divers

See also: divèrs

English

Etymology 1

See diver.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaɪ̯vəz/
• IPA^(key): /ˈdaɪ̯vəɹz/

Noun

divers

1. plural of diver

Etymology 2

See diverse.

Alternative forms

• diuers (obsolete)

Adjective

divers (comparative more divers, superlative most divers)

1. Obsolete spelling 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.

   • Template:RQ:Authorized 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.

Anagrams

• drives

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin dīversus.

Adjective

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

1. diverse
2. (in the plural) several

Related terms

• diversificar
• diversitat

Further reading

• “divers” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “divers”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
• “divers” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “divers” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• divers:

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Adjective

divers (comparative diverser, superlative meest divers or diverst)

1. diverse
2. (in the plural) several

Inflection

Declension 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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French

Etymology

Borrowed from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin diversus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.vɛʁ/

• audio:

  (file)

Adjective

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

1. various; varying

Synonyms

• différent

Related terms

• diverger
• diversement
• diversifier
• diversité

References

• etymology

Further reading

• “divers”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• verdis

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German

Adjective

divers (comparative diverser, superlative am diversesten)

1. various, diverse, miscellaneous

Further reading

• “divers” in Duden online

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Middle French

Etymology

Latin diversus.

Adjective

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

1. various; varying; different

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Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French divers, from Latin diversus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diˈvers/

Adjective

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

1. various, diverse, varied

   Synonyms: variat, felurit, diferit

Declension

Declension of divers

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative/ accusative	indefinite	divers		diversă	diverși	diverse
	definite	diversul		diversa	diverșii	diversele
genitive/ dative	indefinite	divers		diverse	diverși	diverse
	definite	diversului		diversei	diverșilor	diverselor