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Is alternant a Scrabble word?

Yes. The word alternant is a Scrabble US word. The word alternant is worth 9 points in Scrabble:

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Is alternant a Scrabble UK word?

Yes. The word alternant is a Scrabble UK word and has 9 points:

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9-letter words (1 found)

ALTERNANT,

8-letter words (3 found)

ALTERANT,ALTERNAT,TARLETAN,

7-letter words (7 found)

ENTRANT,LANTERN,LATRANT,TANNATE,TARTANE,TETANAL,TRENTAL,

6-letter words (27 found)

ALTERN,ANNEAL,ANTLER,ANTRAL,LANATE,LANNER,LATENT,LATTEN,LATTER,LEARNT,NATANT,NATTER,RATTAN,RATTEN,RATTLE,RELATA,RENTAL,TALANT,TALENT,TANNER,TANTRA,TARNAL,TARTAN,TATLER,TENANT,TERATA,TERNAL,

5-letter words (43 found)

ALANE,ALANT,ALATE,ALERT,ALTAR,ALTER,ANEAR,ANENT,ANNAL,ANNAT,ANTAE,ANTAR,ANTRA,ANTRE,AREAL,ARENA,ARETT,ARTAL,ARTEL,ATTAR,EARNT,LARNT,LATEN,LATER,LATTE,LEANT,LEARN,NATAL,NERAL,RATAL,RATAN,RATEL,REATA,RENAL,TALAR,TALEA,TALER,TANNA,TATAR,TATER,TETRA,TRANT,TREAT,

4-letter words (65 found)

ALAE,ALAN,ALAR,ANAL,ANAN,ANNA,ANTA,ANTE,AREA,ARET,ARLE,ARNA,EARL,EARN,ELAN,ETAT,ETNA,LAER,LANA,LANE,LANT,LARE,LARN,LATE,LEAN,LEAR,LEAT,LENT,NAAN,NALA,NANA,NANE,NARE,NEAL,NEAR,NEAT,NETT,RALE,RANA,RANT,RATA,RATE,REAL,REAN,RENT,TAAL,TAEL,TALA,TALE,TANA,TANE,TARA,TARE,TARN,TART,TATE,TEAL,TEAR,TEAT,TELA,TELT,TENT,TERN,TRAT,TRET,

3-letter words (39 found)

AAL,ALA,ALE,ALT,ANA,ANE,ANN,ANT,ARE,ART,ATE,ATT,EAN,EAR,EAT,ELT,ERA,ERN,ETA,LAR,LAT,LEA,LET,NAE,NAN,NAT,NET,RAN,RAT,REN,RET,TAE,TAN,TAR,TAT,TEA,TEL,TEN,TET,

2-letter words (17 found)

AA,AE,AL,AN,AR,AT,EA,EL,EN,ER,ET,LA,NA,NE,RE,TA,TE,

1-letter words (1 found)

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You can make 203 words from alternant according to the Scrabble US and Canada dictionary.

Definitions and meaning of alternant

alternant

Adjective

alternant (not comparable)

  1. Alternating from one row of a matrix to another.
  2. (geology) Composed of alternate layers, like certain rocks.

Noun

alternant (plural alternants)

  1. (linguistics) An alternative form or allomorph.
  2. (mathematics) A determinant which is an alternating function.

Derived terms

  • alternant matrix

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [əl.tərˈnan]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [əl.tərˈnant]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [al.teɾˈnant]

Verb

alternant

  1. gerund of alternar

French

Pronunciation

Participle

alternant

  1. present participle of alterner

Adjective

alternant (feminine alternante, masculine plural alternants, feminine plural alternantes)

  1. alternating

Further reading

  • “alternant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Latin

Verb

alternant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of alternō

Polish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin alternāns (genitive alternantis). First attested in the 19th century.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /alˈtɛr.nant/
  • Rhymes: -ɛrnant
  • Syllabification: al‧ter‧nant

Noun

alternant m inan

  1. (phonology) alternant (various realizations of alteration)

Declension

Related terms

References

Further reading

  • alternant in Polish dictionaries at PWN
  • alternant in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French alternant, from Latin alternare.

Adjective

alternant m or n (feminine singular alternantă, masculine plural alternanți, feminine and neuter plural alternante)

  1. alternating

Declension


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