧ter‧na‧ti‧vo

Adjective

alternativo (feminine alternativa, masculine plural alternativos, feminine plural alternativas, not comparable)

1. alternative (having more than one choice)

Related terms

• alternativa, alternar

Further reading

• “alternativo” in iDicionário Aulete.
• “alternativo” in Dicionário inFormal.
• “alternativo” in Dicionário Aberto based on Novo Diccionário da Língua Portuguesa de Cândido de Figueiredo, 1913
• “alternativo” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.
• “alternativo” in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa.
• “alternativo” in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa.

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French alternatif, from Latin alternātīvus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alteɾnaˈtibo/ [al̪.t̪eɾ.naˈt̪i.β̞o]

• Audio (Venezuela):

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• Rhymes: -ibo
• Syllabification: al‧ter‧na‧ti‧vo

Adjective

alternativo (feminine alternativa, masculine plural alternativos, feminine plural alternativas)

1. alternative

Derived terms

• alternativamente
• medicina alternativa

 

Related terms

• alternar
• alternativa

 

Descendants

• → Tagalog: alternatibo

Further reading

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