different between attern vs altern

English

Etymology

From Middle English attern, from Old English ?tren (“poisoned, poisonous, venomous”), from Proto-West Germanic *ait(t)r?n (“poisonous”). Equivalent to atter +? -en.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -æt?(?)n

Adjective

attern (comparative more attern, superlative most attern)

1. (Britain dialectal) Venomous; poisonous.
2. (Britain dialectal, of people) Cruel; fierce; ill-natured.

Derived terms

• attern-temper

Anagrams

• Arnett, natter, ratten, tarten, treant

Middle English

Alternative forms

• atterne, hatterne

Etymology

From Old English ?tren, ættern, from Proto-West Germanic *ait(t)r?n.

Adjective

attern

1. Containing poison; poisonous, venomous.

Descendants

• English: attern

References

• “attern, adj.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 27 April 2018.

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