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variegated

adj · verb · 5 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: vârʹēəgā'tĭd
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈvɛəɹi.əˌɡeɪtɪd/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈvɛəɹɪˌɡeɪtɪd/
  • General-American: vârʹēəgā'tĭd
  • General-American: /ˈvɛ(ə)ɹi.əˌɡeɪtɪd/
  • General-American: /ˈvæɹ-/ non-Mary–marry–merry merger also
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • CMU ARPABET: V EH1 R IH0 G EY0 T IH0 D Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

adj

Meaning 1

Streaked, spotted, or otherwise marked with a variety of color.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: patterned, distinct, marked

Antonyms: none provided

2

adj

Meaning 2

Very colorful.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: motley, multicolored, polychromatic, aurora-colored (US) / aurora-coloured, colorful (US) / colourful, colorific, discolored [⇒ thesaurus] (US, obsolete) / discoloured, kaleidoscopic, many-coloured, multichromatic, multicolor (US) / multicolour, multicolored (US) / multicoloured, multicolorous, multihued, particolored (US) / particoloured, polychromate, polychromed, polyhued, prismatic, rainbow, rainbow-colored (US) / rainbow-coloured, tissued, variegated

Antonyms: none provided

3

adj

Meaning 3

Varied, heterogeneous, motley

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: broadly

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

4

verb

Meaning 4

simple past and past participle of variegate

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: form-of, participle, past

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

5

adjective satellite

Meaning 5

having a variety of colors

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: varicolored, varicoloured

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Etymology tree Latin varius Proto-Indo-European *h2eǵ- Proto-Indo-European *-eti Proto-Indo-European *h2éǵeti Proto-Italic *agō Latin agō Late Latin variegōbor. English variegate English -ed English variegated From variegate + -ed.

Across languages

Translations

80 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: أَرْقَش (ʔarqaš) — streaked or spotted with a variety of colours
  • Azerbaijani: rəngarəng — streaked or spotted with a variety of colours
  • Azerbaijani: rəngbərəng — streaked or spotted with a variety of colours
  • Azerbaijani: əlvan — streaked or spotted with a variety of colours
  • Azerbaijani: alabəzək — streaked or spotted with a variety of colours
  • Azerbaijani: ala — streaked or spotted with a variety of colours
  • Bashkir: сыбар (sıbar) — streaked or spotted with a variety of colours
  • Belarusian: страка́ты (strakáty) — streaked or spotted with a variety of colours
  • Belarusian: пёстры (pjóstry) — streaked or spotted with a variety of colours
  • Belarusian: пярэ́сты (pjarésty) — streaked or spotted with a variety of colours
  • Bulgarian: пъ́стър (pǎ́stǎr) — streaked or spotted with a variety of colours
  • Chinese Mandarin: 雜色的 /杂色的 (zásè de) — streaked or spotted with a variety of colours
  • Chinese Mandarin: 斑驳的 — streaked or spotted with a variety of colours
  • Czech: pestrý — streaked or spotted with a variety of colours
  • Czech: pestrobarevný — streaked or spotted with a variety of colours
  • Czech: strakatý — streaked or spotted with a variety of colours
  • Dutch: bont — streaked or spotted with a variety of colours
  • Finnish: kirjava — streaked or spotted with a variety of colours
  • French: bigarré — streaked or spotted with a variety of colours
  • French: multicolore — streaked or spotted with a variety of colours
  • Galician: pégaro — streaked or spotted with a variety of colours
  • Galician: apigarado — streaked or spotted with a variety of colours
  • Galician: multicolor — streaked or spotted with a variety of colours
  • Galician: pego — streaked or spotted with a variety of colours
  • Galician: pinto — streaked or spotted with a variety of colours
  • Georgian: ჭრელი (č̣reli) — streaked or spotted with a variety of colours
  • Georgian: ფერად-ფერადი (perad-peradi) — streaked or spotted with a variety of colours
  • Georgian: ნაირ-ფერი (nair-peri) — streaked or spotted with a variety of colours
  • German: bunt — streaked or spotted with a variety of colours
  • German: scheckig — streaked or spotted with a variety of colours
  • German: buntgefleckt — streaked or spotted with a variety of colours
  • German: vielfarbig — streaked or spotted with a variety of colours
  • German: gemustert — streaked or spotted with a variety of colours
  • German: buntgemustert — streaked or spotted with a variety of colours
  • Greek: ποικίλος (poikílos) — streaked or spotted with a variety of colours
  • Ancient Greek: ποικίλος (poikílos) — streaked or spotted with a variety of colours
  • Hungarian: tarka — streaked or spotted with a variety of colours
  • Italian: variegato — streaked or spotted with a variety of colours
  • Japanese: 多彩 (tasai) — streaked or spotted with a variety of colours
  • Kashubian: bestri — streaked or spotted with a variety of colours
  • Kazakh: ала (ala) — streaked or spotted with a variety of colours
  • Korean: 잡색의 (japsaegui) — streaked or spotted with a variety of colours
  • Central Kurdish: ئاڵواڵا (allwalla) — streaked or spotted with a variety of colours
  • Central Kurdish: رەنگین (rengîn) — streaked or spotted with a variety of colours
  • Latvian: raibs — streaked or spotted with a variety of colours
  • Lithuanian: raibas — streaked or spotted with a variety of colours
  • Macedonian: ша́рен (šáren) — streaked or spotted with a variety of colours
  • Māori: iraira — streaked or spotted with a variety of colours
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: spraglete — streaked or spotted with a variety of colours
  • Norwegian Nynorsk: brokete — streaked or spotted with a variety of colours
  • Church Slavic: пьстръ (pĭstrŭ) — streaked or spotted with a variety of colours
  • Plautdietsch: bunt — streaked or spotted with a variety of colours
  • Polish: srokaty — streaked or spotted with a variety of colours
  • Polish: pstry — streaked or spotted with a variety of colours
  • Portuguese: variegado — streaked or spotted with a variety of colours
  • Romanian: vărgat — streaked or spotted with a variety of colours
  • Romanian: bălțat — streaked or spotted with a variety of colours
  • Russian: пёстрый (pjóstryj) — streaked or spotted with a variety of colours
  • Russian: разноцве́тный (raznocvétnyj) — streaked or spotted with a variety of colours
  • Sanskrit: शर्वर (śarvara) — streaked or spotted with a variety of colours
  • Sanskrit: पृषत् (pṛṣat) — streaked or spotted with a variety of colours
  • Scottish Gaelic: ballach — streaked or spotted with a variety of colours
  • Serbo-Croatian: шарен — streaked or spotted with a variety of colours
  • Serbo-Croatian: šaren — streaked or spotted with a variety of colours
  • Slovak: pestrý — streaked or spotted with a variety of colours
  • Slovene: pester — streaked or spotted with a variety of colours
  • Southern Altai: ала (ala) — streaked or spotted with a variety of colours
  • Spanish: variegado — streaked or spotted with a variety of colours
  • Spanish: abigarrado — streaked or spotted with a variety of colours
  • Swedish: färgsprakande — streaked or spotted with a variety of colours
  • Swedish: brokig — streaked or spotted with a variety of colours
  • Tagalog: kabang — streaked or spotted with a variety of colours
  • Turkish: ala — streaked or spotted with a variety of colours
  • Turkish: alaca — streaked or spotted with a variety of colours
  • Turkish: alacalı — streaked or spotted with a variety of colours
  • Turkish: ebruli — streaked or spotted with a variety of colours
  • Turkish: varyegat — streaked or spotted with a variety of colours
  • Ottoman Turkish: آلا (ala) — streaked or spotted with a variety of colours
  • Ukrainian: строка́тий (strokátyj) — streaked or spotted with a variety of colours
  • Ukrainian: пістри́й (pistrýj) — streaked or spotted with a variety of colours