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)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

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