divers

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See also: divèrs

English[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

See diver.

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈdaɪvə(ɹ)z/
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  • Rhymes: -aɪvə(ɹ)z

Noun[edit]

divers

  1. plural of diver

Etymology 2[edit]

See diverse.

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

divers (comparative more divers, superlative most divers)

  1. Archaic form of diverse, in the sense of various or assorted.
    • 1551, James A.H. Murray, editor, A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles: Founded Mainly on the Materials Collected by the Philological Society.[1], volume 1, Oxford: Clarendon Press, published 1888, Part 1, page 217:
      Also the rule of false position, with dyuers examples not onely vulgar, but some appertaynyng to the rule of Algeber.
    • 1611, The Holy Bible, [] (King James Version), London: [] Robert Barker, [], →OCLC, Matthew 4:24:
      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.
    • 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter I, in Romance and Reality. [], volume I, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, [], →OCLC, page 8:
      But to-night, the third rainy evening of three rainy days, every flower in the divers china bowls, cups, vases, was withered; the harp was out of tune with the damp; and Emily betook herself to the leafy labyrinth of a muslin flounce, la belle alliance of uselessness and industry.
    • 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 112:
      Divers plans and numerous devices were tried to stop the leakage.
    • 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.
    • 1949, William Dale Morris, The Christian Origins of Social Revolt, page 25:
      One of the most formidable of the heretical movements of the Middle Ages was Lollardy or Lollery. The Lollard movement was made up of divers elements, [...]

Pronoun[edit]

divers

  1. (archaic or literary) An indefinite number (at least two).

Usage notes[edit]

When used as a pronoun, divers functions as a plural and takes a plural verb.

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Catalan[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin dīversus.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

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

  1. diverse
  2. (in the plural) several

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Dutch[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Middle Dutch divers, from Old French divers, from Latin dīversus.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

divers (comparative diverser, superlative meest divers or diverst)

  1. diverse
  2. (in the plural) several

Inflection[edit]

Inflection of divers
uninflected divers
inflected diverse
comparative diverser
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial divers diverser het diverst
het diverste
indefinite m./f. sing. diverse diversere diverste
n. sing. divers diverser diverste
plural diverse diversere diverste
definite diverse diversere diverste
partitive divers diversers

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Descendants[edit]

  • Negerhollands: divers

French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin dīversus.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

divers (feminine diverse, masculine plural divers, feminine plural diverses)

  1. various; varying
    Synonym: différent

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German[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Latin dīversus.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

divers (strong nominative masculine singular diverser, comparative diverser, superlative am diversesten)

  1. (in the plural) different, various, miscellaneous (a certain number of different items)
    Synonym: verschieden
  2. (formal) diverse, varying (showing great variety)
    Synonyms: unterschiedlich, verschieden, verschiedenartig
  3. (neologism) diverse (of a society or group: showing variety in terms of ethnicity, language, religious affiliation, sexual orientation, etc.)
    Synonym: (informal) bunt
  4. (neologism, officialese) non-binary, intersex (belonging to any category of gender that is neither male nor female)

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Maltese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from Italian diverso, from Latin diversus.

Pronunciation[edit]

Adjective[edit]

divers (feminine singular diversa, plural diversi)

  1. diverse, showing great variation
    Il-problemi li jbatu minnhom il-familji foqra f’pajjiżna huma diversi ħafna.
    The problems that poor families in our country suffer from are quite diverse.

Usage notes[edit]

  • The plural form is also used as a determiner meaning “several”, see there.

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Middle French[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Latin diversus.

Adjective[edit]

divers m (feminine singular diverse, masculine plural divers, feminine plural diverses)

  1. various; varying; different

Romanian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from French divers, from Latin diversus.

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Adjective[edit]

divers m or n (feminine singular diversă, masculine plural diverși, feminine and neuter plural diverse)

  1. various, diverse, varied
    Synonyms: variat, felurit, diferit

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