Wiktionary

variant

English Edit

 
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Alternative forms Edit

Etymology Edit

Recorded since c.1380, from Old French variant, from Latin variāns, the present active participle of variō (“to change”).

Pronunciation Edit

  • enPR: vâr'ē-ənt, IPA(key): /ˈvɛəɹi.ənt/, /ˈvæɹi.ənt/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈvɛəɹi.ənt/
  • Audio (UK)(file)

Adjective Edit

variant (comparative more variant, superlative most variant)

  1. Showing variety, diverse.
  2. Showing deviation or disagreement.
  3. (obsolete) Variable.
  4. (programming) Covariant and/or contravariant.

Translations Edit

variable — see variable

Noun Edit

variant (plural variants)

  1. Something that is slightly different from a type or norm.
    All breeds of dog are variants of the species “Canis lupus familiaris”.
    The word "kerosine" is a variant of “kerosene”.
  2. (genetics) A different sequence of a gene (locus).
    • 2022 January 12, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Emergency timetables as absences surge due to COVID”, in RAIL, number 948, page 6:
      Most train operators have reduced services with emergency timetables, as they struggle to cope with a rapid increase in staff absences due to the Omicron variant of COVID.
  3. (computing) A variable that can hold any of various unrelated data types.
  4. (linguistics, lexicography) One of a set of words or other linguistic forms that conveys the same meaning or serves the same function.
    • 2012, James Lambert, “Beyond Hobson-Jobson: A new lexicography for Indian English”, in World Englishes‎[1], page 297:
      The "Terms" number is the total number of words and lexical phrases, including sub-headwords and other nested lexical items, but exclusive of variants.
    • 2014, Kimberly Geeslin, Avizia Yim Long, Sociolinguistics and Second Language Acquisition‎[2], page 27:
      Each member of this group of two or more forms is called a variant. [...] In this case ‘-in’ and ‘-ing’ are variants of the sociolinguistic variable -ing.

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Anagrams Edit

Catalan Edit

Etymology Edit

Borrowed from Latin variantem, attested from 1839.[1]

Pronunciation Edit

Adjective Edit

variant m or f (masculine and feminine plural variants)

  1. varying

Noun Edit

variant m (plural variants)

  1. variant

Related terms Edit

References Edit

  1. ^ “variant”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023

Further reading Edit

Danish Edit

Pronunciation Edit

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Noun Edit

variant c (singular definite varianten, plural indefinite varianter)

  1. variant

Declension Edit

Declension of variant
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative variant varianten varianter varianterne
genitive variants variantens varianters varianternes

Further reading Edit

Dutch Edit

Etymology Edit

Borrowed from French variant or variante, from Latin variāns.

Pronunciation Edit

  • IPA(key): /ˌvaː.riˈɑnt/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: va‧ri‧ant
  • Rhymes: -ɑnt

Noun Edit

variant m (plural varianten, diminutive variantje n)

  1. A variant.

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Descendants Edit

  • → Indonesian: varian

Further reading Edit

  • “variant” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie. [the official spelling word list for the Dutch language]

Estonian Edit

 
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Etymology Edit

Borrowed from German Variante.

Noun Edit

variant (genitive variandi, partitive varianti)

  1. variant, variety, version (a specific variation of something)
    Synonyms: teisend, versioon
  2. option (one of a set of choices that can be made)
    Synonyms: alternatiiv, võimalus

Declension Edit

Declension of variant (ÕS type 22e/riik, t-d gradation)
singular plural
nominative variant variandid
accusative variandi variandid
genitive variandi variantide
partitive varianti variante
variantisid
illative varianti
variandisse 		variantidesse
variandesse
inessive variandis variantides
variandes
elative variandist variantidest
variandest
allative variandile variantidele
variandele
adessive variandil variantidel
variandel
ablative variandilt variantidelt
variandelt
translative variandiks variantideks
variandeks
terminative variandini variantideni
essive variandina variantidena
abessive variandita variantideta
comitative variandiga variantidega
Notes

    1) The long illative singular form with -sse is rarely used for this declension type.

Further reading Edit

French Edit

Pronunciation Edit

Participle Edit

variant

  1. present participle of varier

Adjective Edit

variant (feminine variante, masculine plural variants, feminine plural variantes)

  1. varied, which varies; variable

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Noun Edit

variant m (plural variants)

  1. mutation, variant (of a virus)

Further reading Edit

Latin Edit

Verb Edit

variant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of variō

Norwegian Bokmål Edit

Etymology Edit

From Latin varians.

Noun Edit

variant m (definite singular varianten, indefinite plural varianter, definite plural variantene)

  1. a variant

References Edit

Norwegian Nynorsk Edit

Etymology Edit

From Latin varians.

Noun Edit

variant m (definite singular varianten, indefinite plural variantar, definite plural variantane)

  1. a variant

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Old French Edit

Adjective Edit

variant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular variant or variante)

  1. varying; which varies

Descendants Edit

Swedish Edit

Etymology Edit

From French variante, attested from 1779.[1]

Noun Edit

variant c

  1. variant

Declension Edit

Declension of variant 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative variant varianten varianter varianterna
Genitive variants variantens varianters varianternas

Related terms Edit

References Edit

  1. ^ variant in Svensk ordbok.
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