Dictionary

variant en · ADJ

Pronunciation

• /ˈvæɹi.ənt/ (US)
• vâr'ē-ənt (UK)
• (UK) audio
• /ˈvɛɹi.ənt/ (US)
• /ˈvɛəɹi.ənt/ (UK)

Etymology

From Old French variant, from Latin variāns, the present active participle of variō (“to change”). First attested in c. 1380.

Meanings

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

Forms

Deriveds

time-variant

Translations (20)

bg различаващ се (showing deviation or disagreement) · ka არამსგავსი (showing deviation or disagreement) · nl verscheiden (showing variety, diverse) · fi vaihteleva (showing variety, diverse) · gl variante (showing deviation or disagreement) · pt variante (showing variety, diverse) · ka სხვადასხვა (showing variety, diverse) · cs rozdílný (showing deviation or disagreement) · bg различен (showing variety, diverse) · fi poikkeava (showing deviation or disagreement) · pt variante (showing deviation or disagreement) · ka განსხვავებული (showing deviation or disagreement) · he מגוון (showing variety, diverse) · ka სხვადასხვანაირი (showing variety, diverse) · cs různý (showing variety, diverse) · pl odbiegający (showing deviation or disagreement) · es variante (showing deviation or disagreement) · nl gevariëerd (showing variety, diverse) · he מתבדל (showing deviation or disagreement) · nl afwijkend (showing deviation or disagreement)

variant en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /ˈvæɹi.ənt/ (US)
• vâr'ē-ənt (UK)
• (UK) audio
• /ˈvɛɹi.ənt/ (US)
• /ˈvɛəɹi.ənt/ (UK)

Etymology

From Old French variant, from Latin variāns, the present active participle of variō (“to change”). First attested in c. 1380.

Meanings

1. Something that is slightly different from a type or norm.
   • All breeds of dog are variants of the species “Canis lupus familiaris”.
2. A different sequence of a gene (locus).
   • 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. 2022 January 12, Paul Clifton, “Network News: Emergency timetables as absences surge due to COVID”, in RAIL, number 948, page 6:
3. A variable that can hold any of various unrelated data types.
4. One of a set of words or other linguistic forms that conveys the same meaning or serves the same function.
   • 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. 2014, Kimberly Geeslin, Avizia Yim Long, Sociolinguistics and Second Language Acquisition, page 27:
   • The word "kerosine" is a variant of “kerosene”.
   • The "Terms" number is the total number of words and lexical phrases, including sub-headwords and other nested lexical items, but exclusive of variants. 2012, James Lambert, “Beyond Hobson-Jobson: A new lexicography for Indian English”, in World Englishes, page 297:

Forms

Deriveds

heterovariant · trivariant · Kraken variant · delta variant · Zeta variant · copy-number variant · metavariant · biovariant · nonvariant · Delta variant · glycovariant · polyvariant · serovariant · Omicron variant · multivariant · bivariant · monovariant · isovariant · genovariant · Beta variant · epivariant · Lambda variant · Omega variant · scariant · variant reading · Kappa variant · subvariant · Eta variant · Theta variant · splice variant · univariant · invariant · equivariant · immunovariant · -varin · Epsilon variant · Gamma variant · neurovariant · unvariant · Iota variant · microvariant · Alpha variant · z-variant · Mu variant · pharmacovariant · pathovariant

Relateds

variation · vary · variance · alternate · alternative

Translations (74)

cmn 異體 /异体 (something slightly different) · mi tangongitanga (something slightly different) · el παραλλαγή (something slightly different) · lv variants (something slightly different) · uk варіа́нт (something slightly different) · ko 변종 (something slightly different) · sq variant (something slightly different) · ko 변체 (something slightly different) · de Variante (something slightly different) · sh varìjanta (something slightly different) · es variante (something slightly different) · la variāns (something slightly different) · ja 変体 (something slightly different) · fr variante (something slightly different) · az variant (something slightly different) · et variant (something slightly different) · sk obmena (something slightly different) · vi phương án (something slightly different) · hu variáns (something slightly different) · ja 変種 (something slightly different) · fi geenimuunnos (genetics: different sequence of a gene) · mi rerenga (something slightly different) · tr değişim (something slightly different) · sk variant (something slightly different) · sh варѝјанта (something slightly different) · fi variant-muuttuja (computing: variable that can hold several data types) · hu változat (something slightly different) · pl odmiana (something slightly different) · tr tenevvü (something slightly different) · is afbrigði (something slightly different) · nn variant (something slightly different) · ka ვარიანტი (something slightly different) · pl rodzaj (something slightly different) · eo varianto (something slightly different) · cs obměna (something slightly different) · it variante (something slightly different) · he חלופה (something slightly different) · ru вариа́нт (something slightly different) · lt variantas (something slightly different) · hy տարբերակ (something slightly different) · fi variantti (something slightly different) · he וריאנט (computing: variable that can hold several data types) · vi biến thể (something slightly different) · pl wariant (computing: variable that can hold several data types) · uk варіянт (something slightly different) · th การเปลี่ยนแปลง (something slightly different) · sh ина̀чица (something slightly different) · sh inàčica (something slightly different) · sv variabel (computing: variable that can hold several data types) · nl variant (something slightly different) · he זן (genetics: different sequence of a gene) · kk нұсқа (something slightly different) · cs varianta (something slightly different) · pl wariant (something slightly different) · sv variant (something slightly different) · sl varianta (something slightly different) · fi muunnelma (something slightly different) · uz variant (something slightly different) · he הגוון (something slightly different) · ar اِخْتِلَاف (something slightly different) · tr çeşitlilik (something slightly different) · eu aldaera (something slightly different) · ro variantă (something slightly different) · tr varyant (something slightly different) · cmn 變體 /变体 (something slightly different) · fi muunnos (something slightly different) · mk варија́нта (something slightly different) · id varian (something slightly different) · pt variante (something slightly different) · nl variant (genetics: different sequence of a gene) · ms varian (something slightly different) · da variant (something slightly different) · bg вариа́нт (something slightly different) · be варыя́нт (something slightly different)