alternant
Meaning of alternant
- an alternative form of a word or other linguistic unit; a variant.
one form occurs more than its alternants
adjective
changing from one to the other; alternating.
mid 17th century: from Latin alternant- ‘doing things by turns’, from the verb alternare (see alternate).
Information about alternant
- The plural form of alternant is: alternants.
- Languages in which alternant is used:
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Hyphenation of alternant
al-ter-nant
- It consists of 3 syllables and 9 chars.
- alternant is a word trisyllabic because it has three syllables
Words that rhyme with alternant
nant, emanant, misdemeanant, nonemanant, Covenant, D'Avenant, Davenant, Lieutenant, appurtenant, avenant, cotenant, covenant, detenant, discovenant, distenant, entreprenant, intervenant, lieutenant, moyenant, nontenant, oxygenant, prevenant, rejuvenant, remenant, retenant, revenant, setenant, sublieutenant, subtenant, sustenant, tenant, tertenant, uncovenant, underlieutenant, undertenant, untenant, Premalignant, benignant, coregnant, designant, impregnant, indignant, malignant, nonmalignant, nonpregnant, omnipregnant, oppugnant, overpregnant, poignant, pregnant