different between contant vs invariable

Catalan

Verb

contant

1. present participle of contar

Dutch

Etymology

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Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /k?n?t?nt/
• Hyphenation: con?tant
• Rhymes: -?nt

Adjective

contant (not comparable)

1. in cash

Inflection

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: kontan

Adverb

contant

1. in cash

   contant betalen — to pay in cash

Derived terms

• handje contantje

Related terms

• contanten

French

Verb

contant

1. present participle of conter

English

Etymology

in- +? variable

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?n?v??.i.?.bl?/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?n?v??.?i.?.bl?/
• Hyphenation: in?va?ri?able

Adjective

invariable (not comparable)

1. Not variable; unalterable; uniform; always having the same value.
   • 1860, Isaac Taylor, Ultimate Civilisation

     Physical laws which are invariable.

   • “A tight little craft,” was Austin’s invariable comment on the matron; and she looked it, always trim and trig and smooth of surface like a converted yacht cleared for action.

2. (mathematics) Constant.
3. (by extension, grammar, of a word, or a grammatical class) That cannot undergo inflection, conjugation or declension.

   Synonym: uninflectable

   Hyponyms: indeclinable, inconjugable

Quotations

• For quotations using this term, see Citations:invariable.

Translations

Noun

invariable (plural invariables)

1. Something that does not vary; a constant.

See also

• invariant

Catalan

Etymology

in- +? variable

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /im.v?.?i?a.bl?/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /im.b?.?i?a.bl?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /im.va.?i?a.ble/

Adjective

invariable (masculine and feminine plural invariables)

1. invariable

Derived terms

• invariablement

Further reading

• “invariable” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “invariable” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “invariable” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “invariable” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

French

Etymology

in- +? variable

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.va.?jabl/

Adjective

invariable (plural invariables)

1. invariable

Derived terms

• invariablement

Further reading

• “invariable” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Spanish

Etymology

in- +? variable

Adjective

invariable (plural invariables)

1. invariable

Derived terms

• invariablemente

Further reading

• “invariable” in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014.