variant

English

Alternative forms

Etymology

Recorded since c.1380, from Old French variant, from Latin variāns, the present active participle of variō (“to change”).

Pronunciation

  • enPR: vâr'ē-ənt, IPA(key): /ˈvɛəɹi.ənt/, /ˈvæɹi.ənt/
  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈvɛəɹi.ənt/

Adjective

variant (comparative more variant, superlative most variant)

  1. Showing variety, diverse.
  2. Showing deviation or disagreement.
  3. (obsolete) Variable.

Translations

Noun

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.
  4. (linguistics, sociolinguistics) One of a set of words or other linguistic forms that conveys the same meaning or serves the same function.
    • 2014, Kimberly Geeslin and Avizia Yim Long, Sociolinguistics and Second Language Acquisition‎, 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.

Translations

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Anagrams

Catalan

Adjective

variant (masculine and feminine plural variants)

  1. varying

Noun

variant m (plural variants)

  1. variant

Dutch

Pronunciation

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Noun

variant m (plural varianten, diminutive variantje n)

  1. A variant

Synonyms

Derived terms

  • (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

French

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vaʁjɑ̃/

Verb

variant

  1. present participle of varier

Adjective

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

  1. varied, which varies; variable

Further reading

Latin

Verb

variant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of variō

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin varians

Noun

variant m (definite singular varianten, indefinite plural varianter, definite plural variantene)

  1. a variant

References

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin varians

Noun

variant m (definite singular varianten, indefinite plural variantar, definite plural variantane)

  1. a variant

References

Old French

Adjective

variant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular variant or variante)

  1. varying; which varies

Descendants

Swedish

Noun

variant c

  1. a variant

Declension

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