variant

• variaunt (obsolete)

Recorded since c.1380, from Old French variant, from Latin variāns, the present active participle of variō (“to change”).

• enPR: vâr'ē-ənt, IPA^(key): /ˈvɛəɹi.ənt/, /ˈvæɹi.ənt/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈvɛəɹi.ənt/

variant (comparative more variant, superlative most variant)

1. Showing variety, diverse.
2. Showing deviation or disagreement.
3. (obsolete) Variable.

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).
3. (computing) A variable that can hold any of various unrelated data types.
4. (linguistics, sociolinguistics) One of a set of words or other linguistic forms that conveys the same meaning or serves the same function.
   • 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.

• variance
• variation
• vary

• alternate
• alternative

• nativar

variant (masculine and feminine plural variants)

1. varying

variant m (plural variants)

1. variant

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variant m (plural varianten, diminutive variantje n)

1. A variant

• variante

• (variants by type) deelvariant m, hoofdvariant m, klassevariant m, openingsvariant m, phoneemvariant m, ruilvariant m, teekenvariant m (obsolete spelling teekenvariant m), woordvariant m
• variantengroep
• variantenmateriaal n
• variantennet n
• variantenpaar n
• variantenreeks

• variabiliteit
• variabel
• variatie
• variëren

• IPA^(key): /vaʁjɑ̃/

variant

1. present participle of varier

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

1. varied, which varies; variable

• variabilité
• variable
• variation

• “variant” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

variant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of variō

From Latin varians

variant m (definite singular varianten, indefinite plural varianter, definite plural variantene)

1. a variant

• “variant” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

From Latin varians

variant m (definite singular varianten, indefinite plural variantar, definite plural variantane)

1. a variant

• “variant” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

variant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular variant or variante)

1. varying; which varies

• English: variant (borrowed)
• French: variant

variant c

1. a variant