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 (file)
Noun
alternativo m (plural alternativo's, diminutive alternativootje n, feminine alternativa)
- (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 (file)
- IPA(key): [alternaˈtivo]
- Rhymes: -ivo
- Hyphenation: al‧ter‧na‧ti‧vo
Noun
alternativo (accusative singular alternativon, plural alternativoj, accusative plural alternativojn)
Galician
Adjective
alternativo (feminine alternativa, masculine plural alternativos, feminine plural alternativas)
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)
Derived terms
Related terms
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
Latin
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /al.ter.naːˈtiː.u̯oː/, [äɫ̪t̪ɛrnäːˈt̪iːu̯oː]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /al.ter.naˈti.vo/, [äl̪t̪ernäˈt̪iːvo]
Portuguese
Etymology
Learned borrowing from Latin alternātīvus. By surface analysis, alternar + -tivo.
Pronunciation
- (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]
- (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)
- alternative (having more than one choice)
Related terms
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): (file) - Rhymes: -ibo
- Syllabification: al‧ter‧na‧ti‧vo
Adjective
alternativo (feminine alternativa, masculine plural alternativos, feminine plural alternativas)
Derived terms
Related terms
Descendants
- → Tagalog: alternatibo
Further reading
- “alternativo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014