divers

See also: divèrs

English

Etymology 1

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaɪvə(ɹ)z/

• Audio (Southern England):

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• Rhymes: -aɪvə(ɹ)z

Noun

divers

1. plural of diver

Etymology 2

See diverse.

Alternative forms

• diuers (obsolete)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈdaɪvɜː(ɹ)z/, /ˈdaɪvə(ɹ)z/
• Rhymes: -aɪvə(ɹ)z

Adjective

divers (comparative more divers, superlative most divers)

1. Archaic form of diverse, in the sense of various or assorted.
   • 1551, James A.H. Murray, editor, A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles: Founded Mainly on the Materials Collected by the Philological Society.‎^[1], volume 1, Oxford: Clarendon Press, published 1888, Part 1, page 217:

     Also the rule of false position, with dyuers examples not onely vulgar, but some appertaynyng to the rule of Algeber.

   • 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 4:24:

     And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatic, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.

   • 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter I, in Romance and Reality. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 8:

     But to-night, the third rainy evening of three rainy days, every flower in the divers china bowls, cups, vases, was withered; the harp was out of tune with the damp; and Emily betook herself to the leafy labyrinth of a muslin flounce, la belle alliance of uselessness and industry.

   • 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 112:

     Divers plans and numerous devices were tried to stop the leakage.

   • 1919, P[elham] G[renville] Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves‎^[2], London: George Newnes:

     Shortly after this I had to go out of town. Divers sound sportsmen had invited me to pay visits to their country places, and it wasn't for several months that I settled down in the city again.

   • 1949, William Dale Morris, The Christian Origins of Social Revolt, page 25:

     One of the most formidable of the heretical movements of the Middle Ages was Lollardy or Lollery. The Lollard movement was made up of divers elements, [...]

   • 1951 December, “Notes and News: Overland to Iraq”, in Railway Magazine, page 854:

     Nevertheless, a good Turkish meal was enjoyed in the merry company of Customs men and divers gaily-caparisoned officials.

Derived terms

• diversly

Pronoun

divers

1. (archaic or literary) An indefinite number (at least two).
   • c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:

     Tubal: There came divers of Antonio’s creditors in my company to Venice that swear he cannot choose but break.

Usage notes

When used as a pronoun, divers functions as a plural and takes a plural verb.

Anagrams

• drives

Catalan

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dīversus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Northern) [diˈβe̞rs]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [diˈvɛrs]
• IPA^(key): (Central, Northwestern) [diˈβɛrs]

• Audio (Barcelona):

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Adjective

divers (feminine diversa, masculine plural diversos, feminine plural diverses)

1. diverse
2. (in the plural) several

Related terms

• diversificar
• diversitat

Further reading

• “divers”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
• “divers”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026
• “divers” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• Alcover, Antoni Maria; Moll, Francesc de Borja (1963), “divers”, in Diccionari català-valencià-balear (in Catalan)

Cornish

Etymology

From Middle English diverse, from Old French divers, from Latin dīversus.

Adjective

divers

1. diverse, miscellaneous, varied, various

Derived terms

• diverseth (“diversity”)

Mutation

Mutation of divers

radical	soft	aspirate	hard	mixed
divers	dhivers	unchanged	tivers	tivers

Note: Certain mutated forms of some words can never occur in standard Cornish.
All possible mutated forms are displayed for convenience.

References

• “divers” in Cornish Dictionary / Gerlyver Kernewek, Akademi Kernewek.

Dutch

Etymology

From Middle Dutch divers, from Old French divers, from Latin dīversus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diˈvɛrs/

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: di‧vers
• Rhymes: -ɛrs

Adjective

divers (comparative diverser, superlative meest divers or diverst)

1. diverse
2. (in the plural) several

Declension

Declension of divers
uninflected	divers
inflected	diverse
comparative	diverser
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		divers	diverser	het diverst het diverste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	diverse	diversere	diverste
	n. sing.	divers	diverser	diverste
	plural	diverse	diversere	diverste
definite		diverse	diversere	diverste
partitive		divers	diversers	—

Derived terms

• biodivers
• diversiteit
• neurodivers

Descendants

• Negerhollands: divers

French

Etymology

Learned borrowing from Latin dīversus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /di.vɛʁ/

• Audio:

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• Audio (Canada (Shawinigan)):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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Adjective

divers (feminine diverse, masculine plural divers, feminine plural diverses)

1. various; varying

   Synonym: différent

Derived terms

• divers et varié
• fait divers

Related terms

• diverger
• diversement
• diversifier
• diversité

References

• Etymology and history of “divers”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Further reading

• “divers”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Anagrams

• verdis

German

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dīversus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diˈvɛʁs/

• Audio:

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• Audio (Germany (Berlin)):

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Adjective

divers (strong nominative masculine singular diverser, comparative diverser, superlative am diversesten)

1. (in the plural) different, various, miscellaneous (a certain number of different items)

   Synonym: verschieden

2. (formal) diverse, varying (showing great variety)

   Synonyms: unterschiedlich, verschieden, verschiedenartig

3. (neologism) diverse (of a society or group: showing variety in terms of ethnicity, language, religious affiliation, sexual orientation, etc.)

   Synonym: (informal) bunt

4. (neologism, officialese) non-binary, intersex (belonging to any category of gender that is neither male nor female)

Declension

Positive forms of divers number & gender singular plural masculine feminine neuter predicative er ist divers sie ist divers es ist divers sie sind divers strong declension (without article) nominative diverser diverse diverses diverse genitive diversen diverser diversen diverser dative diversem diverser diversem diversen accusative diversen diverse diverses diverse weak declension (with definite article) nominative der diverse die diverse das diverse die diversen genitive des diversen der diversen des diversen der diversen dative dem diversen der diversen dem diversen den diversen accusative den diversen die diverse das diverse die diversen mixed declension (with indefinite article) nominative ein diverser eine diverse ein diverses (keine) diversen genitive eines diversen einer diversen eines diversen (keiner) diversen dative einem diversen einer diversen einem diversen (keinen) diversen accusative einen diversen eine diverse ein diverses (keine) diversen Comparative forms of divers number & gender singular plural masculine feminine neuter predicative er ist diverser sie ist diverser es ist diverser sie sind diverser strong declension (without article) nominative diverserer diversere diverseres diversere genitive diverseren diverserer diverseren diverserer dative diverserem diverserer diverserem diverseren accusative diverseren diversere diverseres diversere weak declension (with definite article) nominative der diversere die diversere das diversere die diverseren genitive des diverseren der diverseren des diverseren der diverseren dative dem diverseren der diverseren dem diverseren den diverseren accusative den diverseren die diversere das diversere die diverseren mixed declension (with indefinite article) nominative ein diverserer eine diversere ein diverseres (keine) diverseren genitive eines diverseren einer diverseren eines diverseren (keiner) diverseren dative einem diverseren einer diverseren einem diverseren (keinen) diverseren accusative einen diverseren eine diversere ein diverseres (keine) diverseren Superlative forms of divers number & gender singular plural masculine feminine neuter predicative er ist am diversesten sie ist am diversesten es ist am diversesten sie sind am diversesten strong declension (without article) nominative diversester diverseste diversestes diverseste genitive diversesten diversester diversesten diversester dative diversestem diversester diversestem diversesten accusative diversesten diverseste diversestes diverseste weak declension (with definite article) nominative der diverseste die diverseste das diverseste die diversesten genitive des diversesten der diversesten des diversesten der diversesten dative dem diversesten der diversesten dem diversesten den diversesten accusative den diversesten die diverseste das diverseste die diversesten mixed declension (with indefinite article) nominative ein diversester eine diverseste ein diversestes (keine) diversesten genitive eines diversesten einer diversesten eines diversesten (keiner) diversesten dative einem diversesten einer diversesten einem diversesten (keinen) diversesten accusative einen diversesten eine diverseste ein diversestes (keine) diversesten

Related terms

• Diversität

Further reading

• “divers” in Duden online
• “divers”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–
• “divers”, in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache‎^[3] (in German)

Maltese

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

Proto-Indo-European *-s

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Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu.

Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-

Proto-Italic *dis-

Latin dis-

Proto-Indo-European *wert-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *-etor

Proto-Indo-European *wértetor

Proto-Italic *wertō

Latin vertō

Latin dīvertō

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Italic *-os

Archaic Latin -os

Latin -us

Latin dīversuslbor.

Italian diversobor.

Maltese divers

Borrowed from Italian diverso, a learned borrowing from Latin dīversus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /dɪˈvɛrs/
• Rhymes: -ɛrs

Adjective

divers (feminine singular diversa, plural diversi)

1. diverse, showing great variation

   Il-problemi li jbatu minnhom il-familji foqra f’pajjiżna huma diversi ħafna.

   The problems that poor families in our country suffer from are quite diverse.

Usage notes

• The plural form is also used as a determiner meaning “several”, see there.

Derived terms

• diversità

Middle French

Etymology

Latin diversus.

Adjective

divers m (feminine singular diverse, masculine plural divers, feminine plural diverses)

1. various; varying; different

Norwegian Nynorsk

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diʋeʂ/

Noun

divers m (definite singular diversen, indefinite plural diversar, definite plural diversane)

1. (Rodi) alternative form of divus (“day”)

Derived terms

• i fordivers (“in the day before yesterday”)
• kaskdivers (“noon”)

References

• Gjest Baardsen; Fredrik Larsen Hartman (1948 (posthumous)), Vandrings- eller skøiersprog

Romanian

Etymology

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *dwóh₁

Proto-Indo-European *-s

▲

Proto-Indo-European *trísinflu.

Proto-Indo-European *d(w)is-

Proto-Italic *dis-

Latin dis-

Proto-Indo-European *wert-

Proto-Indo-European *-eti

Proto-Indo-European *-etor

Proto-Indo-European *wértetor

Proto-Italic *wertō

Latin vertō

Latin dīvertō

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *-ós

Proto-Indo-European *-os

Proto-Italic *-os

Archaic Latin -os

Latin -us

Latin dīversuslbor.

French diversbor.

Romanian divers

Borrowed from French divers, a learned borrowing from Latin dīversus.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /diˈvers/

Adjective

divers m or n (feminine singular diversă, masculine plural diverși, feminine/neuter plural diverse)

1. various, diverse, varied

   Synonyms: variat, felurit, diferit

Declension

Declension of divers

		singular			plural
		masculine	neuter	feminine	masculine	neuter	feminine
nominative- accusative	indefinite	divers		diversă	diverși	diverse
	definite	diversul		diversa	diverșii	diversele
genitive- dative	indefinite	divers		diverse	diverși	diverse
	definite	diversului		diversei	diverșilor	diverselor

Related terms

• diversitate