varier

English

Etymology

vary +‎ -er

Noun

varier (plural variers)

1. One who varies.
2. A wanderer; one who strays in search of variety.

Anagrams

• Rivera, Vierra, arrive, ravier

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin variāre, variō.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va.ʁje/

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• Homophones: variai, varié, variée, variées, variés, variez

Verb

varier

1. to vary

Conjugation

Conjugation of varier (see also Appendix:French verbs)

infinitive	simple	varier
	compound	avoir + past participle
present participle or gerund1	simple	variant /va.ʁjɑ̃/
	compound	ayant + past participle
past participle		varié /va.ʁje/
		singular			plural
		first	second	third	first	second	third
indicative		je (j’)	tu	il, elle, on	nous	vous	ils, elles
(simple tenses)	present	varie /va.ʁi/	varies /va.ʁi/	varie /va.ʁi/	varions /va.ʁjɔ̃/	variez /va.ʁje/	varient /va.ʁi/
	imperfect	variais /va.ʁjɛ/	variais /va.ʁjɛ/	variait /va.ʁjɛ/	variions /va.ʁi.jɔ̃/	variiez /va.ʁi.je/	variaient /va.ʁjɛ/
	past historic2	variai /va.ʁje/	varias /va.ʁja/	varia /va.ʁja/	variâmes /va.ʁjam/	variâtes /va.ʁjat/	varièrent /va.ʁjɛʁ/
	future	varierai /va.ʁi.ʁe/	varieras /va.ʁi.ʁa/	variera /va.ʁi.ʁa/	varierons /va.ʁi.ʁɔ̃/	varierez /va.ʁi.ʁe/	varieront /va.ʁi.ʁɔ̃/
	conditional	varierais /va.ʁi.ʁɛ/	varierais /va.ʁi.ʁɛ/	varierait /va.ʁi.ʁɛ/	varierions /va.ʁi.ʁjɔ̃/	varieriez /va.ʁi.ʁje/	varieraient /va.ʁi.ʁɛ/
(compound tenses)	present perfect	present indicative of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect	imperfect indicative of avoir + past participle
	past anterior2	past historic of avoir + past participle
	future perfect	future of avoir + past participle
	conditional perfect	conditional of avoir + past participle
subjunctive		que je (j’)	que tu	qu’il, qu’elle	que nous	que vous	qu’ils, qu’elles
(simple tenses)	present	varie /va.ʁi/	varies /va.ʁi/	varie /va.ʁi/	variions /va.ʁi.jɔ̃/	variiez /va.ʁi.je/	varient /va.ʁi/
	imperfect2	variasse /va.ʁjas/	variasses /va.ʁjas/	variât /va.ʁja/	variassions /va.ʁja.sjɔ̃/	variassiez /va.ʁja.sje/	variassent /va.ʁjas/
(compound tenses)	past	present subjunctive of avoir + past participle
	pluperfect2	imperfect subjunctive of avoir + past participle
imperative		–	tu	–	nous	vous	–
simple		—	varie /va.ʁi/	—	varions /va.ʁjɔ̃/	variez /va.ʁje/	—
compound		—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	simple imperative of avoir + past participle	—
1 The French gerund is usable only with the preposition en.
2 In less formal writing or speech, these tenses may be found to have been replaced in the following way: past historic → present perfect past anterior → pluperfect imperfect subjunctive → present subjunctive pluperfect subjunctive → past subjunctive (Christopher Kendris [1995], Master the Basics: French, pp. 77, 78, 79, 81).

Derived terms

• souvent femme varie, bien fol est qui s’y fie
• varier les plaisirs

Related terms

• variable
• variation

Further reading

• “varier”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• arrive, arrivé, rivera, verrai, virera

Latin

Verb

varier

1. first-person singular present passive subjunctive of variō

Norwegian Bokmål

Verb

varier

1. imperative of variere