alternante
Portuguese, adjective/aw.teʁˈnɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
alternante is spelled A-L-T-E-R-N-A-N-T-E (10 letters) and appears about once in every 65 million words in written Portuguese, the 221,886th most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Alternante is a Portuguese feminine adjective meaning “alternating (succeeding by turns)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026).
What does alternante mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinealternating (succeeding by turns)
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
Forms of alternante
- alternantes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce alternante?
- Brazil /aw.teʁˈnɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- Brazil [aʊ̯.teɦˈnɐ̃.t͡ʃi]
- /aw.teɾˈnɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to alternante
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is alternante in Portuguese?
alternante appears about once in every 65 million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).