various

English

Etymology

From Middle French varieux, from Latin varius (“manifold, diverse, various, party-colored, variegated, also changing, changeable, fickle, etc.”)

Pronunciation

• (RP) IPA: /ˈvɛəɹiəs/
• (GenAm) IPA: /ˈvɛɹiəs/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɛəriəs

Determiner

various

1. more than one indeterminate thing

   Various books have been taken.

   There are various ways to fix the problem.

   You have broken various of the rules.

Adjective

various (not comparable)

1. having a broad range (of different elements).

   The reasons are various.

Synonyms

• sundry
• motley
• manifold
• medley
• miscellaneous
• diverse

Related terms

• variant
• variation
• variegate
• variety
• variously
• vary

Translations

an eclectic range of

• Arabic: مختلف (ar) (muxtalif), متنوع (ar) (mutanáwwa`), شتى (ar) (shattaa)
• Catalan: varis (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 各種 (cmn), 各种 (cmn) (gèzhǒng) (-的 -de)

• Czech: rozdílný (cs)
• Danish: forskellige (da) pl
• Dutch: verscheiden (nl), uiteenlopend (nl)
• Finnish: eri (fi), erilainen (fi); vaihteleva (fi), moninainen (fi)
• French: divers (fr)
• German: verschiedene (de)
• Hungarian: különböző (hu), különféle (hu), sokféle (hu)
• Irish: ilghnéitheach (ga), ilchineálach (ga), éagsúil (ga)

• Italian: vario (it)
• Japanese: いろいろな (iroiro na)
• Korean: 여러 가지의 (ko) (yeoreo gaji-ui)
• Latvian: dažādi (lv)
• Portuguese: vários (pt)
• Russian: разный (ru) (ráznyj), различный (ru) (razlíčnyj)
• Serbo-Croatian: razni (sh), raznoliki (sh)
• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: wšaki

• Spanish: varios (es)
• Swedish: olika (sv)
• Telugu: వేర్వేరు (te) (vErvEru)

Statistics

• Most common English words before 1923: remained · bear · service · #584: various · u · gold · letters

External links

• various in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• various in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

• saviour, Saviour