divers

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.1.1 Homophones 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Adjective 2 Dutch 2.1 Adjective 3 French 3.1 Pronunciation 3.2 Adjective 3.2.1 Synonyms 3.2.2 Related terms

[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: 'daɪvəz

[edit] Homophones

• diverse in some dialects

[edit] Etymology 1

[edit] Noun

divers

1. plural of diver

[edit] Etymology 2

[edit] Adjective

divers

1. Alternative spelling of diverse.
2. various
   • 1919: P. G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves

     Shortly after this I had to go out of town. Divers sound sportsmen had invited me to pay visits to their country places, and it wasn't for several months that I settled down in the city again.

3. (dated, only before noun) of many different sorts

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[edit] Dutch

[edit] Adjective

divers (inflected diverse)

1. diverse, several

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[edit] French

[edit] Pronunciation

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• IPA: /di.vɛʁ/, SAMPA: /di.vER/

[edit] Adjective

	Singular	Plural
Masculine	divers IPA: /di.vɛʁ/	divers IPA: /di.vɛʁ/
Feminine	diverse IPA: /di.vɛʁs/	diverses IPA: /di.vɛʁs/

divers

1. various

[edit] Synonyms

• différent

[edit] Related terms

• diverger
• diversement
• diversifier
• diversité