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单词 alternance
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alternancen.

Brit. /ˈɔːltənəns/, /ˈɒltənəns/, U.S. /ˈɔltərnəns/, /ˈɑltərnəns/
Origin: A borrowing from French. Etymon: French alternance.
Etymology: < French alternance (1825 (in the passage translated in quot. 1826) or earlier) < alterner (see alternate v.) + -ance -ance suffix. Compare earlier alternation n.With the specific phonological sense in quot. 1934 compare German Alternation alternation n. (1895 (in the title of J. Baudouin de Courtenay Versuch einer Theorie phonetischer Alternationen) or earlier in this sense). O.E.D. Suppl. (1972) also gives the pronunciation (æ·ltəɹnăns) /ˈæltənəns/.
Alternation, variance; an instance of this.
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the world > time > change > alternation > [noun]
interchangingc1374
alternationc1443
alternement1483
interchange1559
intercourse1571
reciprocation1586
circulation1597
counterchange1602
interchangeableness1606
subalternation1616
vicissitude1624
alternity1646
alternacy1650
alternative1732
variegation1781
fluctuation1802
alternance1826
up and down1855
intermittence1860
the mind > language > linguistics > [noun] > variation or variant
alternance1826
alternation1894
alternant1925
1826 H. M. Williams tr. A. von Humboldt Personal Narr. Trav. VI. 600 These beds are less connected by alternance than by opposition.
1868 N. Amer. Rev. July 128 He would call attention to the spiral arrangement of leaves; the overlapping of sepals in the rose; and the alternance of parts.
1934 J. R. Firth in Le Maître phonétique 46 45 Kruszewski, however, extended the term phoneme to include sound alternances associated with changes of morphological categories.
1957 C. L. Wrenn in M. West & P. F. Kimber Deskb. Correct English p. vi The alternance of spellings and usages of all kinds has struck me very forcibly.
1980 Encounter May 20/2 In his passionate tirade Herder did not assign any cause to this alternance of creation and destruction.
1997 R. Binion Sounding Classics vi. 58 Akin to such turnabouts are interchanges of high and low symbols..and alternances of high and low diction.
This entry has been updated (OED Third Edition, November 2010; most recently modified version published online December 2021).
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