variant

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EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• variaunt (obsolete)

PronunciationEdit

• enPR: vâr'ē-ənt, IPA^(key): /ˈvɛɹi.ənt/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛəɹi.ənt/

EtymologyEdit

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

AdjectiveEdit

variant (comparative more variant, superlative most variant)

1. Showing variety, diverse.
2. Showing deviation or disagreement.
3. (obsolete) Variable.

TranslationsEdit

showing variety, diverse

• Czech: různý (cs)
• Dutch: gevariëerd, verscheiden (nl)

• Finnish: vaihteleva (fi)

showing deviation or disagreement

• Czech: rozdílný (cs)
• Dutch: afwijkend (nl)
• Finnish: poikkeava (fi)

• Galician: variante (gl) f
• Polish: odbiegający
• Spanish: variante (es) (law)

variable — see variable

NounEdit

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).
3. (computing) A variable that can hold any of various unrelated data types.
4. (linguistics, sociolinguistics) One of a set of words or other linguistic forms that conveys the same meaning or serves the same function.
   • 2014, Kimberly Geeslin and Avizia Yim Long, Sociolinguistics and Second Language Acquisition^[1], 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.

Related termsEdit

• variance
• variation
• vary

TranslationsEdit

something slightly different

• Arabic: اِخْتِلَاف‏‎ m (iḵtilāf)
• Armenian: տարբերակ (hy) (tarberak)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 變體 (zh), 变体 (zh) (biàntǐ), 異體 (zh), 异体 (zh) (yìtǐ)

• Czech: varianta (cs) f
• Dutch: variant (nl)
• Esperanto: varianto
• Finnish: muunnelma (fi), muunnos (fi), variantti (fi)
• French: variante (fr) f
• Georgian: ვარიანტი (varianṭi)
• German: Variante (de) f
• Greek: παραλλαγή (el) f (parallagí)

• Hungarian: változat (hu), variáns (hu)
• Italian: variante (it) f
• Maori: rerenga, tangongitanga
• Polish: odmiana (pl) f, rodzaj (pl) m, wariant (pl) m
• Portuguese: variante (pt) f
• Romanian: variantă (ro) f
• Russian: вариа́нт (ru) m (variánt)
• Spanish: variante (es) f
• Swedish: variant (sv) c
• Thai: การเปลี่ยนแปลง (th) (gaan bplìan bplaeng)
• Turkish: çeşitlilik (tr), değişim (tr), tenevvü (tr), varyant (tr)

genetics: different sequence of a gene

• Dutch: variant (nl)

• Finnish: geenimuunnos

computing: variable that can hold several data types

• Finnish: variant-muuttuja

• Polish: wariant (pl) m

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See alsoEdit

• alternate
• alternative

AnagramsEdit

• nativar

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CatalanEdit

AdjectiveEdit

variant (masculine and feminine plural variants)

1. varying

NounEdit

variant m (plural variants)

1. variant

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DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

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NounEdit

variant m (plural varianten, diminutive variantje n)

1. A variant

SynonymsEdit

• variante

Derived termsEdit

• (variants by type) deelvariant m, hoofdvariant m, klassevariant m, openingsvariant m, phoneemvariant m, ruilvariant m, teekenvariant m (obsolete spelling teekenvariant m), woordvariant m
• variantengroep
• variantenmateriaal n
• variantennet n
• variantenpaar n
• variantenreeks

Related termsEdit

• variabiliteit
• variabel
• variatie
• variëren

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FrenchEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /vaʁjɑ̃/

VerbEdit

variant

1. present participle of varier

AdjectiveEdit

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

1. varied, which varies; variable

Related termsEdit

• variabilité
• variable
• variation

Further readingEdit

• “variant” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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LatinEdit

VerbEdit

variant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of variō

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Norwegian BokmålEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin varians

NounEdit

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

1. a variant

ReferencesEdit

• “variant” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian NynorskEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin varians

NounEdit

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

1. a variant

ReferencesEdit

• “variant” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Old FrenchEdit

AdjectiveEdit

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

1. varying; which varies

DescendantsEdit

• English: variant (borrowed)
• French: variant

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SwedishEdit

NounEdit

variant c

1. a variant

DeclensionEdit

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