alteridad
Spanish, noun/alteɾiˈdad/
alteridad is spelled A-L-T-E-R-I-D-A-D (9 letters) and appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish, the 73,441st most frequent Spanish word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alteridad is a Spanish feminine noun meaning “alterity, otherness” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) defines it as “Condición o carácter de otro”.
What does alteridad mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininealterity, otherness
Source: English Wiktionary, Spanish section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Spanish dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Condición o carácter de otro.
The definition in the Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), in Spanish.
Source: Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of alteridad
- alteridades plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alteridad?
- /alteɾiˈdad/
- [al̪.t̪e.ɾiˈð̞að̞]
- [al̪t̪eɾiˈð̞að̞]
Sources: English Wiktionary, Spanish Wiktionary (Wikcionario) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to alteridad
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alteridad in Spanish?
alteridad appears about once in every 4 million words in written Spanish.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).