Diverse in Different Languages
Discover 'Diverse' in 134 Languages: Dive into Translations, Hear Pronunciations, and Uncover Cultural Insights.
Diverse
Afrikaans uiteenlopend | ||
Albanian të larmishme | ||
Amharic የተለያዩ | ||
Arabic متنوعة | ||
Armenian բազմազան | ||
Assamese বিচিত্ৰ | ||
Aymara may maya | ||
Azerbaijani müxtəlifdir | ||
Bambara caman | ||
Basque anitza | ||
Belarusian разнастайны | ||
Bengali বিবিধ | ||
Bhojpuri विविध | ||
Bosnian raznolik | ||
Bulgarian разнообразен | ||
Catalan divers | ||
Cebuano lainlain | ||
Chinese (Simplified) 多样的 | ||
Chinese (Traditional) 多樣的 | ||
Corsican diversu | ||
Croatian raznolik | ||
Czech různorodý | ||
Danish alsidig | ||
Dhivehi ޑިވަރސް | ||
Dogri भांत सभांता | ||
Dutch verschillend | ||
English diverse | ||
Esperanto diversa | ||
Estonian mitmekesine | ||
Ewe vovovowo | ||
Filipino (Tagalog) iba't iba | ||
Finnish monipuolinen | ||
French diverse | ||
Frisian ferskillend | ||
Galician diversa | ||
Georgian მრავალფეროვანი | ||
German vielfältig | ||
Greek ποικίλος | ||
Guarani ikoéva | ||
Gujarati વૈવિધ્યસભર | ||
Haitian Creole divès | ||
Hausa bambancin | ||
Hawaiian ʻokoʻa | ||
Hebrew מְגוּוָן | ||
Hindi विविध | ||
Hmong muaj ntau haiv neeg | ||
Hungarian különböző | ||
Icelandic fjölbreytt | ||
Igbo iche iche | ||
Ilocano agduduma | ||
Indonesian berbeda | ||
Irish éagsúil | ||
Italian diversi | ||
Japanese 多様 | ||
Javanese macem-macem | ||
Kannada ವೈವಿಧ್ಯಮಯ | ||
Kazakh әр түрлі | ||
Khmer ចម្រុះ | ||
Kinyarwanda zitandukanye | ||
Konkani तरेकवार | ||
Korean 다양한 | ||
Krio difrɛn | ||
Kurdish cewaze | ||
Kurdish (Sorani) هەمەجۆر | ||
Kyrgyz ар түрдүү | ||
Lao ຫຼາກຫຼາຍຊະນິດ | ||
Latin diverse | ||
Latvian daudzveidīgs | ||
Lingala ndenge na ndenge | ||
Lithuanian įvairus | ||
Luganda -y'enjawulo | ||
Luxembourgish divers | ||
Macedonian разновиден | ||
Maithili विविध | ||
Malagasy samihafa | ||
Malay pelbagai | ||
Malayalam വൈവിധ്യമാർന്ന | ||
Maltese diversa | ||
Maori kanorau | ||
Marathi वैविध्यपूर्ण | ||
Meiteilon (Manipuri) ꯃꯈꯜꯃꯊꯦꯜ ꯁꯨꯕ | ||
Mizo darh zau | ||
Mongolian олон янз | ||
Myanmar (Burmese) ကွဲပြားခြားနားသည် | ||
Nepali विविध | ||
Norwegian mangfoldig | ||
Nyanja (Chichewa) zosiyanasiyana | ||
Odia (Oriya) ବିବିଧ | | ||
Oromo akaakuu hedduu | ||
Pashto متنوع | ||
Persian گوناگون، متنوع | ||
Polish różnorodny | ||
Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) diverso | ||
Punjabi ਭਿੰਨ | ||
Quechua tukuy rikchaq | ||
Romanian diverse | ||
Russian разнообразный | ||
Samoan 'eseʻese | ||
Sanskrit विविध | ||
Scots Gaelic eadar-mheasgte | ||
Sepedi fapafapana | ||
Serbian разнолик | ||
Sesotho fapane | ||
Shona zvakasiyana | ||
Sindhi متنوع | ||
Sinhala (Sinhalese) විවිධ | ||
Slovak rôznorodý | ||
Slovenian raznolika | ||
Somali kala duwan | ||
Spanish diverso | ||
Sundanese rupa-rupa | ||
Swahili tofauti | ||
Swedish olika | ||
Tagalog (Filipino) iba't iba | ||
Tajik гуногун | ||
Tamil மாறுபட்டது | ||
Tatar төрле | ||
Telugu విభిన్న | ||
Thai หลากหลาย | ||
Tigrinya ዝተፈላለየ | ||
Tsonga hambana | ||
Turkish çeşitli | ||
Turkmen dürli-dürli | ||
Twi (Akan) sonobi-sonobi | ||
Ukrainian різноманітний | ||
Urdu متنوع | ||
Uyghur كۆپ خىل | ||
Uzbek xilma-xil | ||
Vietnamese phong phú | ||
Welsh amrywiol | ||
Xhosa ezahlukileyo | ||
Yiddish דייווערס | ||
Yoruba oniruuru | ||
Zulu ezahlukahlukene |
Etymology & Notes
| Language | Etymology / Notes |
|---|---|
| Afrikaans | The word "uiteenlopend" is derived from the Dutch word "uiteenlopend", which means "divergent" or "varying". |
| Albanian | In Albanian, "të larmishme" has roots in the Proto-Indo-European word "*ḱer-m-", meaning "to mix", and is also related to the Latin "creare" (to create) and the Greek "κέρμα" (coin). |
| Arabic | The adjective "diverse" can also be used as a noun in Arabic, meaning "variety". |
| Azerbaijani | The word "müxtəlifdir" also means "different" and "various" in Azerbaijani. |
| Basque | The Basque word "anitza" may also refer to a variety of things, such as a collection or a group. |
| Bengali | "বিবিধ" (diverse) can also mean "various", "sundry", or "miscellaneous" in Bengali. |
| Bosnian | Raznolik can also mean "different" or "various" in Bosnian. |
| Bulgarian | The word "разнообразен" can also mean "varied" or "heterogeneous". |
| Catalan | In Catalan, "divers" also refers to a type of duck and can be used to mean "several" instead of "various". |
| Cebuano | The word "lainlain" in Cebuano can also refer to something that is varied or different. |
| Chinese (Simplified) | The word 多样 was originally used to describe the different types of bamboo. |
| Chinese (Traditional) | 多樣的 can also refer to a variety of different things, such as many different kinds or types of something. |
| Corsican | The Corsican word "diversu" also means "strange" or "odd". |
| Croatian | The word "raznolik" in Croatian also means "colorful" and derives from the word "raznobojan" meaning "multicolored". |
| Czech | The noun "různorodost" is a derivation of the adjective "různorodý" and means diversity, variety, or heterogeneity. |
| Danish | The word "alsidig" is derived from the Old Norse word "alsiðigr," meaning "many-sided" or "versatile." |
| Dutch | "Verschillend" is also used in Dutch to mean "different" (e.g. "verschillende meningen" = "different opinions"). |
| Esperanto | The Esperanto word "diversa" comes from the Latin word "diversus", which means "turned in different directions". |
| Estonian | Mitmekesine is derived from the word mitmekesi, which means 'many' or 'various'. It can also refer to a variety of things, such as a group of people, a collection of objects, or a range of ideas. |
| Finnish | Monipuolinen derives from moni (meaning "many") and puolinen (meaning "sided"). |
| French | The French word "divers" can also mean "several" or "various". |
| Frisian | The word "ferskillend" in Frisian can also mean "different" or "varied". |
| Galician | Galician "diversa" is derived from the Latin word "diversus" which also means "different". |
| German | The word "vielfältig" is related to "viel" ("much") and "falten" ("to fold"), indicating something that has many aspects or layers. |
| Greek | In the Iliad (e.g. in 9.361) ποικίλος is applied to armor ornamented with various devices. |
| Haitian Creole | The word "divès" in Haitian Creole can also refer to a type of dance or a ceremony. |
| Hausa | The word ''bambancin'' can also be used to refer to a group of people with different ethnic backgrounds or beliefs. |
| Hawaiian | 'ʻOkoʻa' can also refer to the separation and division of land into portions. |
| Hebrew | The word "מְגוּוָן" (diverse) comes from the root "גוּן," meaning color or hue, and originally referred to a variety of colors or shades. |
| Hindi | The Sanskrit word 'विविध' has several meanings, including 'different', 'manifold', 'various', and 'many' |
| Hmong | The word "muaj ntau haiv neeg" in Hmong can also mean "having many different kinds of people" or "having many different types of things." |
| Hungarian | The word "különböző" can also mean "foreign" or "alien". |
| Icelandic | In Icelandic, "fjölbreytt" also refers to "multiformity" or "versatility", emphasizing the varied nature of something. |
| Igbo | "Iche iche" in Igbo can also refer to a type of yam or a traditional Igbo dance. |
| Indonesian | "Berbeda" is derived from the Proto-Austronesian root word "beda(h)" meaning "different" and is cognate with the Malay words "beza" and "beda". |
| Italian | The Italian word "diversi" also means "various" or "different" in English. |
| Japanese | The word 「多様」(たよう) can also mean "multitude". |
| Javanese | In Balinese and Malay, the word 'macem-macem' also means 'something' or 'anything'. |
| Kannada | The word 'ವೈವಿಧ್ಯಮಯ' is derived from the Sanskrit word 'विविध' (vividha), which means 'different' or 'varied'. |
| Kazakh | The Kazakh word "әр түрлі" can also mean "various," "different," "of all kinds," or "manifold." |
| Khmer | ចម្រុះ is derived from the root word ម្រាម which means "to mix" and is also used to describe a mixture of colors or objects. |
| Korean | 다양한 (diverse) comes from the Chinese word 多樣 (duōyàng) meaning "many different types". |
| Kurdish | "Cewaze" is derived from the Kurdish word "cew" meaning "kind" or "type". |
| Kyrgyz | The word "ар түрдүү" can also refer to a variety of different things or to an object, person, or place having a variety of different qualities. |
| Latin | The Latin word "diversus" originally referred to "turning" or "looking different directions". |
| Latvian | **Daudzveidīgs** is derived from the Slavic word *razn*, meaning "different," and the Latvian word *veids*, meaning "kind" or "type." |
| Lithuanian | The word "įvairus" in Lithuanian also means "motley" and derives from the Proto-Indo-European root "wes". |
| Luxembourgish | In Luxembourgish, "divers" can also refer to a "drawer" or a "safe". |
| Macedonian | The Macedonian word "разновиден" is derived from Old Church Slavonic and means not only diverse, but also manifold, multifarious, multiform. |
| Malagasy | The word "samihafa" can also mean "various" or "different" in Malagasy. |
| Malay | The word "pelbagai" in Malay can also mean "variety" or "assortment." |
| Malayalam | The word 'വൈവിധ്യമാർന്ന' ('diverse') in Malayalam has a long history and has been used in various contexts throughout its evolution. |
| Maltese | The word diversa is also used in Maltese to refer to a type of traditional Maltese bread. |
| Maori | The word "kanorau" can also mean "variegated" or "multicolored" in Maori, denoting a wider range of diversity than just differences in kind. |
| Marathi | The word 'वैविध्यपूर्ण' can also mean 'varied' or 'multifaceted'. |
| Mongolian | The Mongolian word "олон янз" not only means "diverse" but also "different kinds". |
| Nepali | The Hindi word 'vividha' comes from the Sanskrit word 'विविध,' which means both 'diverse' and 'various'. |
| Norwegian | In German, the related word “Mannigfaltigkeit” has a mathematical meaning: a manifold, a geometrical object that is locally Euclidean. |
| Nyanja (Chichewa) | The word "zosiyanasiyana" can also mean "to be different" or "to vary" in Nyanja. |
| Pashto | The Arabic and Urdu root "تنوّع" for "متنوع" also refers to "variety", "change" or "alternation" within the same thing. |
| Persian | The Persian word "گوناگون" is derived from two words: "گون" (color) and "گون" (kind), meaning "of various colors or kinds" |
| Polish | The word "różnorodny" in Polish originally referred to "a different kind of road" and later gained the meaning of "diverse". |
| Portuguese (Portugal, Brazil) | In Brazil, the word "diverso" can also colloquially refer to someone or something that is strange or peculiar, or to an unusual occurrence, while in Portugal it has no such alternate meaning. |
| Punjabi | ਭਿੰਨ, when used as an adjective in Punjabi, is derived from the Sanskrit word 'bhinna,' meaning 'broken' or 'divided'. |
| Romanian | In Romanian, "divers" can also refer to "entertainment" or "fun". |
| Russian | The word "разнообразный" can also mean "heterogeneous" or "multifaceted". |
| Samoan | 'Ese'ese' can also mean 'variety', 'different', or 'many'. |
| Scots Gaelic | The first part of the word "eadar-mheasgte" ("diverse") means "between" or "among," and the second part means "measure," so it literally means "measured among" or "varied." |
| Serbian | The word "разнолик" ("diverse") is derived from the Proto-Slavic word "raznъ", which means "different". |
| Sesotho | Fapane can also mean to be 'at variance' or 'at odds' in Sesotho. |
| Shona | The word "zvakasiyana" also refers to "mismatched" or "different" in Shona, highlighting the nuanced nature of diversity. |
| Sindhi | In Sindhi, "متنوع" also means "various" or "of many kinds". |
| Sinhala (Sinhalese) | The term "විවිධ" also carries the connotation of "miscellaneous" or "of various kinds" in Sinhala. |
| Slovak | The Slovak word "rôznorodý" originates from the Slavic words "разн" (razn, meaning "different") and "род" (rod, meaning "kind"). |
| Slovenian | The word "raznolika" in Slovenian can also mean "different" or "unlike". |
| Somali | The term "kala duwan" also refers to the Somali tradition of celebrating diversity through music and dance. |
| Spanish | The Spanish "diverso" can also be translated to "different than" in English. |
| Sundanese | "Ruparupa" (Sundanese for "diverse") derives from the word "rupa" (form, shape), which also refers to the world of appearances in Javanese and Balinese philosophy. |
| Swahili | The Swahili word 'tofauti' can also refer to 'difference,' 'variation,' or 'disagreement'. |
| Swedish | The Swedish word "olika" is likely to originate from the Proto-Indo-European root "*h₂eǵʰ-, *h₂eḱ-, *h₃ḱeh₁-, *h₂keh₂-" which also gave the English word "each" and the Latin "unus" (one), and "alius" (other). |
| Tagalog (Filipino) | The phrase "iba't iba" is also used colloquially to mean "crazy" or "funny" (as in "iba't iba siya" or "he has a weird personality"). |
| Tajik | The word "гуногун" ("diverse") in Tajik can also mean "various", "many", or "numerous". |
| Telugu | "విభిన్న" is derived from Sanskrit, where "vi" means 'apart', and "bhinn" means 'divided or broken' |
| Thai | The word "หลากหลาย" is derived from the Sanskrit word "विविध" (vividha), which means "different" or "varied". |
| Turkish | The word "çeşitli" has its roots in the Arabic word "çeşit", meaning "kind" or "variety". |
| Ukrainian | Рiзноманiтний is cognate to рiзнобарвний (motley, multicolored), рiзновид (species, type) and can also be used in the meaning "multi-colored". |
| Urdu | The Urdu word "متنوع" not only means "diverse" but also "various", "multifarious", and "manifold". |
| Uzbek | The Uzbek word "xilma-xil" ("diverse") is also used in the sense of "various things" or "several things". |
| Vietnamese | In Chinese, "phong phú" (豐富) is an adjective meaning "abundant", while in Vietnamese it means "diverse". |
| Welsh | In Welsh, "amrywiol" is derived from "amrywio", meaning "to vary", and also means "manifold", "various" or "different" in English. |
| Xhosa | The Xhosa word "ezahlukileyo" can also mean "varied", "mixed", "different", or "multifarious". |
| Yiddish | In Yiddish, "דייווערס" can also refer to different currencies or to someone who exchanges money. |
| Yoruba | The word "Oniruuru" in Yoruba can also refer to a type of drum used in traditional ceremonies. |
| Zulu | The word "ezahlukahlukene" in Zulu can also mean "different" or "varied". |
| English | "Diverse" originally meant "hostile or contrary in nature" during the 17th century. |