different between variant vs isabelle

English

Alternative forms

• variaunt (obsolete)

Etymology

Recorded since c.1380, from Old French variant, from Latin vari?ns, the present active participle of vari? (“to change”).

Pronunciation

• enPR: vâr'?-?nt, IPA^(key): /?v???i.?nt/, /?væ?i.?nt/
• (UK) IPA^(key): /?v???i.?nt/

Adjective

variant (comparative more variant, superlative most variant)

1. Showing variety, diverse.
2. Showing deviation or disagreement.
3. (obsolete) Variable.
4. (programming) Covariant and/or contravariant.

Translations

Noun

variant (plural variants)

1. Something that is slightly different from a type or norm.

   All breeds of dog are variants of the species “Canis lupus familiaris”.

   The word "kerosine" is a variant of “kerosene”.

2. (genetics) A different sequence of a gene (locus).
3. (computing) A variable that can hold any of various unrelated data types.
4. (linguistics, lexicography) One of a set of words or other linguistic forms that conveys the same meaning or serves the same function.

Related terms

• variance
• variation
• vary

Translations

See also

• alternate
• alternative

Anagrams

• nativar

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin vari?ns, attested from 1839.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /v?.?i?ant/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /b?.?i?an/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /va.?i?ant/

Adjective

variant (masculine and feminine plural variants)

1. varying

Noun

variant m (plural variants)

1. variant

Related terms

• variar

References

Further reading

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

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French variant or variante, from Latin vari?ns.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?va?.ri??nt/
• Hyphenation: va?ri?ant
• Rhymes: -?nt

Noun

variant m (plural varianten, diminutive variantje n)

1. A variant.

Synonyms

• variante

Derived terms

Related terms

• variabiliteit
• variabel
• variatie
• variëren
• variëteit

Descendants

• ? Indonesian: varian

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /va.?j??/

Verb

variant

1. present participle of varier

Adjective

variant (feminine singular variante, masculine plural variants, feminine plural variantes)

1. varied, which varies; variable

Related terms

• variabilité
• variable
• variation

Further reading

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

Latin

Verb

variant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of vari?

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin varians

Noun

variant m (definite singular varianten, indefinite plural varianter, definite plural variantene)

1. a variant

References

• “variant” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin varians

Noun

variant m (definite singular varianten, indefinite plural variantar, definite plural variantane)

1. a variant

References

• “variant” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Old French

Adjective

variant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular variant or variante)

1. varying; which varies

Descendants

• ? English: variant
• French: variant

Swedish

Etymology

From French variante, attested from 1779.

Noun

variant c

1. variant

Declension

Related terms

• variera

References

French

Etymology

From the Spanish personal name Isabel, because of the legend that, during the Siege of Granada in 1491, Isabella the Catholic vowed not to change her shirt until the city was taken.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /i.za.b?l/

Adjective

isabelle (plural isabelles)

1. light tan

Further reading

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

Anagrams

• abeilles
• bâillées