noun🔗ShareAlternative, changementThat which alternates with something else; vicissitude."The alternate periods of rain and sunshine made for a very unpredictable afternoon. "Les périodes alternées de pluie et de soleil ont rendu l'après-midi très imprévisible.wayactioneventChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareUn remplaçant, une alternativeA substitute; an alternative; one designated to take the place of another, if necessary, in performing some duty."My sister is the alternate for the school play; she will act if the lead actress is sick. "Ma sœur est la remplaçante pour la pièce de l'école ; elle jouera si l'actrice principale est malade.personjobpossibilityChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareAlternanceA proportion derived from another proportion by interchanging the means."The recipe for the cake called for a 2:3 sugar-to-flour ratio. The alternate, using 3 parts sugar to 2 parts flour, would likely result in a different texture. "La recette du gâteau demandait un rapport sucre-farine de 2:3. L'alternative, utilisant 3 parts de sucre pour 2 parts de farine, donnerait probablement une texture différente.mathChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareRemplacement, alternativeA replacement of equal or greater value or function."The teacher used an alternate assignment for students who missed the field trip. "Le professeur a utilisé un devoir de remplacement pour les élèves qui ont manqué l'excursion.valueitemfunctionutilityassetChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
noun🔗ShareFigures ou émaux qui se succèdent tour à tourFigures or tinctures that succeed each other by turns."The schedule alternates between math and science classes every other day. "L'emploi du temps alterne entre les cours de maths et de sciences un jour sur deux.heraldryChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareAlterner, permuterTo perform by turns, or in succession; to cause to succeed by turns; to interchange regularly."The students alternate their reading roles in class, taking turns reading each paragraph. "Les élèves alternent leurs rôles de lecture en classe, en lisant à tour de rôle chaque paragraphe.actionprocesssystemtimeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareAlterner, se relayerTo happen, succeed, or act by turns; to follow reciprocally in place or time; followed by with."The flood and ebb tides alternate with each other."Les marées montantes et descendantes alternent.timeactionprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareAlterner, varierTo vary by turns."The land alternates between rocky hills and sandy plains."Le paysage alterne entre des collines rocheuses et des plaines sablonneuses.actionprocesswayChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
verb🔗ShareAlternerTo perform an alternation (removal of alternate vertices) on (a polytope or tessellation); to remove vertices (from a face or edge) as part of an alternation."To improve the design, the architect alternated the columns on the building's facade, removing every other one. "Pour améliorer la conception, l'architecte a alterné les colonnes de la façade du bâtiment, en supprimant une sur deux.mathChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareAlterné, en alternanceHappening by turns; one following the other in succession of time or place; first one and then the other (repeatedly)"alternate picking is a guitar playing technique"Le picking en alternance est une technique de jeu de guitare.timewayprocessChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareAlterné, en alternanceDesignating the members in a series, which regularly intervene between the members of another series, as the odd or even numbers of the numerals; every other; every second."the alternate members 1, 3, 5, 7, etc."Les membres en alternance 1, 3, 5, 7, etc.numbermathstatisticsChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareAutre, alternatifOther; alternative."He lives in an alternate universe and an alternate reality."Il vit dans un univers alternatif et une réalité alternative.possibilitytypeChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading
adjective🔗ShareAlternes(of leaves) Distributed singly at different heights of the stem, and at equal intervals as respects angular divergence."Many trees have alternate leaf arrangement (e.g. birch, oak and mulberry)."De nombreux arbres ont une disposition alterne des feuilles (par exemple, le bouleau, le chêne et le mûrier).plantbiologynatureChat with AIVocabulary GamePractice Reading