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

Translations

consisting of a variety of ingredients or parts

• Arabic: مُتَنَوِّع (mutanawwiʕ)
• Catalan: miscel·lani
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 混杂的, 杂项 (zh) (záxiàng)

• Czech: rozmanitý, 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 f pl
• Icelandic: ýmislegur (is)
• Irish: ilghnéitheach, il-
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• Japanese: 雑多 (zatta)
• Latin: miscellāneus, miscellus
• Macedonian: разновидно n (raznovidno)
• 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 (bèt-dtà-lèt), ปกิณกะ (th), มโนสาเร่

having diverse characteristics

• Catalan: miscel·lani
• Danish: blandet, diverse (da)
• Finnish: monitahoinen, monipuolinen (fi)
• Georgian: სხვადასხვაგვარი (sxvadasxvagvari), მრავლაფეროვანი (mravlaperovani)
• German: vielseitig (de)
• Irish: ilghnéitheach
• Norwegian: diverse (no)
• Portuguese: variado (pt)
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• 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)

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Translations to be checked

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} gemengd (nl)
• French: (Recueil scientifique ou littéraire) ^{(please verify)} miscellanées (fr), ^{(please verify)} divers (fr)
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• Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} diverse (no)
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} diverse (sv)