alternate

Etymology
From, from , from +. See,.

Pronunciation

 * Adjective, noun
 * Verb
 * Verb
 * Verb
 * Verb

Adjective

 * 1) Happening by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; first one and then the other (repeatedly).
 * 2)  Alternating; (of e.g. a pair of tinctures which a charge is coloured) succeeding in turns, or (relative to the field) counterchanged.
 * 3)  Designating the members in a series, which regularly intervene between the members of another series, as the odd or even numbers of the numerals; every other; every second.
 * 4)  Other; alternative.
 * 5)  Distributed singly at different heights of the stem, and at equal intervals as respects angular divergence
 * 1)  Alternating; (of e.g. a pair of tinctures which a charge is coloured) succeeding in turns, or (relative to the field) counterchanged.
 * 2)  Designating the members in a series, which regularly intervene between the members of another series, as the odd or even numbers of the numerals; every other; every second.
 * 3)  Other; alternative.
 * 4)  Distributed singly at different heights of the stem, and at equal intervals as respects angular divergence
 * 1)  Other; alternative.
 * 2)  Distributed singly at different heights of the stem, and at equal intervals as respects angular divergence
 * 1)  Distributed singly at different heights of the stem, and at equal intervals as respects angular divergence
 * 1)  Distributed singly at different heights of the stem, and at equal intervals as respects angular divergence

Usage notes

 * In British English this adjective means, according to OED and other sources, one after the other or similar. It does not mean the same as alternative, which OED specifically marks as an American meaning of alternate. In international English it is thus thought better to observe the British distinction: then the meanings of alternative and alternate will be clear to everyone.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: редуващ се
 * Czech:
 * Estonian: vahelduv
 * Finnish:
 * German:, , , Wechsel-
 * Italian: ,
 * Latin: alternus
 * Polish: alternować
 * Portuguese:, alternante
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, ,


 * Czech:
 * Danish: hveranden
 * Finnish: joka toinen
 * German: jeweils anderer, jeweils andere, jeweils anderes
 * Swedish: (=every second; every other)
 * Tagalog: salisi


 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Czech: ,
 * Danish: alternativ
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, vaihtoehto-
 * French: ,
 * German:, , , , ,
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål:
 * Portuguese:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:
 * Turkish: ,


 * Finnish: vuorottainen
 * German:

Noun

 * 1) That which alternates with something else; vicissitude.
 * 2)  A substitute; an alternative; one designated to take the place of another, if necessary, in performing some duty.
 * 3)  A proportion derived from another proportion by interchanging the means.
 * 4)  A replacement of equal or greater value or function.
 * 1)  A proportion derived from another proportion by interchanging the means.
 * 2)  A replacement of equal or greater value or function.

Translations

 * Czech: obměna
 * Finnish:, vaihteleva asia


 * Cherokee: ᎠᏓᏁᏟᏴᏍᏗᏍᎩ
 * Czech:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish: (replacing as a workman),  (replacing as a member of a committee, board, etc.)

Verb

 * 1)  To perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly.
 * 2)  To happen, succeed, or act by turns; to follow reciprocally in place or time; followed by with.
 * 3)  To vary by turns.
 * 4)  To perform an alternation (removal of alternate vertices) on (a polytope or tessellation); to remove vertices (from a face or edge) as part of an alternation.
 * 1)  To vary by turns.
 * 2)  To perform an alternation (removal of alternate vertices) on (a polytope or tessellation); to remove vertices (from a face or edge) as part of an alternation.
 * 1)  To perform an alternation (removal of alternate vertices) on (a polytope or tessellation); to remove vertices (from a face or edge) as part of an alternation.

Translations

 * Bulgarian: редувам се
 * Catalan:
 * Czech: střídat se
 * Finnish:
 * Galician: alternar
 * German:
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: ailtéarnaigh
 * Japanese:
 * Occitan:
 * Portuguese:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish: ,


 * Bulgarian: редувам се
 * Catalan:
 * Czech: střídat se
 * Finnish:
 * Galician: alternar
 * German: ,
 * Hungarian:
 * Irish: ailtéarnaigh
 * Japanese:
 * Occitan:
 * Portuguese:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:, (på varandra, i tur)


 * Czech:
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * German: ,
 * Irish: ailtéarnaigh
 * Portuguese:
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Swedish: