divergent
English edit
Etymology edit
From Latin dis- (“apart”) + vergere (“to turn”) + the adjectival suffix -ent.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /daɪˈvɜː.d͡ʒənt/, /dɪˈvɜː.d͡ʒənt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /dɪˈvɝ.d͡ʒənt/, /daɪˈvɝ.d͡ʒənt/
Audio (US): (file)
- (General Australian) IPA(key): /dɑɪˈvɜː.d͡ʒənt/
Adjective edit
divergent (comparative more divergent, superlative most divergent)
- Growing further apart; diverging.
- 1995, Paul Kussmaul, Training The Translator, John Benjamins Publishing Co, page 47:
- Divergent thinking and transformations are, of course, no novel phenomena. They have always occurred in the translation process, but perhaps we have not been fully aware of them, or have not been able to categorise them with sufficient precision until now.
- (mathematics) (said of a sequence or series) Diverging; not approaching a limit.
- Disagreeing from something given; differing.
- a divergent statement
- Causing divergence of rays.
- a divergent lens
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Catalan edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin dīvergentem.
Pronunciation edit
- IPA(key): (Central) [di.βərˈʒen]
- IPA(key): (Balearic) [di.vərˈʒent]
- IPA(key): (Valencia) [di.veɾˈd͡ʒent]
Adjective edit
divergent m or f (masculine and feminine plural divergents)
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Further reading edit
- “divergent” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “divergent”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “divergent” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “divergent” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
From divergeren
Pronunciation edit
Audio: (file)
Adjective edit
divergent (comparative divergenter, superlative divergentst)
- divergent
- divergente reeks ― divergent series
Inflection edit
Declension of divergent | ||||
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uninflected | divergent | |||
inflected | divergente | |||
comparative | divergenter | |||
positive | comparative | superlative | ||
predicative/adverbial | divergent | divergenter | het divergentst het divergentste | |
indefinite | m./f. sing. | divergente | divergentere | divergentste |
n. sing. | divergent | divergenter | divergentste | |
plural | divergente | divergentere | divergentste | |
definite | divergente | divergentere | divergentste | |
partitive | divergents | divergenters | — |
Antonyms edit
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- Indonesian: divergen
French edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Latin dīvergentem.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
divergent (feminine divergente, masculine plural divergents, feminine plural divergentes)
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Etymology 2 edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
divergent
Further reading edit
- “divergent”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
German edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from Latin divergens.
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
divergent (strong nominative masculine singular divergenter, comparative divergenter, superlative am divergentesten)
Declension edit
Further reading edit
Latin edit
Verb edit
dīvergent
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French divergent.
Adjective edit
divergent m or n (feminine singular divergentă, masculine plural divergenți, feminine and neuter plural divergente)
Declension edit
singular | plural | ||||||
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masculine | neuter | feminine | masculine | neuter | feminine | ||
nominative/ accusative |
indefinite | divergent | divergentă | divergenți | divergente | ||
definite | divergentul | divergenta | divergenții | divergentele | |||
genitive/ dative |
indefinite | divergent | divergente | divergenți | divergente | ||
definite | divergentului | divergentei | divergenților | divergentelor |
Swedish edit
Adjective edit
divergent
- divergent
- Antonym: konvergent
Declension edit
Inflection of divergent | |||
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Indefinite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative2 |
Common singular | divergent | — | — |
Neuter singular | divergent | — | — |
Plural | divergenta | — | — |
Masculine plural3 | divergente | — | — |
Definite | Positive | Comparative | Superlative |
Masculine singular1 | divergente | — | — |
All | divergenta | — | — |
1) Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine. 2) The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. 3) Dated or archaic |
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