different between altern vs astern

English

Etymology

Latin alternus.

Adjective

altern (not comparable)

1. (obsolete) Acting by turns; alternate.
   • 1667, John Milton, Paradise Lost, Book VII, lines 346 to 352.

Derived terms

• altern base

Anagrams

• Antler, Lenart, antler, learnt, rental, ternal

German

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??alt?n/

Verb

altern (weak, third-person singular present altert, past tense alterte, past participle gealtert, auxiliary sein)

1. to age

Conjugation

Derived terms

• Altern
• Alterung

Further reading

• “altern” in Duden online

Romanian

Etymology

From French alterne, from Latin alternus.

Adjective

altern m or n (feminine singular altern?, masculine plural alterni, feminine and neuter plural alterne)

1. alternate

Declension

English

Etymology

From a- (“towards”) +? stern (“rear part of a vessel”).

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /??st?n/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /??st??n/
• Rhymes: -??(?)n

Adverb

astern (comparative more astern, superlative most astern) (nautical)

1. Behind (a vessel); in the rear.
2. In the direction of the stern; backward (motion); to the rear.
3. (obsolete or rare) At or toward the rear of a vessel.

Quotations

For quotations using this term, see Citations:astern.

Antonyms

• ahead

Derived terms

• astern of

Translations

Adjective

astern (not comparable) (nautical)

1. Behind a vessel; having a bearing of 180 degrees from ahead.

   If one ship is following another, the first is astern of the second.

Usage notes

• Within the ship, the corresponding adjective is abaft. An object nearer the stern than the mainmast is abaft the mainmast.

Translations

Anagrams

• Arents, Stearn, Terans, antres, arents, arnest, atrens, naters, santer, sterna, transe