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See also:Alter,älter,andalter-

English

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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FromOld Frenchalterer (Frenchaltérer), fromMedieval Latinalterāre(to make other), fromLatinalter(the other), fromal- (seen inalius(other),alienus(of another), etc.; seealias,alien, etc.) + compar. suffix-ter.

Verb

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alter (third-person singular simple presentalters,present participlealtering,simple past and past participlealtered)

  1. (ambitransitive) Tochange the form or structure of.
    Near-synonym:tweak
  2. (intransitive) To become different.
    • 1865,Walt Whitman, “When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d”, inSequel to Drum-Taps: When Lilacs Last in the Dooryard Bloom’d and other poems:
      [] Passing the song of the hermit bird and the tallying song of my soul, / Victorious song, death’s outlet song, yet varying ever-altering song,[]
  3. (transitive) Totailorclothes to make them fit.
  4. (transitive) Tocastrate,neuter orspay (a dog or other animal).
  5. (transitive) To affect mentally, as bypsychotropic drugs or illness.
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Translations
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to change the form or structure of
to become different

Further reading

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Etymology 2

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Probably fromalter ego.

Noun

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alter (pluralalters)

  1. (psychology, multiplicity) One of thepersonalities,identities, orselves in a person withdissociative identity disorder or another form ofmultiplicity.
    Synonym:headmate
    • 2000, Elyn R. Saks, Stephen H. Behnke,Jekyll on Trial: Multiple Personality Disorder and Criminal Law, page147:
      While the second goal would be best met if eachalter were coconscious, the defendant should be satisfied if at least one competentalter is present to hear what transpires.

References

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Etymology 3

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Noun

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alter

  1. Misspelling ofaltar.
    • 2002, Nicholas Smeed,Resurrections: Vignettes About Discovery, Relationships, Personal Empowerment, And Preternatural Experiences, Xlibris Corporation,→ISBN, page26:
      As analter boy he remembered that walking between thealter and the gates was prohibited for everyone except the priest.
    • 2007, Jerry P. Martinez,Leche De Coyote, Xlibris Corporation,→ISBN, page39:
      The hardest part of being analter boy was learning Latin. The mass was conducted in Latin and we had to learn to pray in Latin.
    • 2009, Todd Sprague,Survive, Todd Sprague,→ISBN, page142:
      On thealter, several candles sat unlit. An open bible rested among the candles. Behind thealter, hanging high, a huge cross was affixed to the wall, with a replica of Jesus in rags nailed to it. A simple wooden door stood closed behind thealter[]
    • 2011, Suzanne Dekeyzer James,The Stone Harp, Xlibris Corporation,→ISBN, page146:
      Truth motioned to Alexandra, “There; the key is kept on thealter.” She spotted it easily, for it was now well lighted by an amber colored presence light. She and the others moved quickly toward thealter.
    • 2018, William Francis Jack,Alter Boy Rules, Lulu Press, Inc,→ISBN:
      Third-ratealter boy. Skinny, lousy face, brown hair with a cowlick as big as Sputtnik. So as not to go on about it, I can put it in one word: Butt-ugly.

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Anagrams

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Danish

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DanishWikipedia has an article on:
Wikipediada

Etymology

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FromOld Norsealtari, fromOld Saxonaltari, fromLate Latinaltare(altar). Cognate withEnglishaltar andGermanAltar.

Pronunciation

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Noun

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alter n (singular definitealtretoralteret,plural indefinitealtre)

  1. (religion)altar, a table or a platform for makingsacrifices.
  2. (Christianity)altar, the ritual space of aChristian church.

Inflection

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Declension ofalter
neuter
gender
singularplural
indefinitedefiniteindefinitedefinite
nominativealteraltret
alteret
altrealtrene
genitivealtersaltrets
alterets
altresaltrenes

References

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alter” inDen Danske Ordbog

German

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Adjective

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alter

  1. inflection ofalt:
    1. strong/mixednominativemasculinesingular
    2. stronggenitive/dativefemininesingular
    3. stronggenitiveplural

Indonesian

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Pronunciation

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Etymology 1

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FromEnglishalter, fromOld Frenchalterer (Frenchaltérer), fromMedieval Latinalterare(to make other), fromLatinalter(the other).

Verb

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altêr

  1. toalter, to tailor clothes to make them fit

Etymology 2

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Noun

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altêr

  1. (colloquial)clipping ofalter ego

Further reading

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Latin

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Etymology

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    FromProto-Italic*aliteros(the other of two). Akin toalius. Compare withulter.[1]

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    Determiner

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    alter (femininealtera,neuteralterum);first/second-declension determiner (nominative masculine singular in-er, pronominal declension)

    1. theother, thesecond
    2. theone...theother (alter...alter)
      • c. 52BCE,Julius Caesar,Commentarii de Bello GallicoVII.17:
        De re frumentaria Boios atque Aeduos adhortari non destitit;quorum alteri, [...] non multum adiuvabant,alteri non magnis facultatibus, [...] celeriter quod habuerunt consumpserunt
        He never ceased to urge theBoii andAedui for supplies;of whom the one (Aedui) [...] did not help much,the others (Boii) as their resources was not great, [...] quickly consumed what they had

    Declension

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    First/second-declension adjective (nominative masculine singular in-er, pronominal declension).

    singularplural
    masculinefeminineneutermasculinefeminineneuter
    nominativealteralteraalterumalterī
    altrī
    alteraealtera
    genitivealterī̆usalterōrumalterārumalterōrum
    dativealterī
    altrī
    alterīs
    altrīs
    accusativealterumalteramalterumalterōsalterāsaltera
    ablativealterōalterāalterōalterīs
    altrīs
    vocativealteralteraalterumalterī
    altrī
    alteraealtera

    Derived terms

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    Latin correlatives(edit)
    typedemonstrativerealisirrealisinterrogativeindefinitealternative
    proximalmedialdistalanaphoricidentityconditionalnegativeindefiniteirrelative / emphaticrelativeirrelativefree choiceuniversalnegative polarity
    basichiciste
    istic
    ille
    illic
    isipse
    īdem
    sīquisnēquisquam
    nēmō̆
    nihil
    nūllus
    numquisecquis
    ecquī
    ecquisnam
    ecquīnam
    quisnam
    quīnam
    quis
    quī
    quisquis
    quīcumque
    quīdam
    aliquis,quis
    aliquī,quī
    quispiam
    quīvis
    quīlibet
    quisquequisquam
    ūllus
    alius
    comparativehuiusmodī
    huiuscemodī
    istī̆usmodīillī̆usmodīeiusmodīeiusdemmodīsīcuiusmodīnēcuiusquammodīnumcuiusmodīcuiusnammodīcuiusmodīcuiusmodīcumquealicuiusmodī
    cuiusdammodī
    cuiusvīsmodīcuiusquemodīcuiusquammodīalterī̆usmodī
    dualneuteruternamuterutercumquealteruterutervīs
    uterlibet
    uterquealter
    placehīcistīcillīcibī̆ibī̆demsīcubīnusquam
    nūllibī
    ubinamubī̆ubī̆cumque
    ubiubī̆
    alicubī̆
    uspiam
    ubivīs
    ubilibet
    ubīqueusquamalibī
    aliās
    sourcehincºistim
    istinc
    ºillim
    illinc
    indeindidemsīcunde°nūllundeundenamºcum
    unde
    undecumque
    undeunde
    alicunde°undelibetundique°undiquamaliunde
    destinationhūc
    hōc
    °hōrsum
    istūc
    istōc
    °istōrsum
    illūc
    illōc
    °illōrsum
    eōdemsīquōnusquam
    °nūllōrsum
    numquōecquōquōnamquō
    quōrsum
    quōcumque
    quōquō
    °quōrsumcumque
    aliquō
    quōpiam
    °aliquōvorsum
    quōvīs
    quōlibet
    quōquequōquamaliō
    aliōrsum
    means,
    way,
    path,
    place
    hācistācillāceādemsīquānēquāquam
    haudquāquam
    numquāecquāquānamquāquācumque
    quāquā
    aliquāquāvīs
    quālibet
    quāque°quāquam
    ūllā
    aliā
    distancehāctenus°istātenus
    °istāctenus
    °illātenus
    °illāctenus
    eātenusnūllātenus°ecquātenus°quātenusnamquātenus°quātenuscumque
    °quāquātenus
    aliquātenus
    quādantenus
    °quātenusvīs
    °quātenuslibet
    ūllātenusaliātenus
    reason°hācpropter
    °hōccircā
    °istāpropter°illāproptereāpropter
    eōcircā
    °nullāpropter
    °nullōcircā
    cūr
    quāpropter
    quōcircā
    quārē
    °quādampropter°quōquecircā°aliāpropter
    mannerhōcmodōistōmodōillōmodōita
    sīc
    modō
    item
    itidem
    sīquīnihil
    nihilō
    neutiquam
    °neutī̆que
    nēquīquam
    nē quidem
    nūllōmodō
    numquīecquīutinamut
    prout
    quī
    quōmodō
    quōmodo
    quemadmodum
    quiter
    quārē
    utcumque
    utut
    proutcumque
    quōmodocumque
    °quemadmodumcumque
    quī
    quōdammodō
    aliquōmodō
    quōmodolibetutīque°utiquam
    °quīquam
    ūllōmodō
    aliter
    aliōquī
    alterō/aliōmodō
    timenum
    nunc
    ōlimtum
    tunc
    simulsīquandō̆numquam°numquandō̆ecquandō̆quandōnamquandō̆
    cum
    quandōcumque
    quandōque
    cumque
    °quandōnē
    °quandōquandō
    °cumcumque
    quondam
    aliquandō̆
    °quandōlibetquandōqueumquamaliās
    quantitytamtamen
    tandem
    quamquamcumque
    quamquam
    aliquamquamvīs
    quamlibet
    quamque
    sizetantustantusdemquantusquantuscumque
    quantusquantus
    aliquantusquantusvīs
    quantuslibet
    quantusque
    qualitytālis°ecquālisquālisnamquālisquāliscumque
    quālisquālis
    aliquālisquālislibetquālisque
    numbertottotidem°quotnam
    °quotinam
    quotquotquot
    quotcumque
    aliquotquotlibet
    order/fractionaltotusquotus°quotuscumque°aliquotus°quotuslibet°quotusque
    °quotusquisque
    repetitiontotiēnsnullotiēnsquotiēnsquotiēnscumquealiquotiēnsquotiēnslibetquotiēnsque
    °quotiēnsquisque
    multiplicationtotuplexquotuplex
    proportion°totuplusquotuplus
    † Turned conjunction with original meaning somewhat changed
    ° Rare
    ‡ Only used as a conjunction, not as an interrogative.

    Descendants

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    From the Latin dative singularalterī:

    From a Vulgar Latin dative singular*alterūi:

    References

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    1. ^De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “alius”, inEtymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill,→ISBN,page34

    Further reading

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    • alter”, inCharlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879),A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
    • alter”, inCharlton T. Lewis (1891),An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
    • alter”, inGaffiot, Félix (1934),Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
    • Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894),Latin Phrase-Book[2], London:Macmillan and Co.
      • one or two days:unus et alter dies
      • one, two, several days had passed, intervened:dies unus, alter, plures intercesserant

    Lombard

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    Etymology

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    Akin toItalianaltro, from Latinalter.

    Adjective

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    alter

    1. other

    Norwegian Bokmål

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    NorwegianWikipedia has an article on:
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    Etymology 1

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    Noun

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    alter n (definite singularalteret /altret,indefinite pluralalter /altere /altre,definite pluralaltera /altra /altrene)

    1. analtar

    Etymology 2

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    Noun

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    alter m

    1. indefiniteplural ofalt

    Norwegian Nynorsk

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    Norwegian NynorskWikipedia has an article on:
    Wikipediann

    Alternative forms

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    Noun

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    alter n (definite singularalteret,indefinite pluralalter,definite pluralaltera)

    1. analtar

    Old High German

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    Adjective

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    altēr

    1. strongmasculinenominativesingular ofalt
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