diverse

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• Received-Pronunciation: /daɪˈvɜːs/
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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˈdaɪ.vɜːs/
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• General-American: /daɪˈvɝs/
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• General-American: /ˈdaɪ.vɝs/
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• General-American: /dɪˈvɝs/
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• General-American: /ˈdəˈvɝs/
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• Australian: /dɑeˈvɜːs/
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• Australian: /ˈdɪˈvɜːs/
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• CMU ARPABET: D AY0 V ER1 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: D IH0 V ER1 S Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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PIE word *dwóh1 The adjective is derived from Middle English divers, diverse (“different, divergent”), from Anglo-Norman divers, Anglo-Norman divers, and Old French divers (“different; of various kinds”) (modern French divers), and directly from their etymon Latin dīversus (“different, diverse”), an adjective use of the perfect passive participle of dīvertō (“to divert, turn away”), from dī- (variant of dis- (prefix meaning ‘apart, in two’)) + vertō (“to turn”) (ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *wert- (“to rotate; to turn”)). Doublet of divert. The adverb is derived from Middle English diverse (“differently; at various times”), from divers, diverse (adjective) (see above).

From Middle English diversen (“to differ, diverge; to become different, change; to vary; to change or vary (something); to make a distinction, distinguish; to divert”), from Anglo-Norman diverser, Middle French diverser, and Old French diverser (“to alter, change; to differ, diverge; to disagree”), from Late Latin diversare (“to differ”), and then either: * a frequentative form of Latin dīvertere, the present active infinitive of dīvertō (see etymology 1); or * from dī- (variant of dis- (prefix meaning ‘apart, in two’)) + versāre (the present active infinitive of versō (“to alter, change; to keep turning, whirl”), a frequentative form of vertō: see etymology 1). Etymology 2 sense 1 (“synonym of diversify”) became obsolete in the 16th century, and was probably recoined in the 20th century.

88 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Bashkir: башҡа (başqa) — not the same — see also different, dissimilar, distinct
• Bulgarian: различен (različen) — not the same — see also different, dissimilar, distinct
• Catalan: divers — not the same — see also different, dissimilar, distinct
• Czech: rozmanitý — not the same — see also different, dissimilar, distinct
• Dutch: divers — not the same — see also different, dissimilar, distinct
• Finnish: erilainen — not the same — see also different, dissimilar, distinct
• French: différent — not the same — see also different, dissimilar, distinct
• Georgian: განსხვავებული (gansxvavebuli) — not the same — see also different, dissimilar, distinct
• Georgian: გამორჩეული (gamorčeuli) — not the same — see also different, dissimilar, distinct
• Georgian: სხვადასხვაგვარი (sxvadasxvagvari) — not the same — see also different, dissimilar, distinct
• German: verschieden — not the same — see also different, dissimilar, distinct
• German: unterschiedlich — not the same — see also different, dissimilar, distinct
• Hebrew: מגוון (meguvan) — not the same — see also different, dissimilar, distinct
• Hindi: भिन्न (bhinn) — not the same — see also different, dissimilar, distinct
• Hindi: विभिन्न (vibhinn) — not the same — see also different, dissimilar, distinct
• Icelandic: fjölbreyttur — not the same — see also different, dissimilar, distinct
• Icelandic: margvíslegur — not the same — see also different, dissimilar, distinct
• Irish: éagsúil — not the same — see also different, dissimilar, distinct
• Italian: diverso — not the same — see also different, dissimilar, distinct
• Korean: 다양하다 (dayanghada) — not the same — see also different, dissimilar, distinct
• Māori: kē — not the same — see also different, dissimilar, distinct
• Nahuatl: nepapan — not the same — see also different, dissimilar, distinct
• Polish: odmienny — not the same — see also different, dissimilar, distinct
• Polish: rozmaity — not the same — see also different, dissimilar, distinct
• Portuguese: diverso — not the same — see also different, dissimilar, distinct
• Portuguese: diferente — not the same — see also different, dissimilar, distinct
• Portuguese: distinto — not the same — see also different, dissimilar, distinct
• Russian: разли́чный (razlíčnyj) — not the same — see also different, dissimilar, distinct
• Russian: друго́й (drugój) — not the same — see also different, dissimilar, distinct
• Russian: отли́чный (otlíčnyj) — not the same — see also different, dissimilar, distinct
• Scottish Gaelic: eugsamhail — not the same — see also different, dissimilar, distinct
• Spanish: diverso — not the same — see also different, dissimilar, distinct
• Swedish: diverse — not the same — see also different, dissimilar, distinct
• Telugu: విభిన్న (vibhinna) — not the same — see also different, dissimilar, distinct
• Telugu: విభిన్నమైన (vibhinnamaina) — not the same — see also different, dissimilar, distinct
• Ukrainian: різномані́тний (riznomanítnyj) — not the same — see also different, dissimilar, distinct
• Vietnamese: khác nhau — not the same — see also different, dissimilar, distinct
• Aghwan: 𐕍𐔰𐕙𐕍𐔰𐕙 (q̇arq̇ar) — consisting of different elements — see also various
• Arabic: مُتَنَوِّع (mutanawwiʕ) — consisting of different elements — see also various
• Bashkir: төрлө (törlö) — consisting of different elements — see also various
• Bulgarian: разнообразен (raznoobrazen) — consisting of different elements — see also various
• Catalan: divers — consisting of different elements — see also various
• Chinese Mandarin: 多種多樣的 /多种多样的 (duōzhǒng duōyàng de) — consisting of different elements — see also various
• Chinese Mandarin: 多種的 /多种的 (duōzhǒng de) — consisting of different elements — see also various
• Finnish: monipuolinen — consisting of different elements — see also various
• Finnish: moninainen — consisting of different elements — see also various
• Finnish: kirjava — consisting of different elements — see also various
• French: divers — consisting of different elements — see also various
• Georgian: მრავალფეროვანი (mravalperovani) — consisting of different elements — see also various
• German: mannigfaltig — consisting of different elements — see also various
• German: divers — consisting of different elements — see also various
• German: abwechslungsreich — consisting of different elements — see also various
• Ancient Greek: ποικίλος (poikílos) — consisting of different elements — see also various
• Hindi: विविध (vividh) — consisting of different elements — see also various
• Ido: diversa — consisting of different elements — see also various
• Ingrian: monilaajain — consisting of different elements — see also various
• Irish: ilghnéitheach — consisting of different elements — see also various
• Irish: ilchineálach — consisting of different elements — see also various
• Irish: éagsúil — consisting of different elements — see also various
• Italian: vario — consisting of different elements — see also various
• Italian: diverso — consisting of different elements — see also various
• Italian: svariato — consisting of different elements — see also various
• Japanese: 様々な (samazama na) — consisting of different elements — see also various
• Kazakh: қилы (qily) — consisting of different elements — see also various
• Latin: varius — consisting of different elements — see also various
• Māori: kanorau — consisting of different elements — see also various
• Māori: whakaehu — consisting of different elements — see also various
• Polish: rozmaity — consisting of different elements — see also various
• Polish: różnorodny — consisting of different elements — see also various
• Polish: różny — consisting of different elements — see also various
• Polish: różnoraki — consisting of different elements — see also various
• Portuguese: diverso — consisting of different elements — see also various
• Russian: разнообра́зный (raznoobráznyj) — consisting of different elements — see also various
• Russian: ра́зный (ráznyj) — consisting of different elements — see also various
• Scottish Gaelic: eadar-mheasgte — consisting of different elements — see also various
• Spanish: diverso — consisting of different elements — see also various
• Swedish: diverse — consisting of different elements — see also various
• Swedish: mångsidig — consisting of different elements — see also various
• Tibetan: འདྲ་མི་འདྲ ('dra mi 'dra) — consisting of different elements — see also various
• Ukrainian: рі́зний (ríznyj) — consisting of different elements — see also various
• Ukrainian: різномані́тний (riznomanítnyj) — consisting of different elements — see also various
• Dutch: divers — of a community, organization, etc.: composed of people with a variety of different demographic characteristics
• French: diversifié — of a community, organization, etc.: composed of people with a variety of different demographic characteristics
• German: vielfältig — of a community, organization, etc.: composed of people with a variety of different demographic characteristics
• Hindi: विविधतापूर्ण (vividhtāpūrṇ) — of a community, organization, etc.: composed of people with a variety of different demographic characteristics
• Portuguese: diverso — of a community, organization, etc.: composed of people with a variety of different demographic characteristics
• Spanish: diverso — of a community, organization, etc.: composed of people with a variety of different demographic characteristics
• Vietnamese: đa dạng — of a community, organization, etc.: composed of people with a variety of different demographic characteristics