alterno
See also: alternó and alternò
Catalan
Verb
alterno
- first-person singular present indicative form of alternar
Italian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alˈtɛr.no/
- Rhymes: -ɛrno
- Hyphenation: al‧tèr‧no
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin alternus, from alter (“other”).
Adjective
alterno (feminine alterna, masculine plural alterni, feminine plural alterne)
- alternate, alternating, every other
- (mathematics, botany) alternate
Verb
alterno
- first-person singular present indicative of alternare
Anagrams
- notarle, orlante, terlano
Latin
Etymology
From alternus (“one after the other, alternate”) + -ō.
Pronunciation
- (Classical) IPA(key): /alˈter.noː/, [äɫ̪ˈt̪ɛrnoː]
- (Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /alˈter.no/, [äl̪ˈt̪ɛrno]
Verb
alternō (present infinitive alternāre, perfect active alternāvī, supine alternātum); first conjugation
- I do one thing and then another, do by turns, interchange, alternate.
- I hesitate, vacillate.
Conjugation
Conjugation of alternō (first conjugation) | |||||||
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indicative | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | alternō | alternās | alternat | alternāmus | alternātis | alternant |
imperfect | alternābam | alternābās | alternābat | alternābāmus | alternābātis | alternābant | |
future | alternābō | alternābis | alternābit | alternābimus | alternābitis | alternābunt | |
perfect | alternāvī | alternāvistī | alternāvit | alternāvimus | alternāvistis | alternāvērunt, alternāvēre | |
pluperfect | alternāveram | alternāverās | alternāverat | alternāverāmus | alternāverātis | alternāverant | |
future perfect | alternāverō | alternāveris | alternāverit | alternāverimus | alternāveritis | alternāverint | |
passive | present | alternor | alternāris, alternāre | alternātur | alternāmur | alternāminī | alternantur |
imperfect | alternābar | alternābāris, alternābāre | alternābātur | alternābāmur | alternābāminī | alternābantur | |
future | alternābor | alternāberis, alternābere | alternābitur | alternābimur | alternābiminī | alternābuntur | |
perfect | alternātus + present active indicative of sum | ||||||
pluperfect | alternātus + imperfect active indicative of sum | ||||||
future perfect | alternātus + future active indicative of sum | ||||||
subjunctive | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | alternem | alternēs | alternet | alternēmus | alternētis | alternent |
imperfect | alternārem | alternārēs | alternāret | alternārēmus | alternārētis | alternārent | |
perfect | alternāverim | alternāverīs | alternāverit | alternāverīmus | alternāverītis | alternāverint | |
pluperfect | alternāvissem | alternāvissēs | alternāvisset | alternāvissēmus | alternāvissētis | alternāvissent | |
passive | present | alterner | alternēris, alternēre | alternētur | alternēmur | alternēminī | alternentur |
imperfect | alternārer | alternārēris, alternārēre | alternārētur | alternārēmur | alternārēminī | alternārentur | |
perfect | alternātus + present active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
pluperfect | alternātus + imperfect active subjunctive of sum | ||||||
imperative | singular | plural | |||||
first | second | third | first | second | third | ||
active | present | — | alternā | — | — | alternāte | — |
future | — | alternātō | alternātō | — | alternātōte | alternantō | |
passive | present | — | alternāre | — | — | alternāminī | — |
future | — | alternātor | alternātor | — | — | alternantor | |
non-finite forms | active | passive | |||||
present | perfect | future | present | perfect | future | ||
infinitives | alternāre | alternāvisse | alternātūrum esse | alternārī | alternātum esse | alternātum īrī | |
participles | alternāns | — | alternātūrus | — | alternātus | alternandus | |
verbal nouns | gerund | supine | |||||
genitive | dative | accusative | ablative | accusative | ablative | ||
alternandī | alternandō | alternandum | alternandō | alternātum | alternātū |
Derived terms
- alternāmentum
- alternātim
- alternātiō
- alternātus
Descendants
- Catalan: alternar
- English: alternate
- French: alterner
- Friulian: alternâ
- Galician: alternar
- Italian: alternare
- Occitan: alternar
- Piedmontese: alterné
- Portuguese: alternar
- Spanish: alternar
References
- “alterno”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “alterno”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- alterno in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette
Portuguese
Verb
alterno
- first-person singular present indicative of alternar
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /alˈteɾno/ [al̪ˈt̪eɾ.no]
- Rhymes: -eɾno
- Syllabification: al‧ter‧no
Etymology 1
From Latin alternus.
Adjective
alterno (feminine alterna, masculine plural alternos, feminine plural alternas)
- alternate, alternative
- Synonym: alternativo
Derived terms
- corriente alterna
Related terms
- alternar
Etymology 2
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Verb
alterno
- first-person singular present indicative of alternar
Further reading
- “alterno”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014