variety

Etymology
From (modern 🇨🇬) or directly from its   + English. is derived from (possibly ultimately from ) +. The English word displaced the native 🇨🇬.

Sense 1.3.2 (“total number of distinct states of a system; logarithm to the base 2 of the total number of distinct states of a system”) was coined by the English psychiatrist William Ross Ashby (1903–1972) in his work  (1956).



Noun

 * 1) A deviation or difference.
 * 2) A specific variation of something.
 * 3)  An animal or plant (or a group of such animals or plants) with characteristics causing it to differ from other animals or plants of the same species; a strain or  cultivar.
 * 4)  A rank in a taxonomic classification below species and (if present) subspecies, and above form; hence, an organism of that rank.
 * 5)  A specific form of a language, neutral to whether that form is an accent, dialect, register, etc., and to its prestige level; an isolect or lect.
 * 6)  A stamp, or set of stamps, which has one or more characteristics (such as colour, paper, etc.) differing from other stamps in the same issue, especially if such differences are intentionally introduced.
 * 7) A collection or number of different things.
 * 8) In universal algebra: an equational class; the class of all algebraic structures of a given signature, satisfying a given set of identities.
 * 9)  The total number of distinct states of a system; also, the logarithm to the base 2 of the total number of distinct states of a system.
 * 10)   or
 * 11) The quality of being varied; diversity.
 * 12)  The kind of entertainment given in variety performances or shows; also, the production of, or performance in, variety performances or shows.
 * 1)  A specific form of a language, neutral to whether that form is an accent, dialect, register, etc., and to its prestige level; an isolect or lect.
 * 2)  A stamp, or set of stamps, which has one or more characteristics (such as colour, paper, etc.) differing from other stamps in the same issue, especially if such differences are intentionally introduced.
 * 3) A collection or number of different things.
 * 4) In universal algebra: an equational class; the class of all algebraic structures of a given signature, satisfying a given set of identities.
 * 5)  The total number of distinct states of a system; also, the logarithm to the base 2 of the total number of distinct states of a system.
 * 6)   or
 * 7) The quality of being varied; diversity.
 * 8)  The kind of entertainment given in variety performances or shows; also, the production of, or performance in, variety performances or shows.
 * 1) In universal algebra: an equational class; the class of all algebraic structures of a given signature, satisfying a given set of identities.
 * 2)  The total number of distinct states of a system; also, the logarithm to the base 2 of the total number of distinct states of a system.
 * 3)   or
 * 4) The quality of being varied; diversity.
 * 5)  The kind of entertainment given in variety performances or shows; also, the production of, or performance in, variety performances or shows.
 * 1) In universal algebra: an equational class; the class of all algebraic structures of a given signature, satisfying a given set of identities.
 * 2)  The total number of distinct states of a system; also, the logarithm to the base 2 of the total number of distinct states of a system.
 * 3)   or
 * 4) The quality of being varied; diversity.
 * 5)  The kind of entertainment given in variety performances or shows; also, the production of, or performance in, variety performances or shows.
 * 1)   or
 * 2) The quality of being varied; diversity.
 * 3)  The kind of entertainment given in variety performances or shows; also, the production of, or performance in, variety performances or shows.
 * 1)  The kind of entertainment given in variety performances or shows; also, the production of, or performance in, variety performances or shows.
 * 1)  The kind of entertainment given in variety performances or shows; also, the production of, or performance in, variety performances or shows.
 * 1)  The kind of entertainment given in variety performances or shows; also, the production of, or performance in, variety performances or shows.
 * 1)  The kind of entertainment given in variety performances or shows; also, the production of, or performance in, variety performances or shows.
 * 1)  The kind of entertainment given in variety performances or shows; also, the production of, or performance in, variety performances or shows.
 * 1)  The kind of entertainment given in variety performances or shows; also, the production of, or performance in, variety performances or shows.
 * 1)  The kind of entertainment given in variety performances or shows; also, the production of, or performance in, variety performances or shows.
 * 1)  The kind of entertainment given in variety performances or shows; also, the production of, or performance in, variety performances or shows.
 * 1)  The kind of entertainment given in variety performances or shows; also, the production of, or performance in, variety performances or shows.
 * 1)  The kind of entertainment given in variety performances or shows; also, the production of, or performance in, variety performances or shows.

Usage notes
Variety can be preceded with either a or  form of the  : “there is a variety of options to choose from” and “there are a variety of options to choose from” are both considered grammatical. However, in the construction variety of [something], the word variety is generally followed by a plural and a plural form of be: “a variety of flavours were evident in the dish”.

Translations

 * Arabic: اِخْتِلَاف
 * Bulgarian: ,
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin: ,
 * Danish: forskellighed
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish:, ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: მრავალფეროვნება, ნაირნაირობა, სახეობა, სახესხვაობა, სხვადასხვაობა, სხვადასხვაგვარობა
 * German:
 * Irish: sórt
 * Italian:
 * Khmer:
 * Latin: varietās
 * Mazanderani: جورb
 * Mongolian:
 * Persian:
 * Plautdietsch: Sort
 * Polish: ,
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:, , ,
 * Russian:, ,
 * Scots: varietie
 * Scottish Gaelic: caochladh
 * Spanish:
 * Tagalog: balaki
 * Ukrainian:


 * Finnish: varisto


 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Czech: varieta,
 * Danish: varietet
 * Finnish:
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: სახეობა
 * German:
 * Italian:
 * Norwegian:
 * Bokmål: varietet
 * Nynorsk: varietet
 * Polish:
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian:
 * Russian: ,
 * Spanish:
 * Swedish:


 * Finnish: tilamäärä


 * Finnish: tilamäärän logaritmi


 * Belarusian: моўная разнавіднасць
 * Bulgarian:
 * Catalan:
 * Chinese:
 * Mandarin:
 * Dutch:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French:
 * Galician:
 * Georgian: ენობრივი განსხვავება
 * German:, ,
 * Indonesian:, isolek
 * Italian:
 * Japanese:
 * Latvian: valodas paveids
 * Polish: forma języka, forma mowy, odmiana języka,
 * Portuguese:
 * Russian:, форма языка, форма существования языка, языковая разновидность,
 * Serbo-Croatian:
 * Cyrillic: идѝо̄м
 * Roman:, jezični varijetet, jezički varijetet
 * Slovak: varieta jazyka, forma jazyka, jazyková varieta
 * Spanish:
 * Ukrainian: форма існування мови, форма мови, різновид мови


 * Bulgarian:
 * Danish: forskellighed, mangfoldighed
 * Esperanto: varieco, diverseco
 * Finnish: ,
 * Galician:
 * Greek:
 * Ancient: ποικιλία
 * Latvian: dažādība
 * Russian: