miscellaneous

English

Etymology

From Latin miscellāneus, from miscellus (“mixed”), from misceō (“mix”).

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌmɪsəˈleɪnɪəs/, SAMPA: /%mIs@"leInI@s/

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• Rhymes: -eɪnɪəs

Adjective

miscellaneous (comparative more miscellaneous, superlative most miscellaneous)

1. Consisting of a variety of ingredients or parts.
2. Having diverse characteristics, abilities or appearances.

Synonyms

• sundry
• various

Derived terms

• misc, misc. (abbreviation)

Translations

consisting of a variety of ingredients or parts

Arabic: متفرقات (ar) pl. Catalan: miscel·lani (ca) Czech: rozmanitý (cs), různorodý (cs), smíšený (cs) Danish: diverse (da) Finnish: sekalainen (fi) French: divers (fr) German: gemischt (de), vermischt (de) Greek: διάφορος (el) (diáforos) Irish: ilghnéitheach (ga), il- (ga)

Japanese: 雑多 (ja) (zatta) Latin: miscellāneus (la), miscellus (la) Macedonian: разновидно (mk) (raznovidno) n. Norwegian: blanda (no), blandet (no) Polish: różny (pl), rozmaity (pl), różnorodny (pl) m. Portuguese: variado (pt) Romanian: amestecat (ro) m. and n., divers (ro) m. and n. Russian: разный (ru) (ráznyj) Spanish: varios (es) pl., misceláneo (es) Swedish: blandad (sv)

having diverse characteristics

Catalan: miscel·lani (ca) Danish: blandet, diverse (da) Finnish: monitahoinen (fi), monipuolinen (fi) German: vielseitig (de)

Irish: ilghnéitheach (ga) Norwegian: diverse (no) Romanian: divers (ro) m. and n. Spanish: varios (es)

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Dutch: diverse French: miscellanées (Recueil scientifique ou littéraire), divers German: diverse Austrian: Misch Masch

Norwegian: diverse Serbo-Croatian: raznovrstan, raznoličan Swedish: diverse

Related terms

• miscellany
• miscellanea