See alternative in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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"replacement",
"replacement"
],
[
"offensive",
"offensive"
],
[
"unacceptable",
"unacceptable"
],
[
"euphemism",
"euphemism"
]
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ɒl.ˈtɜː(ɹ).nə.tɪv/",
"tags": [
"UK"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɔl.ˈtɝ.nə.tɪv/",
"tags": [
"US"
]
},
{
"ipa": "/ɑl.ˈtɝ.nə.tɪv/",
"tags": [
"cot-caught-merger"
]
},
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"mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/1/16/En-us-alternative.ogg/En-us-alternative.ogg.mp3",
"ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/1/16/En-us-alternative.ogg"
}
],
"synonyms": [
{
"word": "Synonyms: see Thesaurus:option"
}
],
"translations": [
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "alʹternatýva",
"sense": "a situation which allows a choice between two or more possibilities",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "альтэрнаты́ва"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "alternatíva",
"sense": "a situation which allows a choice between two or more possibilities",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "алтернати́ва"
},
{
"code": "cs",
"lang": "Czech",
"sense": "a situation which allows a choice between two or more possibilities",
"word": "alternativa"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "a situation which allows a choice between two or more possibilities",
"word": "alternativo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "a situation which allows a choice between two or more possibilities",
"word": "vaihtoehto"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "a situation which allows a choice between two or more possibilities",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "alternative"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "a situation which allows a choice between two or more possibilities",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Alternative"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "enallagí",
"sense": "a situation which allows a choice between two or more possibilities",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "εναλλαγή"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "diéxodos",
"sense": "a situation which allows a choice between two or more possibilities",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "διέξοδος"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "a situation which allows a choice between two or more possibilities",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "rogha"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "a situation which allows a choice between two or more possibilities",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "alternativa"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sentakushi",
"sense": "a situation which allows a choice between two or more possibilities",
"word": "選択肢"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "badal",
"sense": "a situation which allows a choice between two or more possibilities",
"word": "ബദൽ"
},
{
"code": "mwl",
"lang": "Mirandese",
"sense": "a situation which allows a choice between two or more possibilities",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "alternatiba"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "a situation which allows a choice between two or more possibilities",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "alternativ"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "a situation which allows a choice between two or more possibilities",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"plural"
],
"word": "alternativ"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "a situation which allows a choice between two or more possibilities",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "alternatywa"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "a situation which allows a choice between two or more possibilities",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "dysjunkcja"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "a situation which allows a choice between two or more possibilities",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "alternativa"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "alʹternatíva",
"sense": "a situation which allows a choice between two or more possibilities",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "альтернати́ва"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "a situation which allows a choice between two or more possibilities",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "алтернати́ва"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "a situation which allows a choice between two or more possibilities",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "alternatíva"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "a situation which allows a choice between two or more possibilities",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "alternativa"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "a situation which allows a choice between two or more possibilities",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "alternativ"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "a situation which allows a choice between two or more possibilities",
"word": "seçenek"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "alʹternatýva",
"sense": "a situation which allows a choice between two or more possibilities",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "альтернати́ва"
},
{
"code": "hy",
"lang": "Armenian",
"roman": "ayləntrankʻ",
"sense": "one of several things which can be chosen",
"word": "այլընտրանք"
},
{
"code": "be",
"lang": "Belarusian",
"roman": "alʹternatýva",
"sense": "one of several things which can be chosen",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "альтэрнаты́ва"
},
{
"code": "bg",
"lang": "Bulgarian",
"roman": "alternatíva",
"sense": "one of several things which can be chosen",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "алтернати́ва"
},
{
"code": "eo",
"lang": "Esperanto",
"sense": "one of several things which can be chosen",
"word": "alternativo"
},
{
"code": "fi",
"lang": "Finnish",
"sense": "one of several things which can be chosen",
"word": "vaihtoehto"
},
{
"code": "fr",
"lang": "French",
"sense": "one of several things which can be chosen",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "alternative"
},
{
"code": "de",
"lang": "German",
"sense": "one of several things which can be chosen",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "Alternative"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "epilogí",
"sense": "one of several things which can be chosen",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "επιλογή"
},
{
"code": "el",
"lang": "Greek",
"roman": "eklogí",
"sense": "one of several things which can be chosen",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "εκλογή"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "alternatíva",
"sense": "one of several things which can be chosen",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "אַלְטֶרְנָטִיבָה"
},
{
"code": "he",
"lang": "Hebrew",
"roman": "khalufá",
"sense": "one of several things which can be chosen",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "חֲלוּפָה"
},
{
"code": "ga",
"lang": "Irish",
"sense": "one of several things which can be chosen",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "rogha"
},
{
"code": "it",
"lang": "Italian",
"sense": "one of several things which can be chosen",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "alternativa"
},
{
"code": "ja",
"lang": "Japanese",
"roman": "sentakushi",
"sense": "one of several things which can be chosen",
"word": "選択肢"
},
{
"code": "ml",
"lang": "Malayalam",
"roman": "pakaraṁ",
"sense": "one of several things which can be chosen",
"word": "പകരം"
},
{
"code": "mwl",
"lang": "Mirandese",
"sense": "one of several things which can be chosen",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "alternatiba"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "one of several things which can be chosen",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "alternativ"
},
{
"code": "no",
"lang": "Norwegian",
"sense": "one of several things which can be chosen",
"tags": [
"neuter",
"plural"
],
"word": "alternativ"
},
{
"code": "pl",
"lang": "Polish",
"sense": "one of several things which can be chosen",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "alternatywa"
},
{
"code": "pt",
"lang": "Portuguese",
"sense": "one of several things which can be chosen",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "alternativa"
},
{
"code": "ru",
"lang": "Russian",
"roman": "alʹternatíva",
"sense": "one of several things which can be chosen",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "альтернати́ва"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "one of several things which can be chosen",
"tags": [
"Cyrillic",
"feminine"
],
"word": "алтернати́ва"
},
{
"code": "sh",
"lang": "Serbo-Croatian",
"sense": "one of several things which can be chosen",
"tags": [
"Roman",
"feminine"
],
"word": "alternatíva"
},
{
"code": "es",
"lang": "Spanish",
"sense": "one of several things which can be chosen",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "alternativa"
},
{
"code": "sv",
"lang": "Swedish",
"sense": "one of several things which can be chosen",
"tags": [
"neuter"
],
"word": "alternativ"
},
{
"code": "tr",
"lang": "Turkish",
"sense": "one of several things which can be chosen",
"word": "seçenek"
},
{
"code": "uk",
"lang": "Ukrainian",
"roman": "alʹternatýva",
"sense": "one of several things which can be chosen",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "альтернати́ва"
},
{
"code": "yi",
"lang": "Yiddish",
"roman": "breyre",
"sense": "one of several things which can be chosen",
"tags": [
"feminine"
],
"word": "ברירה"
}
],
"wikipedia": [
"alternative"
],
"word": "alternative"
}
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