variant

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EnglishEdit

Wikipedia

Alternative formsEdit

• variaunt (obsolete)

PronunciationEdit

• enPR: vâr'ē-ənt, IPA^(key): /ˈvɛɹiənt/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛəɹiənt/

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
• Dutch: afwijkend (nl)
• Finnish: poikkeava (fi)

• 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.

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
• 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

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CatalanEdit

AdjectiveEdit

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

1. varied, which varies; variable

Related termsEdit

• variabilité
• variable
• variation

External linksEdit

• “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

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