variant
English
Alternative forms
- variaunt (obsolete)
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/
Audio (UK) (file)
Adjective
variant (comparative more variant, superlative most variant)
- Showing variety, diverse.
- Showing deviation or disagreement.
- (obsolete) Variable.
- (programming) Covariant and/or contravariant.
Translations
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Noun
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).
- 2022 January 12, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Emergency timetables as absences surge due to COVID”, in RAIL, number 948, page 6:
- Most train operators have reduced services with emergency timetables, as they struggle to cope with a rapid increase in staff absences due to the Omicron variant of COVID.
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- (computing) A variable that can hold any of various unrelated data types.
- (linguistics, lexicography) One of a set of words or other linguistic forms that conveys the same meaning or serves the same function.
- 2012, James Lambert, “Beyond Hobson-Jobson: A new lexicography for Indian English”, in World Englishes, page 297:
- The "Terms" number is the total number of words and lexical phrases, including sub-headwords and other nested lexical items, but exclusive of variants.
- 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.
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Related terms
- variance
- variation
- vary
Translations
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See also
- alternate
- alternative
Anagrams
- nativar
Catalan
Etymology
From Latin variāns, attested from 1839.[1]
Pronunciation
- (Balearic) IPA(key): /və.ɾiˈant/
- (Central) IPA(key): /bə.ɾiˈan/
- (Valencian) IPA(key): /va.ɾiˈant/
Adjective
variant (masculine and feminine plural variants)
- varying
Noun
variant m (plural variants)
- variant
Related terms
- variar
References
- “variant”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
Further reading
- “variant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “variant” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “variant” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Danish
Noun
variant c (singular definite varianten, plural indefinite varianter)
- variant
Declension
common gender | Singular | Plural | ||
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indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | variant | varianten | varianter | varianterne |
genitive | variants | variantens | varianters | varianternes |
Further reading
- “variant” in Den Danske Ordbog
- “variant” in Ordbog over det danske Sprog
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from French variant or variante, from Latin variāns.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˌvaː.riˈɑnt/
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: va‧ri‧ant
- Rhymes: -ɑnt
Noun
variant m (plural varianten, diminutive variantje n)
- A variant.
Synonyms
- variante
Derived terms
- deelvariant
- foneemvariant
- hoofdvariant
- klassevariant
- openingsvariant
- ruilvariant
- spellingvariant
- tekenvariant
- variantengroep
- variantenmateriaal
- variantennet
- variantenpaar
- variantenreeks
- woordvariant
Related terms
- variabiliteit
- variabel
- variatie
- variëren
- variëteit
Descendants
- → Indonesian: varian
Estonian
Etymology
Borrowed from German Variante.
Noun
variant (genitive variandi, partitive varianti)
- variant, variety, version (a specific variation of something)
- Synonyms: teisend, versioon
- option (one of a set of choices that can be made)
- Synonyms: alternatiiv, võimalus
Declension
singular | plural | |
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nominative | variant | variandid |
genitive | variandi | variantide |
partitive | varianti | variante / variantisid |
illative | varianti / variandisse | variantidesse / variandesse |
inessive | variandis | variantides / variandes |
elative | variandist | variantidest / variandest |
allative | variandile | variantidele / variandele |
adessive | variandil | variantidel / variandel |
ablative | variandilt | variantidelt / variandelt |
translative | variandiks | variantideks / variandeks |
terminative | variandini | variantideni |
essive | variandina | variantidena |
abessive | variandita | variantideta |
comitative | variandiga | variantidega |
Further reading
- variant in Eesti keele põhisõnavara sõnastik
- variant in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat
- variant in Raadik, M., editor (2018), Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018, Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus, →ISBN
- variant in Sõnaveeb
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /va.ʁjɑ̃/
Audio (CAN) (file)
Participle
variant
- present participle of varier
Adjective
variant (feminine variante, masculine plural variants, feminine plural variantes)
- varied, which varies; variable
Related terms
- variabilité
- variable
- variation
Noun
variant m (plural variants)
- mutation, variant (of a virus)
Further reading
- “variant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Verb
variant
- 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)
- a variant
References
- “variant” in The Bokmål Dictionary.
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Latin varians.
Noun
variant m (definite singular varianten, indefinite plural variantar, definite plural variantane)
- a variant
References
- “variant” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Old French
Adjective
variant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular variant or variante)
- varying; which varies
Descendants
- → English: variant
- French: variant
Swedish
Etymology
From French variante, attested from 1779.[1]
Noun
variant c
- variant
Declension
Declension of variant | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | variant | varianten | varianter | varianterna |
Genitive | variants | variantens | varianters | varianternas |
Related terms
- variera
References
- variant in Svensk ordbok.