alternant

English

Adjective

alternant (not comparable)

1. Alternating from one row of a matrix to another.
2. (geology) Composed of alternate layers, like certain rocks.

Noun

alternant (plural alternants)

1. (linguistics) An alternative form or allomorph.
2. (mathematics) A determinant which is an alternating function.

Derived terms

• alternant matrix

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [əl.tərˈnan]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [əl.tərˈnant]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [al.teɾˈnant]

Verb

alternant

1. gerund of alternar

French

Pronunciation

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Participle

alternant

1. present participle of alterner

Adjective

alternant (feminine alternante, masculine plural alternants, feminine plural alternantes)

1. alternating

Further reading

• “alternant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Verb

alternant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of alternō

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin alternantem. First attested in the 19th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /alˈtɛr.nant/

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• Rhymes: -ɛrnant
• Syllabification: al‧ter‧nant

Noun

alternant m inan

1. (phonology) alternant (various realizations of alteration)

Declension

Declension of alternant

	singular	plural
nominative	alternant	alternanty
genitive	alternantu	alternantów
dative	alternantowi	alternantom
accusative	alternant	alternanty
instrumental	alternantem	alternantami
locative	alternancie	alternantach
vocative	alternancie	alternanty

Related terms

adjective

• alternacyjny

 

noun

• alternacja

 

verb

• alternować

 

Further reading

• alternant in Polish dictionaries at PWN
• alternant in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French alternant, from Latin alternare.

Adjective

alternant m or n (feminine singular alternantă, masculine plural alternanți, feminine and neuter plural alternante)

1. alternating

Declension

Declension of alternant

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	alternant		alternantă	alternanți	alternante
	definite	alternantul		alternanta	alternanții	alternantele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	alternant		alternante	alternanți	alternante
	definite	alternantului		alternantei	alternanților	alternantelor