diversification

See also: divèrsificâtion

English

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Medieval Latin diversificatiō, from diversificātus, past participle of diversificō (“diversify”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin diversus (“turned in different ways”) + faciō (“make, do”). Synchronically analyzable as diverse +‎ -ification.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˌvɝsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/, /daɪˌvɝsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
• IPA^(key): /daɪˌvɜːsɪfɪˈkeɪʃən/
• Rhymes: -eɪʃən

Noun

diversification (countable and uncountable, plural diversifications)

1. The act, or the result, of diversifying.
2. A corporate strategy in which a company acquires or establishes a business other than that of its current product.
3. (finance) An investment strategy involving investing in a range of assets with differing features in order to reduce specific risk.

Translations

act of diversifying

• Catalan: diversificació f
• Finnish: monipuolistaminen (tr.), monipuolistuminen (intr.)
• French: diversification (fr) f
• Galician: diversificación (gl) f
• German: Diversifikation (de) f, Diversifizierung f
• Greek: διαφοροποίηση (el) (diaforopoíisi)
• Italian: diversificazione (it) f
• (deprecated template usage) {{trans-mid}}
• Japanese: 万状 (ばんじょう, banjō)
• Korean: 다원화 (dawonhwa)
• Norman: divèrsificâtion f
• Portuguese: diversificação f
• Russian: диверсифика́ция (ru) f (diversifikácija)
• Spanish: diversificación f
• Swedish: diversifiering (sv) c

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French

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Medieval Latin diversificatiō, from diversificātus, past participle of diversificō (“diversify”), from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin diversus (“turned in different ways”) + faciō (“make, do”)

Pronunciation

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Noun

diversification f (plural diversifications)

1. diversification

Further reading

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