miscellaneous

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˌmɪsəˈleɪnɪəs/, X-SAMPA: /%mIs@"leInI@s/

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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

• sundry
• various

Derived terms

• misc, misc. (abbreviation)

Translations

consisting of a variety of ingredients or parts

• Arabic: متفرقات (ar) pl
• Catalan: miscel·lani (ca)
• Czech: rozmanitý (cs), různorodý (cs), smíšený (cs)
• Danish: diverse (da)
• Finnish: sekalainen (fi)
• French: divers (fr)
• German: gemischt (de), vermischt (de)
• Greek: διάφορος (el) (diáforos)
• Irish: ilghnéitheach (ga), il- (ga)
• Japanese: 雑多 (ja) (zatta)

• Latin: miscellāneus (la), miscellus (la)
• Macedonian: разновидно (mk) (raznovidno) n
• Norwegian: blanda (no), blandet (no)
• Polish: różny (pl), rozmaity (pl), różnorodny (pl) m
• Portuguese: variado (pt)
• Romanian: amestecat (ro) m and n, divers (ro) m and n
• Russian: разный (ru) (ráznyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: measgaichte (gd)
• Spanish: varios (es) pl, misceláneo (es)
• Swedish: blandad (sv)

having diverse characteristics

• Catalan: miscel·lani (ca)
• Danish: blandet, diverse (da)
• Finnish: monitahoinen (fi), monipuolinen (fi)
• Georgian: სხვადასხვაგვარი (ka) (sxvadasxvagvari), მრავლაფეროვანი (ka) (mravlap’erovani)
• German: vielseitig (de)
• Irish: ilghnéitheach (ga)

• Norwegian: diverse (no)
• Romanian: divers (ro) m and n
• Scottish Gaelic: measgaichte (gd)
• Slovene: raznovrsten (sl) m
• Spanish: varios (es)

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• Dutch: gemengd
• French: miscellanées (Recueil scientifique ou littéraire), divers
• German: verschieden

• Austrian: Misch Masch

• Norwegian: diverse
• Serbo-Croatian: raznovrstan, raznoličan
• Swedish: diverse

Related terms

• miscellany
• miscellanea