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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.
Alternative forms
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Derived terms
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Related terms
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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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Pronunciation

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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]

Pronunciation

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Determiner

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

  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).

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

Derived terms

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Related terms

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Latin correlatives(edit)
typedemonstrativeanaphoricidentityinterrogativeindefinitenegativeother
proximalmedialdistalindefiniteirrelative / emphaticrelativeindefinitefree choiceuniversalnegative polarity
basichiciste
istic
ille
illic
isipse
īdem
ecquis
ecquī
ecquisnam
ecquīnam
quisquamne
quisnam
quīnam
quis
quī
quisquis
quīcumque
quis
quī
quīdam
aliquis
aliquī
quispiam
quīvis
quīlibet
quisquequisquam
ūllus
°aliquisquam
nēquisquam
nēmō
nihil
nūllus
alius
possessive*eccuius
cuiusquamne
cuiusnamcuiuscuiuscumquealicuius
cuiusdam
cuiusvīscuiusquecuiusquamnēcuiusquam
comparative (likeness)huiusmodī
huiuscemodī
istī̆usmodīillī̆usmodīeiusmodīeiusdemmodīcuiusmodīcuiusmodīcumquealicuiusmodī
cuiusdammodī
cuiusvīsmodīcuiusquemodīcuiusquammodīnēcuiusquammodī
dualuterneuternamuterutercumquealteruterutervīs
uterlibet
uterqueneuteralter
placehīcistīcillīcibī̆ibī̆demusquamneubinamubī̆ubī̆cumque
ubiubī̆
alicubī̆
uspiam
ubivīs
ubilibet
ubīque
usque
usquamnusquam
nūllibī
alibī
aliās
sourcehincistincillincindeindidem°undiquamneundenamundeundecumque
undeunde
alicunde°undelibetundique°undiquam°nēundiquam
°nūllunde
aliunde
destinationhūc
°hōrsum
istūc
°istōrsum
illūc
°illōrsum
eōdemecquō
°quōquamne
quōnamquō
quōrsum
quōcumque
quōquō
°quōrsumcumque
aliquō
quōpiam
°aliquōvorsum
quōvīs
quōlibet
quōquequōquamnusquam
°nūllōrsum
aliō
aliōrsum
method,
means,
path,
place
hācistācillāceādemecquā
°quāquamne
quānamquāquācumque
quāquā
aliquāquāvīs
quālibet
quāque°quāquam
ūllā
nēquāquam
haudquāquam
aliā
distancehāctenusistātenus
istāctenus
illātenus
illāctenus
eātenusecquātenus
°quāquamne tenus
quātenusnamquātenus°quātenuscumque
°quāquātenus
aliquātenus
quādantenus
quātenusvīs
quātenuslibet
°quāquamtenus
ūllātenus
nūllātenusaliātenus
mannerhōcmodōistōmodōillōmodōita
sīc,
modō
item
itidem
°quīquamneutinamut
prout
quī
quōmodō
quōmodo
quemadmodum
utcumque
utut
proutcumque
quōmodocumque
°quemadmodumcumque
quī
quōdammodō
aliquōmodō
quōmodolibetutīque°utiquam
°quīquam
ūllōmodō
nihil
neutiquam
neutī̆que
nēquīquam
nūllōmodō
aliter
aliōquī
alterō/aliōmodō
timenum
nunc
dum
dunc
dūdum
ōlimtum
tunc
simulecquandō
umquamne
quandōnamquandō
cum
cumque
quandōcumque
quandōque
°quandōnē
°quandōquandō
°cumcumque
quondam
aliquandō
quandōlibetquandōqueumquamnumquamaliās
quantitynamtamtamen
tandem
quamquamnequamquamcumque
quamquam
aliquamquamvīs
quamlibet
quamquequamquam
sizetantustantusdemquantusquantuscumque
quantusquantus
aliquantusquantusvīs
quantuslibet
quantusque
extendtantumtantundemquantum
°quantillum
quantumcumquealiquantumquantumvīs
quantumlibet
quantumque
intensitytantō
tantopere
quantō
quantopere
quantōcumquealiquantō
aliquantopere
quantōlibetquantōque
size (smallness)tantulusquantulus
°quantillus
quantuluscumquealiquantulus°quantuluslibet
size (greatness)tammagnusquammagnusquammagnuscumquealiquammagnus°quammagnuslibet
qualitytālisecquālisquālisnamquālisquāliscumque
quālisquālis
aliquālisquālislibetquālisquenihilī
numbertottotidemquotinamquotquotquot
quotcumque
aliquotquotlibet
order/fractionaltotusquotusquotuscumquealiquotusquotuslibet
repetitiontotiēnsquotiēnsquotiēnscumquealiquotiēnsquotiēnslibetquotiēnsque
time (continuous)tamdiū
tantīsper
quamdiū
quantīsper
quamdiūcumquealiquamdiū
aliquantīsper
quamdiūlibetquamque diū
accounteāproptercūr
quāpropter
quāproptercumquealiquāpropter
beautytampulcherquampulcherquampulchercumquealiquampulcher
multiplicationtotuplexquotuplex
proportiontotuplusquotuplus
distributivequotēnus
time (future)°quantūrus
† Turned conjunction with original meaning somewhat dissimilated
° Rare
‡ Only used as a conjunction, not as an interrogative.
* Old Latin; ridiculed by most grammarians in later stages.

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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