variety

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US /vəˈɹaɪ.ə.ti/ UK /vəˈɹaɪ.ɪ.ti/ See IPA manual

noun Freq #6403

Meanings

1

noun
A number of different things of the same general kind.

The shop sells a wide variety of teas from around the world.
2

noun
The quality of including many different things; the state of not always being the same.

Variety is the spice of life.
3

noun
A particular type or form of something.

This variety of apple is sweeter than the others.

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1 noun · a number of different... assortment array range

2 noun · the quality of including... diversity

3 noun · a particular type or form... form kind

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Forms varieties

Derived forms antivarietycinevarietyquasivarietyt-varietyvarietalvarietist

Related forms variant variation variedvariedlyvariednessvariegate variegated variegationvariegatorvariervarious vary

Etymology

From Middle French varieté (“variety”) (modern French variété (“variety; genre, type”)) or directly from its etymon Latin varietās (“difference; diversity, variety”) + English -ty (suffix forming abstract nouns from adjectives); by surface analysis, various + -ety. Varietās is derived from varius (“different, diverse, various; variegated”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂- (“to abandon; to give out; to leave”)) + -tās (suffix forming feminine abstract nouns indicating a state of being). The English word displaced the native Old English mislīcnes. Sense 1.3.2 (“total number…

*h₁weh₂- Proto-Indo-European varieté Middle French varietās Latin

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# variety

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B1
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** vəˈɹaɪ.ə.ti
**IPA (UK):** vəˈɹaɪ.ɪ.ti
**Frequency rank:** 6403

## Meanings
1. A number of different things of the same general kind.
2. The quality of including many different things; the state of not always being the same.
3. A particular type or form of something.

## Examples
- The shop sells a wide variety of teas from around the world.
- Variety is the spice of life.
- This variety of apple is sweeter than the others.

## Derived Forms
- antivariety
- cinevariety
- quasivariety
- t-variety
- varietal
- varietist

## Related Forms
- variant
- variation
- varied
- variedly
- variedness
- variegate
- variegated
- variegation
- variegator
- varier
- various
- vary

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *h₁weh₂-
- Root: varieté
- Root: varietās

## Etymology
From Middle French varieté (“variety”) (modern French variété (“variety; genre, type”)) or directly from its etymon Latin varietās (“difference; diversity, variety”) + English -ty (suffix forming abstract nouns from adjectives); by surface analysis, various + -ety. Varietās is derived from varius (“different, diverse, various; variegated”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂- (“to abandon; to give out; to leave”)) + -tās (suffix forming feminine abstract nouns indicating a state of being). The English word displaced the native Old English mislīcnes. Sense 1.3.2 (“total number…

## AI Etymology
Variety is from Middle French varieté (“variety”) (modern French variété (“variety; genre, type”)) or directly from its etymon Latin varietās (“difference; diversity, variety”) + English -ty (suffix forming abstract nouns from adjectives); by surface analysis, various + -ety. Varietās is derived from varius (“different, diverse, various; variegated”) (possibly ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *h₁weh₂- (“to abandon; to give out; to leave”)) + -tās (suffix forming feminine abstract nouns indicating a state of being). The English word displaced the native Old English mislīcnes.

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- Numbers & Quantity

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