various

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French varieux, from Latin varius (“manifold, diverse, various, parti-colored, variegated, also changing, changeable, fickle, etc.”).

Pronunciation

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛə.ɹi.əs/
(General American, without the Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛɚ.i.əs/, (among some speakers) /ˈvæɹ.i.əs/
- Audio (US, without the Mary–marry–merry merger); /ˈvɛɚ.i.əs/: (file)
- Audio (US, without the Mary–marry–merry merger); /ˈvæɹ.i.əs/: (file)
(General American, Mary–marry–merry merger) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛɹ.i.əs/
- Audio (US, Mary–marry–merry merger): (file)
Rhymes: -ɛəɹiəs

Determiner

various

More than one (of an indeterminate set of things).
Various books have been taken.

There are various ways to fix the problem.

You have broken various of the rules.

Adjective

various (not comparable)

Having a broad range (of different elements).
The reasons are various.
(dated) That varies or differs from others; variant; different.
a various reading of a Biblical text

Synonyms

diverse, manifold, miscellaneous, motley, multifarious, sundry; See also Thesaurus:heterogeneous

Antonyms

monotonous

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

an eclectic range of

Arabic: مُخْتَلِف (ar) (muḵtalif), مُتَنَوَّع (mutanawwaʕ), شَتَّى (šattā)
Armenian: տարբեր (hy) (tarber)
Azerbaijani: müxtəlif (az), cürbəcür
Bashkir: төрлө (törlö)
Basque: askotariko
Belarusian: ро́зны m (rózny)
Bulgarian: разли́чен (bg) (razlíčen), ра́зен (bg) (rázen)
Burmese: အဖုံဖုံ (my) (a.hpumhpum)
Catalan: varis (ca)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 各種（的）／各种（的） (zh) (gèzhǒng de)
Czech: rozdílný (cs), rozličný, různý (cs), rozmanitý (cs)
Danish: forskellige pl
Dutch: verscheiden (nl), uiteenlopend (nl), divers (nl)
Esperanto: diversa
Finnish: eri (fi), erilainen (fi); vaihteleva (fi), moninainen (fi)
French: divers (fr)
Georgian: სხვადასხვა (sxvadasxva), განსხვავებული (gansxvavebuli), სხვადასხვაგვარი (sxvadasxvagvari), სხვადასხვანაირი (sxvadasxvanairi), ნაირ-ნაირი (nair-nairi), მრავალფეროვანი (mravalperovani)
German: verschiedene (de)
Greek: διάφορος (el) (diáforos)
Ancient: διάφορος (diáphoros)
Hawaiian: likeʻole, like ʻole
Hindi: विभिन्न (hi) (vibhinn)
Hungarian: különböző (hu), különféle (hu), sokféle (hu)
Ido: diversa (io)
Irish: ilghnéitheach, ilchineálach, éagsúil
Italian: vario (it)
Japanese: いろいろな (ja) (iroiro na), 様々な (ja) (samazama na)
Kannada: ಬೇರೆಬೇರೆ (bērebēre), ವಿವಿಧ (kn) (vividha)
Khmer: ផ្សេងៗ (phseeng phseeng), ពិពិធ (km) (pipɨt)
Korean: 여러 가지의 (yeoreo gajiui), 다양하다 (ko) (dayanghada), 여러 (ko) (yeoreo)
Lao: ຕ່າງໆ (tāng tāng), ນານາ (nā nā)
Latin: varius m
Latvian: dažādi
Lithuanian: įvairus, skirtingas
Macedonian: различен (različen), разновиден (raznoviden), разен (razen)
Malayalam: വിവിധ (ml) (vividha), പല (ml) (pala)
Maori: kanorau, whakaehu
Marathi: विविध (vividh), वेगवेगळे (vegvegḷe), विभिन्न (vibhinna), निरनिराळे (nirnirāḷe)
Mongolian: олон төрлийн (olon törliin)
Norwegian: ymse, ulike (no)
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: разьнъ (razĭnŭ)
Old East Slavic: розьнъ (rozĭnŭ)
Old English: manigfeald
Persian: مختلف (fa) (moxtalef)
Polish: różny (pl), rozmaity (pl)
Portuguese: vários (pt)
Romanian: divers (ro), variat (ro), diferit (ro), felurit (ro)
Russian: ра́зный (ru) (ráznyj), разли́чный (ru) (razlíčnyj)
Sanskrit: विभिन्न (sa) (vibhinna)
Scottish Gaelic: eadar-dhealaichte
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: ра̑знӣ

Roman: rȃznī (sh), raznoliki (sh)
Slovak: rozličný, rôzny, rozmanitý
Slovene: različen
Sorbian:
Lower Sorbian: wšaki
Spanish: varios (es), diversos (es), diferentes (es), distintos (es), múltiples (es)
Swedish: olika (sv)
Tajik: мухталиф (tg) (muxtalif)
Telugu: వేర్వేరు (vērvēru)
Thai: ทั้งหลาย (th) (táng-lǎai), ต่าง (th) (dtàang), ต่าง ๆ (th) (dtàang-dtàang), นานา (th) (naa-naa)
Tibetan: སྣ་མིན་སྣ་ཚོགས (sna min sna tshogs)
Turkish: çeşitli (tr)
Ukrainian: рі́зний (ríznyj), різномані́тний (riznomanítnyj)
Vietnamese: khác nhau (vi)

Anagrams

Saviour, saviour