variation

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• Received-Pronunciation: /ˌvɛəɹɪˈeɪʃn̩/
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• General-American: /ˌvɛəɹiˈeɪʃn̩/
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• General-American: /ˌvæɹiˈeɪʃn̩/
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• General-American: /ˌvɛɹiˈeɪʃn̩/
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• CMU ARPABET: V EH2 R IY0 EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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From Middle French variation, from Old French variacion, from Latin variātiō, from vary + -ation.

115 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Arabic: تَرَاوُح (tarāwuḥ) — the act or state of varying
• Arabic: اِخْتِلَاف (iḵtilāf) — the act or state of varying
• Bulgarian: промяна (promjana) — the act or state of varying
• Bulgarian: изменение (izmenenie) — the act or state of varying
• Catalan: variació — the act or state of varying
• Chinese Mandarin: 變化 /变化 (biànhuà) — the act or state of varying
• Chinese Mandarin: 變動 /变动 (biàndòng) — the act or state of varying
• Czech: variace — the act or state of varying
• Czech: obměna — the act or state of varying
• Danish: variation — the act or state of varying
• Dutch: afwisseling — the act or state of varying
• Dutch: variatie — the act or state of varying
• Dutch: verandering — the act or state of varying
• Esperanto: diverseco — the act or state of varying
• Esperanto: ŝanĝo — the act or state of varying
• Finnish: muuntelu — the act or state of varying
• Finnish: vaihtelu — the act or state of varying
• French: variation — the act or state of varying
• Galician: variación — the act or state of varying
• Georgian: ვარიაცია (variacia) — the act or state of varying
• Georgian: სახესხვაობა (saxesxvaoba) — the act or state of varying
• German: Umbildung — the act or state of varying
• German: Veränderung — the act or state of varying
• German: Variation — the act or state of varying
• Ancient Greek: παράλλαγμα (parállagma) — the act or state of varying
• Irish: athruithe — the act or state of varying
• Irish: éagsúlacht — the act or state of varying
• Italian: variazione — the act or state of varying
• Japanese: 変動 (hendō) — the act or state of varying
• Japanese: 変化 (henka) — the act or state of varying
• Khmer: បំរែបំរួល (bɑmrɛɛbɑmruəl) — the act or state of varying
• Korean: 변화 (byeonhwa) — the act or state of varying
• Latin: variātiō — the act or state of varying
• Malay: kesenjangan — the act or state of varying
• Malayalam: വ്യതിയാനം (vyatiyānaṁ) — the act or state of varying
• Māori: tāupetanga — the act or state of varying
• Norwegian Bokmål: variasjon — the act or state of varying
• Norwegian Nynorsk: variasjon — the act or state of varying
• Polish: zmienność — the act or state of varying
• Portuguese: variação — the act or state of varying
• Romanian: variație — the act or state of varying
• Romanian: variere — the act or state of varying
• Russian: измене́ние (izmenénije) — the act or state of varying
• Russian: варьи́рование (varʹírovanije) — the act or state of varying
• Scottish Gaelic: mùthadh — the act or state of varying
• Scottish Gaelic: atharrachadh — the act or state of varying
• Scottish Gaelic: caochladh — the act or state of varying
• Spanish: variación — the act or state of varying
• Swedish: variation — the act or state of varying
• Tagalog: kaibahan — the act or state of varying
• Tagalog: baryasyon — the act or state of varying
• Turkish: varyasyon — the act or state of varying
• Turkish: çeşitleme — the act or state of varying
• Vietnamese: sự biến đổi — the act or state of varying
• Vietnamese: sự thay đổi — the act or state of varying
• Bulgarian: вариа́нт (variánt) — related but distinct thing
• Bulgarian: разнови́дност (raznovídnost) — related but distinct thing
• Catalan: variant — related but distinct thing
• Danish: variation — related but distinct thing
• Danish: variant — related but distinct thing
• Dutch: variant — related but distinct thing
• Esperanto: variaĵo — related but distinct thing
• Finnish: muunnos — related but distinct thing
• French: variante — related but distinct thing
• Georgian: ვარიანტი (varianṭi) — related but distinct thing
• Georgian: ვარიაცია (variacia) — related but distinct thing
• Georgian: სახესხვაობა (saxesxvaoba) — related but distinct thing
• Italian: variante — related but distinct thing
• Kazakh: түрлендірме (türlendırme) — related but distinct thing
• Kazakh: вариация (variasiä) — related but distinct thing
• Khmer: បំរែបំរួល (bɑmrɛɛbɑmruəl) — related but distinct thing
• Malayalam: വ്യതിയാനം (vyatiyānaṁ) — related but distinct thing
• Portuguese: variação — related but distinct thing
• Portuguese: variante — related but distinct thing
• Russian: разнови́дность (raznovídnostʹ) — related but distinct thing
• Russian: вариа́нт (variánt) — related but distinct thing
• Russian: вариа́ция (variácija) — related but distinct thing
• Spanish: variación — related but distinct thing
• Swedish: variation — related but distinct thing
• Swedish: variant — related but distinct thing
• Vietnamese: biến thể — related but distinct thing
• Bulgarian: отклонение (otklonenie) — difference between true and magnetic (compass) north
• Danish: afvigelse — difference between true and magnetic (compass) north
• Finnish: eranto — difference between true and magnetic (compass) north
• French: déclinaison — difference between true and magnetic (compass) north
• Swedish: avvikelse — difference between true and magnetic (compass) north
• Bulgarian: вариант — (board games) a line of play that differs from the original
• Danish: variant — (board games) a line of play that differs from the original
• Dutch: variant — (board games) a line of play that differs from the original
• Finnish: muunnos — (board games) a line of play that differs from the original
• French: variante — (board games) a line of play that differs from the original
• German: Variante — (board games) a line of play that differs from the original
• Swedish: variant — (board games) a line of play that differs from the original
• Bulgarian: вариа́ция (variácija) — a musical technique based on an altered repetition of a theme
• Catalan: variació — a musical technique based on an altered repetition of a theme
• Chinese Mandarin: 變奏曲 /变奏曲 (biànzòuqǔ) — a musical technique based on an altered repetition of a theme
• Danish: variation — a musical technique based on an altered repetition of a theme
• Dutch: variatie — a musical technique based on an altered repetition of a theme
• Finnish: muuntelu — a musical technique based on an altered repetition of a theme
• French: variation — a musical technique based on an altered repetition of a theme
• Georgian: ვარიაცია (variacia) — a musical technique based on an altered repetition of a theme
• Georgian: სახესხვაობა (saxesxvaoba) — a musical technique based on an altered repetition of a theme
• German: Variation — a musical technique based on an altered repetition of a theme
• Greek: παραλλαγή (parallagí) — a musical technique based on an altered repetition of a theme
• Italian: variazione — a musical technique based on an altered repetition of a theme
• Japanese: 変奏曲 (hensōkyoku) — a musical technique based on an altered repetition of a theme
• Kazakh: вариация (variasiä) — a musical technique based on an altered repetition of a theme
• Polish: wariacja — a musical technique based on an altered repetition of a theme
• Portuguese: variação — a musical technique based on an altered repetition of a theme
• Russian: вариа́ция (variácija) — a musical technique based on an altered repetition of a theme
• Swedish: variation — a musical technique based on an altered repetition of a theme
• Turkish: çeşitleme — a musical technique based on an altered repetition of a theme
• Irish: malartaíocht — appearance of two or more linguistic forms
• Chinese Mandarin: 變分 /变分 (biànfēn) — an infinitesimal perturbation of a function, or the resulting first-order change in a functional
• Japanese: 変分 (henbun) — an infinitesimal perturbation of a function, or the resulting first-order change in a functional