alterować

Polish

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Late Latin[1] or Medieval Latin alterō[2] + -ować. First attested in 1578.[3]

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /al.tɛˈrɔ.vat͡ɕ/
  • Rhymes: -ɔvat͡ɕ
  • Syllabification: al‧te‧ro‧wać

Verb

alterować impf

  1. (transitive, music) to modulate a note or chord by a half step
  2. (transitive, dated) to alter, to change
    Synonym: zmieniać
  3. (transitive, archaic) to worry, to cause distress
  4. (reflexive, archaic) to worry, to feel distress
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:bać się

Conjugation

noun

References

  1. Mirosław Bańko; Lidia Wiśniakowska (2021) Wielki słownik wyrazów obcych, →ISBN
  2. Witold Doroszewski, editor (1958–1969), alterować”, in Słownik języka polskiego (in Polish), Warszawa: PWN
  3. alterować”, in Słownik Polszczyzny XVI Wieku [A Dictionary of 16th Century Polish], 2010-2022

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