alterner

French

Etymology

From Latin alternāre.

Pronunciation
  • IPA(key): /al.tɛʁ.ne/
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Verb

alterner

  1. to alternate

Conjugation
Conjugation of alterner (see also Appendix:French verbs)
infinitive simple alterner
compound avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1 simple alternant
/al.tɛʁ.nɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
past participle alterné
/al.tɛʁ.ne/
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle, on nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present alterne
/al.tɛʁn/		 alternes
/al.tɛʁn/		 alterne
/al.tɛʁn/		 alternons
/al.tɛʁ.nɔ̃/		 alternez
/al.tɛʁ.ne/		 alternent
/al.tɛʁn/
imperfect alternais
/al.tɛʁ.nɛ/		 alternais
/al.tɛʁ.nɛ/		 alternait
/al.tɛʁ.nɛ/		 alternions
/al.tɛʁ.njɔ̃/		 alterniez
/al.tɛʁ.nje/		 alternaient
/al.tɛʁ.nɛ/
past historic2 alternai
/al.tɛʁ.ne/		 alternas
/al.tɛʁ.na/		 alterna
/al.tɛʁ.na/		 alternâmes
/al.tɛʁ.nam/		 alternâtes
/al.tɛʁ.nat/		 alternèrent
/al.tɛʁ.nɛʁ/
future alternerai
/al.tɛʁ.nə.ʁe/		 alterneras
/al.tɛʁ.nə.ʁa/		 alternera
/al.tɛʁ.nə.ʁa/		 alternerons
/al.tɛʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/		 alternerez
/al.tɛʁ.nə.ʁe/		 alterneront
/al.tɛʁ.nə.ʁɔ̃/
conditional alternerais
/al.tɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/		 alternerais
/al.tɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/		 alternerait
/al.tɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/		 alternerions
/al.tɛʁ.nə.ʁjɔ̃/		 alterneriez
/al.tɛʁ.nə.ʁje/		 alterneraient
/al.tɛʁ.nə.ʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present alterne
/al.tɛʁn/		 alternes
/al.tɛʁn/		 alterne
/al.tɛʁn/		 alternions
/al.tɛʁ.njɔ̃/		 alterniez
/al.tɛʁ.nje/		 alternent
/al.tɛʁn/
imperfect2 alternasse
/al.tɛʁ.nas/		 alternasses
/al.tɛʁ.nas/		 alternât
/al.tɛʁ.na/		 alternassions
/al.tɛʁ.na.sjɔ̃/		 alternassiez
/al.tɛʁ.na.sje/		 alternassent
/al.tɛʁ.nas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — alterne
/al.tɛʁn/		 — alternons
/al.tɛʁ.nɔ̃/		 alternez
/al.tɛʁ.ne/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way:
  • past historic → present perfect
  • past anterior → pluperfect
  • imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive
  • pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive

(Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

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Latin

Verb

alterner

  1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of alternō

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

alterner

  1. imperative of alternere
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