English Explanatory Dictionary

variant

English dictionary entry

Meanings

adj
  1. Showing variety, diverse.
  2. Showing deviation or disagreement.
  3. Variable.
  4. Covariant and/or contravariant.
noun
  1. Something that is slightly different from a type or norm.
  2. A different sequence of a gene (locus).
  3. A variable that can hold any of various unrelated data types.
  4. One of a set of words or other linguistic forms that conveys the same meaning or serves the same function.

Pronunciation

vâr'ē-ənt /ˈvɛəɹi.ənt/ LL-Q1860 (eng)-I learned some phrases-variant.wav /ˈvæɹi.ənt/ /ˈvɛɹi.ənt/

Word forms

variant more variant most variant variaunt variants

Etymology

From Old French variant, from Latin variāns, the present active participle of variō (“to change”). First attested in c. 1380.

Related words

variance variation vary alternate alternative

Derived words

time-variant Alpha variant Beta variant biovariant bivariant copy-number variant delta variant epivariant Epsilon variant equivariant Eta variant Gamma variant genovariant glycovariant heterovariant immunovariant invariant Iota variant isovariant Kappa variant Kraken variant Lambda variant metavariant microvariant monovariant multivariant Mu variant neurovariant nonvariant Omega variant Omicron variant pathovariant pharmacovariant polyvariant scariant serovariant splice variant subvariant Theta variant univariant unvariant variant reading Zeta variant z-variant
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