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Alternative formsEdit

• variaunt (obsolete)

PronunciationEdit

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

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

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

See alsoEdit

• alternate
• alternative

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

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /vaʁjɑ̃/

VerbEdit

variant

1. Present participle of varier.

AdjectiveEdit

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

1. varied, which varies; variable

Related termsEdit

• variabilité
• variable
• variation

VerbEdit

variant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of variō

AdjectiveEdit

variant m

1. varying; which varies

DescendantsEdit

• English: variant (borrowed)
• French: variant

NounEdit

variant c

1. a variant

DeclensionEdit