variant
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EnglishEdit
Alternative formsEdit
- variaunt (obsolete)
EtymologyEdit
Recorded since c.1380, from Old French variant, from Latin variāns, the present active participle of variō (“to change”).
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
variant (comparative more variant, superlative most variant)
TranslationsEdit
showing variety, diverse
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showing deviation or disagreement
variable — see variable
NounEdit
variant (plural variants)
- 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”.
- (genetics) A different sequence of a gene (locus).
- (computing) A variable that can hold any of various unrelated data types.
- (linguistics, sociolinguistics) One of a set of words or other linguistic forms that conveys the same meaning or serves the same function.
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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.
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TranslationsEdit
something slightly different
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genetics: different sequence of a gene
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computing: variable that can hold several data types
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AnagramsEdit
CatalanEdit
DutchEdit
PronunciationEdit
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Audio (file)
NounEdit
variant m (plural varianten, diminutive variantje n)
- A variant
SynonymsEdit
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
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FrenchEdit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
variant
AdjectiveEdit
variant (feminine singular variante, masculine plural variants, feminine plural variantes)
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Further readingEdit
- “variant” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
LatinEdit
Norwegian BokmålEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
variant m (definite singular varianten, indefinite plural varianter, definite plural variantene)
- a variant
ReferencesEdit
- “variant” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian NynorskEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
variant m (definite singular varianten, indefinite plural variantar, definite plural variantane)
- a variant
ReferencesEdit
- “variant” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old FrenchEdit
AdjectiveEdit
variant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular variant or variante)
DescendantsEdit
SwedishEdit
NounEdit
variant c
- a variant
DeclensionEdit
Declension of variant | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | variant | varianten | varianter | varianterna |
Genitive | variants | variantens | varianters | varianternas |