heterogeneous

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From Medieval Latin heterogeneus, from Ancient Greek ἑτερογενής (heterogenḗs, “of different kinds”), from ἕτερος (héteros, “other, another, different”) + γένος (génos, “kind”). Compare hetero- and -ous.

58 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Albanian: heterogjen — diverse in kind
• Albanian: i tjetërllojshëm — diverse in kind
• Azerbaijani: qarışıq — diverse in kind
• Bulgarian: разнороден (raznoroden) — diverse in kind
• Catalan: heterogeni — diverse in kind
• Chinese Mandarin: 異質 /异质 (yìzhì) — diverse in kind
• Czech: heterogenní — diverse in kind
• Czech: různorodý — diverse in kind
• Dutch: heterogeen — diverse in kind
• Dutch: heterogene — diverse in kind
• Finnish: epäyhtenäinen — diverse in kind
• Finnish: sekalainen — diverse in kind
• Finnish: heterogeeninen — diverse in kind
• French: hétérogène — diverse in kind
• Galician: heteroxéneo — diverse in kind
• German: heterogen — diverse in kind
• Greek: ετερογενής (eterogenís) — diverse in kind
• Hungarian: heterogén — diverse in kind
• Indonesian: heterogen — diverse in kind
• Irish: ilchineálach — diverse in kind
• Irish: ilghnéitheach — diverse in kind
• Italian: eterogeneo — diverse in kind
• Kazakh: гетерогенді (geterogendı) — diverse in kind
• Kazakh: гетерогендік (geterogendık) — diverse in kind
• Kazakh: әртекті (ärtektı) — diverse in kind
• Kazakh: біртекті емес (bırtektı emes) — diverse in kind
• Kazakh: біртексіз (bırteksız) — diverse in kind
• Latin: heterogeneus — diverse in kind
• Manx: yl-chynnoil — diverse in kind
• Manx: yl-cheintagh — diverse in kind
• Norwegian Bokmål: heterogen — diverse in kind
• Norwegian Nynorsk: heterogen — diverse in kind
• Polish: heterogeniczny — diverse in kind
• Polish: niejednorodny — diverse in kind
• Portuguese: heterogêneo — diverse in kind
• Romanian: eterogen — diverse in kind
• Romanian: neuniform — diverse in kind
• Russian: неодноро́дный (neodnoródnyj) — diverse in kind
• Russian: гетероге́нный (geterogénnyj) — diverse in kind
• Scottish Gaelic: iol-ghnèitheach — diverse in kind
• Spanish: heterogéneo — diverse in kind
• Swedish: heterogen — diverse in kind
• Telugu: విజాతి (vijāti) — diverse in kind
• Telugu: విభిన్న (vibhinna) — diverse in kind
• Finnish: heterogeeninen — mathematics: incommensurable
• Spanish: heterogéneo — mathematics: incommensurable
• Azerbaijani: qarışıq — physics: having more than one phase
• Finnish: heterogeeninen — physics: having more than one phase
• Romanian: eterogen — physics: having more than one phase
• Spanish: heterogéneo — physics: having more than one phase
• Tagalog: dam-uriin — physics: having more than one phase
• Bulgarian: хетерогенен (heterogenen) — chemistry: visibly consisting of different components
• Finnish: heterogeeninen — chemistry: visibly consisting of different components
• Spanish: heterogéneo — chemistry: visibly consisting of different components
• Tagalog: dam-uriin — chemistry: visibly consisting of different components
• Finnish: heterogeeninen — computing: comprising different types of computers or formats
• Persian: ناهملوناء — computing: comprising different types of computers or formats
• Spanish: heterogéneo — computing: comprising different types of computers or formats