variegated

English

WOTD – 27 April 2008

Pronunciation

(General American) enPR: vârʹēəgā'tĭd, IPA^(key): /ˈveəɹɪəˌɡeɪtɪd/, /ˈvæɹi.əˌɡeɪtɪd/
(Received Pronunciation) enPR: vârʹēəgā'tĭd, IPA^(key): /ˈveəɹɪəˌɡeɪtɪd/
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Adjective

variegated (comparative more variegated, superlative most variegated)

Streaked, spotted, or otherwise marked with a variety of color.
- 1886, Peter Christen Asbjørnsen, H.L. Brækstad, transl., Folk and Fairy Tales, page 279:
  From the heights a view was now and then obtained between the lofty pine and fir-trees of the valley below with its smiling fields and variegated woods of birch and alder trees, between which the river wound like a narrow silvery streak.
Synonyms: patterned; see also Thesaurus:marked
(by extension) Very colorful.
Synonyms: motley, multicolored, polychromatic; see also Thesaurus:multicolored

Related terms

variegate

Translations

streaked or spotted with a variety of colours

Bashkir: сыбар (sıbar)
Belarusian: страка́ты (strakáty), пёстры (pjóstry) (regional), пярэ́сты (pjarésty)
Bulgarian: пъ́стър (bg) (pǎ́stǎr)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 雜色的／杂色的 (zh) (zásè de), 斑驳的
Czech: pestrý (cs), pestrobarevný, strakatý (cs) m
Dutch: bont (nl)
Finnish: kirjava (fi)
French: bigarré (fr), multicolore (fr)
Galician: pégaro, apigarado, multicolor, pego (gl), pinto (gl)
Georgian: ჭრელი (č̣reli), ფერად-ფერადი (perad-peradi), ნაირ-ფერი (nair-peri)
German: bunt (de), scheckig, buntgefleckt, vielfarbig (de), gemustert (de), buntgemustert
Greek: ποικίλος (el) (poikílos)
Ancient: ποικίλος (poikílos)
Hungarian: tarka (hu)
Italian: variegato (it)
Japanese: 多彩 (ja) (たさい, tasai)
Kashubian: bestri
Korean: 잡색의 (japsaegui)
Kurdish:
Central Kurdish: ئاڵواڵا‎ (allwalla), رەنگین‎ (ku) (rengîn)
Latvian: raibs
Lithuanian: raibas
Macedonian: ша́рен (šáren)
Maori: iraira
Old Church Slavonic:
Cyrillic: пьстръ (pĭstrŭ)
Plautdietsch: bunt
Polish: srokaty (pl), pstry (pl)
Portuguese: variegado (pt)
Romanian: vărgat (ro), bălțat (ro)
Russian: пёстрый (ru) (pjóstryj), разноцве́тный (ru) (raznocvétnyj)
Sanskrit: शर्वर (sa) (śarvara), पृषत् (sa) (pṛṣat)
Scottish Gaelic: ballach
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: шарен
Roman: šaren (sh)
Slovak: pestrý
Slovene: pester
Spanish: variegado (es), abigarrado (es)
Swedish: färgsprakande (sv)
Tagalog: kabang
Ukrainian: строка́тий (strokátyj), пістри́й (pistrýj) (regional)

Verb

variegated

simple past tense and past participle of variegate