diverse

English

Alternative forms

• divers (obsolete)

Etymology

From Latin diversus (“various, different”), also written divorsus, past participle of diverto, divortere (“to turn or go different ways, part, separate, divert”); see divert.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /daɪˈvɜː(ɹ)s/
• (US) IPA: /dɨ.ˈvɝs/, /daɪ.ˈvɝs/, /ˈdaɪ.vɚs/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)s

Adjective

diverse (comparative more diverse, superlative most diverse)

1. Consisting of many different elements; various.
2. Different; unlike; dissimilar; distinct; separate.

Antonyms

• homogeneous

Related terms

• divert
• diversity

Translations

various

• Bulgarian: разнообразен (bg) (raznoobrazen)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 多種多樣的 (cmn), 多种多样的 (cmn) (duōzhǒng duōyàng de), 多種的 (cmn), 多种的 (cmn) (duōzhǒng de)

• French: divers (fr)
• German: mannigfaltig (de), divers (de)
• Irish: ilghnéitheach (ga), ilchineálach (ga), éagsúil (ga)

• Italian: vario (it)
• Japanese: さまざまな (ja) (samazama na)
• Polish: rozmaity (pl), różnorodny (pl), różny (pl)
• Russian: разнообразный (ru) (raznoobráznyj), разный (ru) (ráznyj)
• Spanish: diverso (es)
• Swedish: diverse (sv)

different

• Bulgarian: различен (bg) (različen)
• Czech: rozmanitý (cs) m
• Dutch: divers (nl)
• Finnish: erilainen (fi)
• German: verschieden (de), unterschiedlich (de)
• Hebrew: (having or including variety of forms or traits) מגוון (he) (meguvan)
• Icelandic: fjölbreyttur (is), margvíslegur (is)
• Irish: éagsúil (ga)
• Italian: diverso (it)
• Korean: 다양하다 (ko) (dayanghada)

• Nahuatl: nepapan (nah)
• Polish: odmienny (pl), rozmaity (pl) m
• Portuguese: diverso (pt), diferente (pt), distinto (pt)
• Russian: различный (ru) (razlíčnyj), другой (ru) (drugój), отличный (ru) (otlíčnyj) (от - from)
• Scottish Gaelic: eugsamhail (gd)
• Spanish: diferente (es)
• Swedish: diverse (sv)
• Telugu: విభిన్న (te) (vibhinna), విభిన్నమైన (te) (vibhinnamaina)

Adverb

diverse (comparative more diverse, superlative most diverse)

1. In different directions; diversely.

External links

• diverse in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913
• diverse in The Century Dictionary, The Century Co., New York, 1911

Anagrams

• derives, dervise, deviser, revised, sivered

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Danish

Adjective

diverse

1. various, sundry, miscellaneous, incidental.
   • han annoncerede under «diverse»
     • he inserted an ad in the "miscellaneous" section
   • Synonyms:
     • alle mulige
     • alskens
     • forskellige
     • forskelligartet
2. Capable of various forms; multiform.

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Dutch

Pronunciation

• diverse

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Adjective

diverse

1. the inflected form^FAQ of divers

Anagrams

• de Vries

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Esperanto

Adverb

diverse

1. diversely

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French

Adjective

diverse

1. feminine form of divers

Anagrams

• dérives, dérivés, verdies

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Italian

Adjective

diverse f pl

1. feminine plural of diverso

Verb

diverse

1. third-person singular past historic of divergere

Anagrams

• sedervi, vedersi

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Latin

Alternative forms

• dīvorsē

Etymology

From dīversus (“turned different ways”)

Adverb

dīversē (not comparable)

1. in different directions; hither and thither
2. (figuratively) variously

Related terms

• dīversitās
• dīversus

References

• Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, 1st edition. (Oxford University Press)

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Norwegian

Adjective

diverse

1. various, sundry, miscellaneous.

   han annonserte under «diverse»

   he inserted an ad in the "miscellaneous" section

2. Capable of various forms; multiform.

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Swedish

Adjective

diverse (not comparable)

1. diverse, various, different