variant

English

Wikipedia

Alternative forms

• variaunt (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• enPR: vâr'ē-ənt, IPA: /ˈvɛɹiənt/, SAMPA: /"vEri@nt/

Etymology

Recorded since c.1380, from Old French variant, from Latin variāns, the present active participle of variō (“to change”).

Adjective

variant (comparative more variant, superlative most variant)

1. showing variety, diverse
2. showing deviation or disagreement
3. (obsolete) variable

Translations

showing variety, diverse

Czech: různý (cs) Dutch: gevariëerd, verscheiden

Finnish: vaihteleva (fi)

showing deviation or disagreement

Czech: rozdílný (cs) Dutch: afwijkend (nl)

Finnish: poikkeava (fi)

variable — see variable

Noun

variant (plural variants)

1. Something that is slightly different from a type or norm.

   All breeds of dog are variants of the species “Canis lupus familiaris”.

   "The word "kerosine" is a variant of “kerosene”.

2. (genetics) A different sequence of a gene (locus).
3. (computing) A variable that can hold any of various unrelated data types.

Related terms

• variance
• variation
• vary

Translations

something slightly different

Arabic: اختلاف (ixtilāf) m. Armenian: տարբերակ (hy) (tarberak) Chinese: Mandarin: trad. 變體, simpl. 变体, trad. 異體, simpl. 异体 Czech: varianta (cs) f. Dutch: variant (nl) Esperanto: varianto (eo) Finnish: muunnelma (fi), muunnos (fi), variantti (fi) French: variante (fr) f.

Georgian: ვარიანტი (ka) (varianti) German: Variante (de) f. Hungarian: változat (hu), variáns (hu) Italian: variante (it) f. Portuguese: variante (pt) f. Russian: вариант (ru) (variánt) m. Spanish: variante (es) f. Swedish: variant (sv) c. Thai: การเปลี่ยนแปลง (th) (gaan bplìan bplaeng)

genetics: different sequence of a gene

Dutch: variant (nl)

Finnish: geenimuunnos (fi)

computing: variable that can hold several data types

Finnish: variant-muuttuja (fi)

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See also

• alternate
• alternative

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Dutch

Noun

variant m. (^??? please provide the plural and diminutive!)

1. A variant

Synonyms

• variante

Derived terms

• (variants by type) deelvariant m., hoofdvariant m., klassevariant m., openingsvariant m., phoneemvariant m., ruilvariant m., teekenvariant m. (obsolete spelling teekenvariant m.), woordvariant m.
• variantengroep
• variantenmateriaal n.
• variantennet n.
• variantenpaar n.
• variantenreeks

Related terms

• variabiliteit
• variabel
• variatie
• variëren

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA: /vaʁjɑ̃/

Verb

variant

1. Present participle of varier.

Adjective

variant m. (f. variante, m. plural variants, f. plural variantes)

1. varied, which varies; variable

Related terms

• variabilité
• variable
• variation

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Latin

Verb

variant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of variō

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Swedish

Noun

variant c.

1. a variant

Declension

Declension of variant

	singular		plural
Common	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	variant	varianten	varianter	varianterna
genitive	variants	variantens	varianters	varianternas