divers

See also: divèrs

English

Etymology 1

See diver.

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdaɪ̯vəz/
  • (US) IPA(key): /ˈdaɪ̯vəɹz/

Noun

divers

  1. plural of diver

Etymology 2

See diverse.

Alternative forms

Adjective

divers (comparative more divers, superlative most divers)

  1. Obsolete spelling of diverse, in the sense of various or assorted.
    • 1551, James A.H. Murray, editor, A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles: Founded Mainly on the Materials Collected by the Philological Society., volume 1, Oxford: Clarendon Press, published 1888, Part 1, page 217:
      Also the rule of false position, with dyuers examples not onely vulgar, but some appertaynyng to the rule of Algeber.
    • :
      And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatic, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.
    • 1919, P. G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves:
      Shortly after this I had to go out of town. Divers sound sportsmen had invited me to pay visits to their country places, and it wasn't for several months that I settled down in the city again.

Anagrams


Catalan

Etymology

From Latin dīversus.

Adjective

divers (feminine diversa, masculine plural diversos, feminine plural diverses)

  1. diverse
  2. (in the plural) several

Further reading


Dutch

Pronunciation

  • (file)

Adjective

divers (comparative diverser, superlative meest divers or diverst)

  1. diverse
  2. (in the plural) several

Inflection

Inflection of divers
uninflected divers
inflected diverse
comparative diverser
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial diversdiverserhet diverst
het diverste
indefinite m./f. sing. diversediverserediverste
n. sing. diversdiverserdiverste
plural diversediverserediverste
definite diversediverserediverste
partitive diversdiversers

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin diversus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /di.vɛʁ/
  • (file)

Adjective

divers (feminine singular diverse, masculine plural divers, feminine plural diverses)

  1. various; varying

Synonyms

References

Further reading

Anagrams


German

Adjective

divers (comparative diverser, superlative am diversesten)

  1. various, diverse, miscellaneous

Declension

Further reading


Middle French

Etymology

Latin diversus.

Adjective

divers m (feminine singular diverse, masculine plural divers, feminine plural diverses)

  1. various; varying; different
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