alterati

Alterati is a term from the Italian language. It most often functions as the masculine plural form of the adjective and past participle alterato, derived from the verb alterare, meaning to change or modify. In usage, alterati describes things that have undergone modification or transformation and agrees in gender and number with the nouns they modify. For example, we can say "documenti alterati" (altered documents) or "stili alterati" (altered styles). The feminine forms are alterata (singular) and alterate (plural).

Etymology and forms. The word comes from the verb alterare, with the standard Italian suffix -ato that marks past participles and adjectives. The root alter- is related to change or otherness, and the entire family of words covers a range of senses from mechanical or technical modifications to more abstract alterations.

Usage notes. In standard Italian, alterati is primarily a descriptive or classificatory term, used to indicate that something is not in its original state. It can apply to physical objects, documents, styles, sounds, or other qualities that have been changed. The noun form is rarely used on its own and more often the phrase would rely on the adjective form within a noun phrase.

See also. Alterare, alterazione, and other derivations in the same word family. In contexts where a proper noun or title uses Alterati, it would be treated as a distinct name rather than a common grammatical form.