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English

Etymology

Compare French vari.

Noun

vari (plural varis)

1. (archaic) The ring-tailed lemur.

Anagrams

• Ravi, Riva, Viar, riva, vair, vira

Estonian

Etymology

From Proto-Norse [script needed] (*warj?n). Cognates include Swedish värja, Danish værge and Finnish varjo.

Noun

vari (genitive varju, partitive varju)

1. shadow
2. shade

Declension

Finnish

Noun

vari

1. hot weather
2. (rare) shadow

Declension

Synonyms

• helle

Anagrams

• Arvi, ravi

Icelandic

Noun

vari

1. indefinite dative singular of var

Ido

Noun

vari

1. plural of varo: wares, commodities, goods; merchandize

Italian

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the main entry.

Adjective

varî (alternative spelling vari)

1. masculine plural of vario

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

varî m (alternative spelling vari)

1. plural of vario

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the main entry.

Noun

vari m

1. plural of varo

Etymology 4

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

vari

1. inflection of varare:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. first-person singular present subjunctive
   3. second-person singular present subjunctive
   4. third-person singular present subjunctive
   5. third-person singular imperative

Etymology 5

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

vari

1. inflection of variare:
   1. second-person singular present indicative
   2. first-person singular present subjunctive
   3. second-person singular present subjunctive
   4. third-person singular present subjunctive
   5. third-person singular imperative

Anagrams

• riva, vira

Latin

Adjective

v?r?

1. inflection of v?rus:
   1. nominative/vocative masculine plural
   2. genitive masculine/neuter singular

References

• vari in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vari in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976) The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press

Latvian

Verb

vari

1. 2nd person singular present indicative form of var?t
2. 2nd person singular imperative form of var?t

Old Norse

Etymology 1

Related to varr (“aware, wary”).

Noun

vari m

1. wariness

Declension

Etymology 2

From Proto-Indo-European *h?wer- (“water, rain, flow”); see the Latin river Avara.

Noun

vari m

1. the watery substance of the blood

References

• vari in Geir T. Zoëga (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• vari in Richard Stillwell et al., editor (1976) The Princeton Encyclopedia of Classical Sites, Princeton, N.J.: Princeton University Press
• Zoëga, Geir T. (1910) A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic?^[1], Oxford: Clarendon Press
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Bern, München: Francke Verlag, page 231

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?vari/

Adjective

vari

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Serbo-Croatian

Noun

vari (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. genitive/dative/vocative/locative singular of var

Verb

vari (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. inflection of variti:
   1. third-person singular present
   2. second-person singular imperative

Swedish

Adverb

vari (not comparable)

1. wherein

Anagrams

• Ivar, riva, vira

Võro

Etymology

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)Related to Estonian vari, Finnish varjo.

Noun

vari (genitive var'o, partitive varjo)

1. shadow

Declension

English

Etymology

From Middle English varien, from Old French varier, from Latin vari? (“to change, alter, make different”), from varius (“different, various”); see various.

Pronunciation

• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /?v???i/
• (General American) IPA^(key): /?v???i/, /?væ?i/, /?v??i/
• (Mary–marry–merry distinction)
• (Mary–marry–merry distinction)
• (Mary–marry–merry merger)
• Rhymes: -???i
• Homophone: very (accents with the Mary-marry-merry merger)

Verb

vary (third-person singular simple present varies, present participle varying, simple past and past participle varied)

1. (transitive) To change with time or a similar parameter.
   • 1695, John Dryden (translator), Observations on the Art of Painting by Charles Alphonse du Fresnoy

     We are to vary the customs according to the time and country where the scene of action lies.

2. (transitive) To institute a change in, from a current state; to modify.
   • a. 1687, Edmund Waller, to Phyllis

     Gods, that never change their state, / Vary oft their love and hate.

3. (intransitive) Not to remain constant: to change with time or a similar parameter.

   • While fear and anger, with alternate grace, / Pant in her breast, and vary in her face.

4. (of the members of a group, intransitive) To display differences.
5. (intransitive) To be or act different from the usual.

6. (transitive) To make of different kinds; to make different from one another; to diversity; to variegate.
7. (transitive, music) To embellish; to change fancifully; to present under new aspects, as of form, key, measure, etc. See variation.
8. (intransitive, obsolete) To disagree; to be at variance or in dissension.
   • 1623, John Webster, The Devil's Law Case

     the rich jewel which we vary for

Synonyms

• (institute a change in): alter, change; See also Thesaurus:alter
• (not to remain constant): fluctuate
• (display differences): See also Thesaurus:differ
• (make of different kinds): See also Thesaurus:diversify
• (disagree): dissent, take exception

Derived terms

• varisome

Translations

Noun

vary (uncountable)

1. (obsolete) alteration; change.

Related terms

Further reading

• vary in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• vary in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Anagrams

• arvy

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?var?]

Noun

vary

1. nominative/accusative/vocative/instrumental plural of var

Malagasy

Etymology

From Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *b??as, from Proto-Austronesian *b??as.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /var?/

Noun

vary

1. rice ((raw) seeds used as food)