divers

English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈdaɪvəz/
• Homophone: diverse (in some dialects)

Etymology 1

See diver

Noun

divers

1. Plural form of diver.

Etymology 2

See diverse

Adjective

divers (comparative more divers, superlative most divers)

1. Obsolete spelling of diverse.
2. Various.
   • 1611: Matthew 4:24, The Bible, Authorized King James Version

     And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatic, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.

   • 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.

Anagrams

• drives

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Catalan

Adjective

divers m. (feminine diversa, masculine plural diversos, feminine plural diverses)

1. diverse
2. (plural) several

Related terms

• diversificar
• diversitat

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• divers

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Adjective

divers (comparative diverser, superlative diverst)

1. diverse
2. (plural) several

Declension

Declension of divers

		positive	comparative	superlative
				attributive	predicative/adverbial
predicative/adverbial		divers	diverser
neuter singular	indefinite	divers	diverser
	definite	diverse	diversere	diverste	het diverst(e)
common singular		diverse	diversere	diverste	de diverste
plural		diverse	diversere	diverste	de diverste
partitive		divers	diversers

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin diversus.

Pronunciation

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• IPA: /di.vɛʁ/, SAMPA: /di.vER/

Adjective

divers m. (f. diverse, m. plural divers, f. plural diverses)

1. various; varying

Synonyms

• différent

Related terms

• diverger
• diversement
• diversifier
• diversité

Anagrams

• verdis

References

• etymology