альтернатива

Russian

Etymology

Borrowed from Polish alternatywa.[1]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɐlʲtɨrnɐˈtʲivə] (phonetic respelling: альтэрнати́ва)
  • (file)

Noun

альтернати́ва • (alʹtɛrnatíva) f inan (genitive альтернати́вы, nominative plural альтернати́вы, genitive plural альтернати́в)

  1. alternative (a situation which allows a choice between two or more possibilities)

Declension

Descendants

  • Georgian: ალტერნატივა (alṭernaṭiva)

References

  1. Witkowski, Wiesław (2006) “альтернатива”, in Nowy słownik zapożyczeń polskich w języku rosyjskim [New Dictionary of Polish borrowings in Russian] (in Polish), Kraków: Universitas, →ISBN, page 5

Ukrainian

Etymology

Borrowed from French alternative,[1] from Latin alternātīvus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ɐlʲternɐˈtɪʋɐ]
  • (file)

Noun

альтернати́ва • (alʹternatýva) f inan (genitive альтернати́ви, nominative plural альтернати́ви, genitive plural альтернати́в)

  1. alternative

Declension

Derived terms

References

  1. Melnychuk, O. S., editor (1982–2012), “альтернатива”, in Етимологічний словник української мови [Etymological Dictionary of the Ukrainian Language] (in Ukrainian), Kyiv: Naukova Dumka

Further reading

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