alternative

Signification (Anglais)

Adj

1. (not-comparable) Relating to a choice between two or more possibilities.
2. (not-comparable) Relating to a choice between two or more possibilities.
3. (not-comparable) Other; different from something else.
4. (not-comparable) Not traditional, outside the mainstream, underground.
5. (not-comparable, obsolete) Alternate, reciprocal.

Noun

1. A situation which allows a mutually exclusive choice between two or more possibilities; a choice between two or more possibilities.
2. One of several mutually exclusive things which can be chosen.
3. The remaining option; something available after other possibilities have been exhausted.
4. (uncountable) alternative rock
5. A non-offensive word or phrase that serves as a replacement for a word deemed offensive or unacceptable, though not as a euphemism.

Concepts

alternative

alternatif

solution de rechange

solution de remplacement

choix

autre solution possible

autre moyen possible

substitut éventuel

option

subrogation

alternati

alterner

autre

de rechange

ersatz

faculté

possibilité

substitution

non conventionnel

Synonymes

option

choice

alternate

variant

substitute

optional

another

selection

different

modification

disjunctive

trade-off

inferiority

other

outlet

pick

⛏️

possibility

recourse

replace

replacement

second best

selective

stagger

substitute for

tradeoff

variation

vent

version

view

way out

alternative strategy

make-shift

second alternative

alternative decision

part

alternative scheme

acting

alt

alterative

alternation

alternative solution

change

commutation

discretion

electable

election

eligible

Traductions

alternativo

alternativo

Alternative

alternativ

alternatief

alternativa

alternativo

alternativa

alternativa

alternatiu

εναλλακτικός

alternatif

seçenek

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/ɒl.ˈtɜː(ɹ).nə.tɪv/

Étymologie (Anglais)

From Middle French alternatif, from Medieval Latin alternātīvus (“alternating”), from the participle stem of Latin alternō (“interchange, alternate”). Compare alternate.

Phrases

This no good alternative .

Ce n'est pas une bonne alternative.