variant

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English

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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)

  1. Showing variety, diverse.
  2. Showing deviation or disagreement.
  3. (obsolete) Variable.
  4. (programming) Covariant and/or contravariant.

Translations

variable — see variable

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).
    • 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.
  3. (computing) A variable that can hold any of various unrelated data types.
  4. (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, 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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Catalan

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin variantem. First attested in 1839.

Pronunciation

Adjective

variant m or f (masculine and feminine plural variants)

  1. varying

Noun

variant m (plural variants)

  1. variant
Related terms

References

  1. ^ “variant”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024

Further reading

Etymology 2

Verb

variant

  1. gerund of variar

Crimean Tatar

Etymology

Borrowed from Russian вариант (variant).

Pronunciation

  • Hyphenation: va‧ri‧ant

Noun

variant

  1. variant

Declension

Declension of variant
singular plural
nominative variant variantlar
genitive variantnıñ variantlarnıñ
dative variantqa variantlarğa
accusative variantnı variantlarnı
locative variantta variantlarda
ablative varianttan variantlardan

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Danish

Pronunciation

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Noun

variant c (singular definite varianten, plural indefinite varianter)

  1. variant

Declension

Declension of variant
common
gender 		Singular Plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative variant varianten varianter varianterne
genitive variants variantens varianters varianternes

Further reading

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)

  1. A variant.

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Descendants

  • → Indonesian: varian

Further reading

  • “variant” in Woordenlijst Nederlandse Taal – Officiële Spelling, Nederlandse Taalunie.

Estonian

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Etymology

Borrowed from German Variante.

Noun

variant (genitive variandi, partitive varianti)

  1. variant, variety, version (a specific variation of something)
    Synonyms: teisend, versioon
  2. option (one of a set of choices that can be made)
    Synonyms: alternatiiv, võimalus

Declension

Declension of variant (ÕS type 22e/riik, t-d gradation)
singular plural
nominative variant variandid
accusative nom.
gen. variandi
genitive 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 [Dictionary of Estonian Basic Vocabulary] (in Estonian) (online version, not updated), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2014
  • “variant”, in Eesti keele seletav sõnaraamat [Descriptive Dictionary of the Estonian Language] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2009
  • “variant”, in [ÕS] Eesti õigekeelsussõnaraamat ÕS 2018 [Estonian Spelling Dictionary] (in Estonian) (online version), Tallinn: Eesti Keele Sihtasutus (Estonian Language Foundation), 2018, →ISBN
  • variant in Sõnaveeb (Eesti Keele Instituut)

French

Pronunciation

Participle

variant

  1. present participle of varier

Adjective

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

  1. varied, which varies; variable

Related terms

Noun

variant m (plural variants)

  1. mutation, variant (of a virus)

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

Etymology

From French variante, attested from 1779.

Noun

variant c

  1. 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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References

  1. ^ variant in Svensk ordbok.
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