alternance

English

Noun

alternance (countable and uncountable, plural alternances)

1. Alternation.
   • 2016, Michel Alhadeff-Jones, Time and the Rhythms of Emancipatory Education, page 126:

     They constituted the very first form of alternance between work and study.

French

Etymology

From alterner +‎ -ance, influenced by Latin alternatiō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /al.tɛʁ.nɑ̃s/

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• Homophone: alternances
• Hyphenation: al‧ter‧nance
• Rhymes: -ɑ̃s

Noun

alternance f (plural alternances)

1. alternation

Derived terms

• alternance consonantique
• alternance de code
• alternance vocalique

Further reading

• “alternance”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.