aliter

English

Etymology

From Latin aliter (“otherwise”), from alius (“other”).

Pronunciation
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈæ.lɪ.tə/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈæ.lɪ.tɚ/

Adverb

aliter (not comparable)

  1. otherwise

Anagrams

French

Etymology

a- +‎ lit +‎ -er

Pronunciation

Verb

aliter

  1. (reflexive) to be bedridden
  2. (transitive) to cause to become bedridden

Conjugation
Conjugation of aliter (see also Appendix:French verbs)
present participle alitant
/a.li.tɑ̃/
past participle alité
/a.li.te/
infinitive
simple aliter
compound avoir + past participle
gerund1
simple alitant
/a.li.tɑ̃/
compound ayant + past participle
singular plural
first second third first second third
indicative je (j’) tu il, elle nous vous ils, elles
(simple
tenses)		 present alite
/a.lit/		 alites
/a.lit/		 alite
/a.lit/		 alitons
/a.li.tɔ̃/		 alitez
/a.li.te/		 alitent
/a.lit/
imperfect alitais
/a.li.tɛ/		 alitais
/a.li.tɛ/		 alitait
/a.li.tɛ/		 alitions
/a.li.tjɔ̃/		 alitiez
/a.li.tje/		 alitaient
/a.li.tɛ/
past historic2 alitai
/a.li.te/		 alitas
/a.li.ta/		 alita
/a.li.ta/		 alitâmes
/a.li.tam/		 alitâtes
/a.li.tat/		 alitèrent
/a.li.tɛʁ/
future aliterai
/a.li.tʁe/		 aliteras
/a.li.tʁa/		 alitera
/a.li.tʁa/		 aliterons
/a.li.tʁɔ̃/		 aliterez
/a.li.tʁe/		 aliteront
/a.li.tʁɔ̃/
conditional aliterais
/a.li.tʁɛ/		 aliterais
/a.li.tʁɛ/		 aliterait
/a.li.tʁɛ/		 aliterions
/a.li.tə.ʁjɔ̃/		 aliteriez
/a.li.tə.ʁje/		 aliteraient
/a.li.tʁɛ/
(compound
tenses)		 present perfect present indicative of avoir + past participle
pluperfect imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
past anterior2 past historic of avoir + past participle
future perfect future of avoir + past participle
conditional perfect conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive que je (j’) que tu qu’il, qu’elle que nous que vous qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple
tenses)		 present alite
/a.lit/		 alites
/a.lit/		 alite
/a.lit/		 alitions
/a.li.tjɔ̃/		 alitiez
/a.li.tje/		 alitent
/a.lit/
imperfect2 alitasse
/a.li.tas/		 alitasses
/a.li.tas/		 alitât
/a.li.ta/		 alitassions
/a.li.ta.sjɔ̃/		 alitassiez
/a.li.ta.sje/		 alitassent
/a.li.tas/
(compound
tenses)		 past present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
pluperfect2 imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative – tu – nous vous –
simple — alite
/a.lit/		 — alitons
/a.li.tɔ̃/		 alitez
/a.li.te/		 —
compound — simple imperative of avoir + past participle — simple imperative of avoir + past participle simple imperative of avoir + past participle —
1 Only usable with preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, the past historic, past anterior, imperfect subjunctive and pluperfect subjunctive tenses may be found to have been replaced with the indicative present perfect, indicative pluperfect, present subjunctive and past subjunctive tenses respectively (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Further reading

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

Adverb from alius (“other”).

Pronunciation
  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈa.li.ter/, [ˈa.lɪ.tɛr]

Adverb

aliter (not comparable)

  1. otherwise
  2. differently, wrongly, poorly
  3. badly, negatively
  4. mis- (aliter exceptum; mis-understood)

References
  • aliter in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • aliter in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • aliter in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
  • Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co.
    • this is quite another matter: hoc longe aliter, secus est
    • the result has surprised me; I was not prepared for this development: res aliter cecidit ac putaveram
    • to think one thing, say another; to conceal one's opinions: aliter sentire ac loqui (aliud sentire, aliud loqui)
    • the matter stands so (otherwise): res ita (aliter) se habet
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