alternative
French, noun/al.tɛʁ.na.tiv/
alternative is spelled A-L-T-E-R-N-A-T-I-V-E (11 letters) and appears 18 times per million words in written French, the 4,224th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alternative is a French feminine noun meaning “alternative” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is also a feminine singular of alternatif. The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Succession de deux choses contraires qui reviennent tour à tour”.
What does alternative mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininealternative
adjective
- 1
femininefeminine singular of alternatif
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Succession de deux choses contraires qui reviennent tour à tour. 2. Option entre deux propositions, entre deux choses. 3. Chacune de ces deux propositions. 4. Choix entre plus de deux propositions.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of alternative
- alternatives plural
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alternative?
- /al.tɛʁ.na.tiv/
- \al.tɛʁ.na.tiv\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to alternative
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alternative in French?
alternative appears 18 times per million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).