different between variety vs habitus

English

Alternative forms

• variëty (rare)

Etymology

From Middle French varieté, from Latin variet?s (“difference, diversity”), from varius (“different, various”); see various. Displaced native Old English misl?cnes.

Pronunciation

• enPR: v?-r???-t?, IPA^(key): /v???a?.?.ti/
• Rhymes: -a??ti
• Hyphenation: va?ri?e?ty

Noun

variety (countable and uncountable, plural varieties)

1. The quality of being varied; diversity.

   Antonym: sameness

2. A specific variation of something.
3. A number of different things.

   Synonyms: array, assortment

4. A state of constant change.
5. (taxonomy) A rank in a taxonomic classification, below species (infraspecific), either below subspecies (subspecific) or ranked comparably therewith.
6. (cybernetics) The total number of distinct states of a system.
7. (cybernetics) Logarithm of the base 2 of the total number of distinct states of a system.
8. (linguistics) A term used for a specific form of a language, neutral to whether that form is a dialect, accent, register, etc. and to its prestige level.
9. (algebra, universal algebra) An equational class; the class of all algebraic structures of a given signature, satisfying a given set of identities.
10. (algebraic geometry) An algebraic variety.
11. The kind of theatrical entertainment given in variety shows.
12. The production of, or performance in, variety shows.

Synonyms

• (quality of being varied): See also Thesaurus:nonuniformity
• (algebraic geometry): algebraic variety
• (universal algebra): equational class, equational variety, variety of algebras

Hyponyms

• (specific variation of something): cultivar

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

See also

• species
• (cybernetics: logarithm): information entropy

Further reading

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

English

Etymology

From Latin habitus (“habit”), from habe? (“have; maintain”).

Noun

habitus (countable and uncountable, plural habiti) (Almost all uses of the word in English are in noncount senses; thus, the plural habiti, corresponding to the Latin plural, is rare in English.)

1. (zoology) habitude; mode of life; bearing, general appearance.
2. (botany) habit; general shape and appearance of a species or variety of plant.
3. (anatomy, medicine) the general shape and appearance of the body, usually with reference to weight, adipose distribution, posture, and gait; most often called by the collocation body habitus.
4. (sociology) The lifestyle, values, dispositions and expectations of particular social groups that are acquired through the activities and experiences of everyday life.
5. (liturgy) The liturgical clothing of monks, nuns and the clerical community, metaphorically referring to the religious mode of life.

Translations

References

• habitus in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• ushabti

Dutch

Etymology

From Latin habitus (“habit”), from habe? (“have; maintain”).

Pronunciation

• Hyphenation: ha?bi?tus

Noun

habitus m (plural habitussen)

1. manner, behaviour
2. general physical appearance such as shape of the body
3. (zoology) general appearance and/or behaviour of a plant

Finnish

Noun

habitus

1. habitus

Declension

Synonyms

• ulkomuoto

Latin

Etymology 1

Perfect passive participle of habe? (“have”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?ha.bi.tus/, [?häb?t??s?]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?a.bi.tus/, [???bit?us]

Participle

habitus (feminine habita, neuter habitum); first/second-declension participle

1. retained, maintained, having been maintained
2. (by extension) well-kept; stout, fleshy, burly

Declension

First/second-declension adjective.

Etymology 2

From habe? (I have) +? -tus (noun formation suffix)

Noun

habitus m (genitive habit?s); fourth declension

1. habit; disposition; character
2. physical or emotional condition
3. dress, attire

Declension

Fourth-declension noun.

Descendants

Borrowings

References

• habitus in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• habitus in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• habitus in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.