alteration

See also: altération

English

Etymology

From Old French alteracion (French altération), from Medieval Latin alterātiō. Morphologically alter +‎ -ation.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ɒl.tə(ɹ)ˈeɪ.ʃən/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ɔl.tɚˈeɪ.ʃən/
• (cot–caught merger) IPA^(key): /ɑl.tɚˈeɪ.ʃən/

• Audio (US):

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• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

alteration (countable and uncountable, plural alterations)

1. The act of altering or making different.
   • 1594, Richard Hooker, Of the Laws of Ecclesiastical Polity:

     …alteration, though it be from worse to better, hath in it inconveniences…

   1. A minor adjustment to clothing, such as hemming or shortening, to make it fit better.
2. The state of being altered; a change made in the form or nature of a thing; a changed condition.
   • 1892, Arthur Conan Doyle, “The Resident Patient”, in The Memoirs of Sherlock Holmes:

     …and I saw by the alteration in your face that a train of thought had been started.

Derived terms

• alterationist
• microalteration
• realteration
• unalteration

Translations

the act of altering or making different

Arabic: تَغْيِيْر (taḡyiyr) Asturian: alteración f Bashkir: үҙгәртеү (üźgərtew) Bulgarian: промяна (bg) f (promjana), изменение (bg) n (izmenenie) Catalan: alteració (ca) f Chinese: Mandarin: 異動 / 异动 (zh) (yìdòng) Danish: forandring (da) c, ændring (da) c Dutch: verandering (nl) Finnish: muutos (fi) French: altération (fr) f, altérer (fr) Galician: alteración (gl) f German: Änderung (de) f, Veränderung (de) f Greek: Ancient: ἐξαλλαγή (exallagḗ) Ido: altero (io) Italian: alterazione (it) Latin: alterātiō f Macedonian: промена f (promena) Maori: panonitanga, whakarerekētanga Norwegian: Bokmål: endring (no) m or f, forandring m or f Odia: ପରିବର୍ତ୍ତନ (or) (paribarttana) Portuguese: alteração (pt) f Romanian: alterare (ro) f; modificare f, schimbare (ro) f Russian: измене́ние (ru) n (izmenénije), переде́лка (ru) f (peredélka), переде́лывание (ru) n (peredélyvanije), перестро́йка (ru) f (perestrójka), преобразова́ние (ru) n (preobrazovánije), переме́на (ru) f (pereména) Scottish Gaelic: mùthadh m, atharrachadh m, caochladh m Spanish: alteración (es) f, cambio (es) m, modificación (es) f Thai: please add this translation if you can

the state of being altered

Arabic: تَغَيُّر (ar) (taḡayyur) Bashkir: үҙгәреү (üźgərew) Bulgarian: промяна (bg) f (promjana), промененост f (promenenost) Catalan: alteració (ca) f Danish: forandring (da) c, omslag n Esperanto: ŝanĝiĝo Finnish: muutos (fi) French: altération (fr) Indonesian: alterasi Italian: alterazione (it) Latin: mutatio (la) f Nepali: परिबर्तन (paribartan) Norwegian: Bokmål: forandring m or f, omslag (no) n Polish: modyfikacja (pl) f, zmiana (pl) f Portuguese: alteração (pt) Romanian: alterație (ro) f, alterare (ro) f Russian: переду́мывание (ru) n (peredúmyvanije) Spanish: alteración (es)

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Translations to be checked

Ottoman Turkish: (please verify) تبدیل (tebdil), (please verify) تبدل (tebeddül) Turkish: (please verify) tebdil (tr), (please verify) tebeddül (tr)

Further reading

• “alteration”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “alteration”, in Dictionary.com Unabridged, Dictionary.com, LLC, 1995–present.

Interlingua

Noun

alteration (plural alterationes)

1. change, alteration