alternativo

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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
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Noun

alternativo m (plural alternativo's, diminutive alternativootje n, feminine alternativa)

  1. (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

  • IPA(key):
  • Rhymes: -ivo
  • Hyphenation: al‧ter‧na‧ti‧vo

Noun

alternativo (accusative singular alternativon, plural alternativoj, accusative plural alternativojn)

  1. alternative

Galician

Adjective

alternativo (feminine alternativa, masculine plural alternativos, feminine plural alternativas)

  1. alternative

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)

  1. alternative

Derived 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

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Latin

Pronunciation

Adjective

alternātīvō

  1. dative/ablative masculine/neuter singular of alternātīvus

Portuguese

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin alternātīvus. By surface analysis, alternar +‎ -tivo.

Pronunciation

 
 

Adjective

alternativo (feminine alternativa, masculine plural alternativos, feminine plural alternativas, not comparable)

  1. alternative (having more than one choice)

Further reading

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from French alternatif, from Latin alternātīvus.

Pronunciation

Adjective

alternativo (feminine alternativa, masculine plural alternativos, feminine plural alternativas)

  1. alternative

Derived terms

Descendants

  • → Tagalog: alternatibo

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