miscellaneous

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmɪsəˈleɪnɪəs/

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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

• (consisting of a variety of ingredients or parts): diverse, manifold; See also Thesaurus:heterogeneous or Thesaurus:assorted
• (having diverse characteristics):

Derived terms

• misc, misc. (abbreviation)
• miscellaneously

Related terms

• miscegenation
• miscellany
• miscellanea
• miscellaneity
• miscible

Translations

consisting of a variety of ingredients or parts

• Arabic: مُتَنَوِّع‎ (mutanawwiʿ)
• Bulgarian: смесен (bg) (smesen), разнообразен (bg) (raznoobrazen)
• Catalan: miscel·lani (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 混杂的, 杂项 (zh)

• Czech: rozmanitý (cs), různorodý, smíšený (cs)
• Danish: diverse (da), blandet
• Dutch: gemengd (nl)
• Finnish: sekalainen (fi)
• French: divers (fr)
• Georgian: სხვადასხვა (sxvadasxva)
• German: gemischt (de), vermischt (de), verschieden (de)
• Greek: διάφορος (el) (diáforos)
• Hebrew: שונות‎ (he) f pl
• Hungarian: vegyes (hu), különféle (hu), változatos (hu)
• Icelandic: ýmislegur (is)

• Irish: ilghnéitheach, il-
• Japanese: 雑多 (ja) (zatta)
• Latin: miscellāneus, miscellus
• Macedonian: разновидно n (raznovidno)
• Malayalam: പലതരം (palataraṃ)
• Norwegian: blanda, blandet
• Polish: różny (pl), rozmaity (pl), różnorodny (pl) m
• Portuguese: variado (pt)
• Romanian: amestecat (ro) m or n, divers (ro) m or n
• Russian: ра́зный (ru) (ráznyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: measgaichte
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: разно̀врстан

  Roman: raznòvrstan (sh)

• Spanish: varios (es) pl, misceláneo
• Swedish: blandad (sv)
• Tagalog: balabalaki
• Thai: เบ็ดเตล็ด (th) (bèt-dtà-lèt), ปกิณกะ (th), มโนสาเร่

having diverse characteristics

• Bulgarian: разнороден (bg) (raznoroden)
• Catalan: miscel·lani (ca)
• Danish: blandet, diverse (da)
• Dutch: veelzijdig (nl)
• Finnish: monitahoinen, monipuolinen (fi)
• French: varié (fr)
• Georgian: სხვადასხვაგვარი (sxvadasxvagvari), მრავლაფეროვანი (mravlaperovani)
• German: vielseitig (de)
• Hungarian: sokrétű (hu), sokoldalú (hu)
• Irish: ilghnéitheach

• Norwegian: diverse (no)
• Portuguese: variado (pt)
• Romanian: divers (ro) m or n
• Russian: разли́чный (ru) (razlíčnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: measgaichte
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: разно̀личан

  Roman: raznòličan (sh)

• Slovene: raznovrsten m
• Spanish: varios (es)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} gemengd (nl)

• Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} diverse (no)
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} diverse (sv)