variety
/vəˈaɪəti/vur-EYE-uh-tee
/vɚˈaɪəti/vur-EYE-uh-tee
Meaningchange
Common meaning: diversity
Other meanings: a type
- varichanging, mottledLewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), p. 1958 · scan
- etynoun ending: the state of
Journey through time
- Latinvarius, -a, -um‘changing, mottled’
- Frenchvarietésource
- Englishvariety‘diversity’ · today
vari also in: variegated
Sources & notes
Meaning: “Meaning” is the sense that emerges from the word’s roots; “Common meaning” is today’s everyday sense. Both written by us.
Pronunciation
- UK IPA: converted from the US form by rule (unchecked). Respelling: generated.
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- US IPA: CMUdict (BSD-2), converted to IPA by rule. Respelling: generated.
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Origin: Built on Latin varius ‘changing, mottled’.
Did you know: our wording, based on Lewis & Short, Latin Dictionary (1879), entry varius, p. 1958 · dictionary scan
Roots
- varius, -a, -um Latin “changing, mottled”
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