various

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛəɹi.əs/
• (US, Mary–marry–merry distinction) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛəɹi.əs/ (alternatively, /ˈvæɹiəs/ among some speakers)
• (US, Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛɹi.əs/

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• Rhymes: -ɛəriəs

Determiner

various

1. More than one (of an indeterminate set of things).

   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.

2. (dated) That varies or differs from others; variant; different.

   a various reading of a Biblical text

Synonyms

• diverse, manifold, miscellaneous, motley, multifarious, sundry; See also Thesaurus:heterogeneous

Related terms

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

 

Translations

an eclectic range of

• Arabic: مُخْتَلِف (ar) (muḵtalif), مُتَنَوَّع (mutanawwaʕ), شَتَّى (šattā)
• Armenian: please add this translation if you can
• Azerbaijani: müxtəlif (az), cürbəcür
• Bashkir: төрлө (törlö)
• Basque: please add this translation if you can
• Belarusian: ро́зны m (rózny)
• Catalan: varis (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 各種（的）／各种（的） (zh), 各种（的） (zh) (gèzhǒng de)

• Czech: rozdílný (cs)
• Danish: forskellige pl
• Dutch: verscheiden (nl), uiteenlopend (nl), divers (nl)
• Esperanto: diversa
• Finnish: eri (fi), erilainen (fi); vaihteleva (fi), moninainen (fi)
• French: divers (fr)
• Georgian: სხვადასხვა (sxvadasxva), განსხვავებული (gansxvavebuli), სხვადასხვაგვარი (sxvadasxvagvari), სხვადასხვანაირი (sxvadasxvanairi), ნაირ-ნაირი (nair-nairi), მრავალფეროვანი (mravalperovani)
• German: verschiedene (de)
• Greek:

  Ancient: διάφορος (diáphoros)

• Hungarian: különböző (hu), különféle (hu), sokféle (hu)
• Ido: diversa (io)
• Irish: ilghnéitheach, ilchineálach, éagsúil
• Italian: vario (it)
• Japanese: いろいろな (ja) (iroiro na), 様々な (ja) (さまざまな, samazama na)
• Kannada: ಬೇರೆಬೇರೆ (bērebēre), ವಿವಿಧ (kn) (vividha)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
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• Korean: 여러 가지의 (yeoreo gajiui)
• Latin: varius m
• Latvian: dažādi
• Lithuanian: įvairus, skirtingas
• Maori: kanorau
• Mongolian: олон төрлийн (olon törliin)
• Norwegian: ymse, ulike (no)
• Polish: różny (pl), rozmaity (pl)
• Portuguese: vários (pt)
• Romanian: divers (ro), variat (ro), diferit (ro), felurit (ro)
• Russian: ра́зный (ru) (ráznyj), разли́чный (ru) (razlíčnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: eadar-dhealaichte
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ра̑знӣ

  Roman: rȃznī (sh), raznoliki (sh)

• Sorbian:

  Lower Sorbian: wšaki

• Spanish: varios (es)
• Swedish: olika (sv)
• Telugu: వేర్వేరు (vērvēru)
• Thai: please add this translation if you can
• Tibetan: སྣ་མིན་སྣ་ཚོགས (sna min sna tshogs)
• Ukrainian: рі́зний (ríznyj), різномані́тний (riznomanítnyj)
• Vietnamese: please add this translation if you can

Further reading

• “various”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.
• “various”, in The Century Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911, →OCLC.

Anagrams

• Saviour, saviour