alternat

From French.

alternat

1. The custom, among diplomats, of rotation in precedence among representatives of equal rank, sometimes determined by lot and at other times in regular order. The practice obtains in the signing of treaties and conventions between nations.

• alterant, tarletan

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /əl.təɾˈnat/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /əl.tərˈnat/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /al.teɾˈnat/
• Rhymes: -at

alternat m (feminine alternada, masculine plural alternats, feminine plural alternades)

1. past participle of alternar

alternat m (plural alternats)

1. alternation
2. The imposition of circulation alternée

alternat

1. third-person singular present active indicative of alternō