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Definition: VARI |
VARINoun1. The ringtailed lemur (Lemur catta) of Madagascar. Its long tail is annulated with black and white. |
Etymology: Vari \Va"ri\, noun. [Compare to the French expression vari.]. (Websters 1913) |
Crosswords: VARI |
| Non-English Usage: "VARI" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. Italian (sundry, various), Macedonian (to boil), Swedish (wherein). |
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Movie/TV Titles | Karlove Vari (1957) Vidiyum Vari Kaathiru (1981) To Vari peponi (1977) | |
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| "VARI" is generally used as an adjective (general or positive) -- approximately 50.00% of the time. "VARI" is used about 4 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Adjective (general or positive) | 50% | 2 | 245,945 |
| Unclassified Items | 25% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Noun (common) | 25% | 1 | 339,140 |
| Total | 100.00% | 4 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| The following table summarizes the usage of "VARI" based on a population census conducted in the United States. Ranks and frequencies are based on all names reported and classified. |
| Name | Usage/Gender | Usage per 100 million Persons | Rank in USA |
| Vari | Last name | 170 | 53,618 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits. | |||
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "VARI": vari-coloured, Vari-eze, vari-ously, vari-speed, Vari-Typer, vari-width. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day |
vari kennel | 88 |
berkut canard cozy ez eze long rutan vari | 22 |
vari lite | 16 |
vari | 13 |
vari l | 12 |
screensaver vari | 11 |
flo hayward valve vari | 9 |
eze vari | 9 |
di manuale ornamenti vari | 7 |
flo hayward vari | 6 |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| Language | Translations for "VARI"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Danish | trinløst gear (fully adjustable speed drive, infinitely variable speed transmission, stepless drive, vari-speed drive). (various references) | |
Dutch | toerenregelaar (automatic variable transmission, continue velocity transmission, fully adjustable speed drive, infinitely variable speed transmission, infinitely-variable speed drive, speed changer, speed variator, stepless drive, vari-speed drive). (various references) | |
Finnish | portaaton vaihteisto (fully adjustable speed drive, infinitely variable speed transmission, stepless drive, vari-speed drive). (various references) | |
French | Vari-Typer (Vari-Typer), variateur de vitesse (automatic variable transmission, infinitely variable speed transmission, speed variator, vari-speed drive), variateur (automatic variable transmission, infinitely variable speed transmission, speed variator, vari-speed drive), transmission variation continue de la vitesse (infinitely variable speed transmission, vari-speed drive), machine varityper (Vari-Typer), mécanisme de changement de vitesse variation continue (infinitely variable speed transmission, vari-speed drive), mécanisme variation continue (infinitely variable speed transmission, vari-speed drive), commande réglage progressif (infinitely variable speed transmission, vari-speed drive), changement de vitesse variation continue (infinitely variable speed transmission, vari-speed drive). (various references) | |
German | stufenloses Wechselgetriebe (fully adjustable speed drive, infinitely variable speed transmission, stepless drive, vari-speed drive), stufenloses Getriebe (fully adjustable speed drive, infinitely variable speed transmission, stepless drive, vari-speed drive). (various references) | |
Greek | μηχανισμός αλλαγής ταχύτητας με συνεχή μεταβολή (fully adjustable speed drive, infinitely variable speed transmission, stepless drive, vari-speed drive). (various references) | |
Italian | variatore continuo di velocit (fully adjustable speed drive, infinitely variable speed transmission, stepless drive, vari-speed drive), TBC (restituendo al raster la sua perfetta geometria., Time Base Corrector Il "Correttore della Base dei Tempi" o con termine corrente TBC è l'apparecchiatura capace di assorbire i vari disturbi, tuberculosis), Correttore della Base dei Tempi Il "Correttore della Base dei Tempi" o con termine corrente TBC è l'apparecchiatura capace di assorbire i vari disturbi,restituendo al raster la sua perfetta geometria.. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | arivay.(various references) | |
Portuguese | variador da velocidade (fully adjustable speed drive, infinitely variable speed transmission, stepless drive, vari-speed drive), variador (fully adjustable speed drive, infinitely variable speed transmission, stepless drive, vari-speed drive), mecanismo de variação da velocidade (fully adjustable speed drive, infinitely variable speed transmission, stepless drive, vari-speed drive), dispositivo de variação (fully adjustable speed drive, infinitely variable speed transmission, stepless drive, vari-speed drive). (various references) | |
Spanish | variador continuo de velocidades (fully adjustable speed drive, infinitely variable speed transmission, stepless drive, vari-speed drive). (various references) | |
Swedish | variator (change speed, fully adjustable speed drive, infinitely variable speed transmission, speed-change, speed-change mechanism, speed-changing mechanism, stepless drive, variable gear, variable speed transmission, variable transmission, variable-speed drive, vari-speed drive). (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "VARI": varia, variabilities, variability, variable, variableness, variablenesses, variables, variably, variance, variances, variant, variants, variate, variated, variates, variating, variation, variational, variationally, variations, varicella, varicellas, varices, varicocele, varicoceles, varicolored, varicose, varicosed, varicosities, varicosity, varied, variedly, variegate, variegated, variegates, variegating, variegation, variegations, variegator, variegators, varier, variers, varies, varietal, varietals, varieties, variety, variform, variola, variolar, variolas, variole, varioles, variometer, variometers, variorum, variorums, various, variously, variousness, variousnesses, varisized, varistor, varistors, varix. (additional references) | |
Words ending with "VARI": charivari, chivari. (additional references) | |
Words containing "VARI": avarice, avarices, avaricious, avariciously, avariciousness, avariciousnesses, bivariate, calvaria, calvarias, calvaries, calvarium, calvariums, charivaris, chivaried, chivaries, chivariing, covariance, covariances, covariant, covariation, covariations, divaricate, divaricated, divaricates, divaricating, divarication, divarications, invariabilities, invariability, invariable, invariables, invariably, invariance, invariances, invariant, invariants, multivariable, multivariate, ovarial, ovarian, ovariectomies, ovariectomized, ovariectomy, ovaries, ovariole, ovarioles, ovariotomies, ovariotomy, ovaritides, ovaritis, prevaricate, prevaricated, prevaricates, prevaricating, prevarication, prevarications, prevaricator, prevaricators, savarin, savarins, subvarieties, subvariety, tovarich, tovariches, tovarish, tovarishes, univariate, unvaried, vivaria, vivaries, vivarium, vivariums. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| Words rhyming with "VARI" (pronounced 'Va"ri'): Alizari, Aracari, Beriberi, Bouri, Cabbiri, Cachiri, Certiorari, Crypturi, Curare, Curari, Flos-ferri, HOURI, Humiri, Louri, Ouakari, sari, Tisri, uakari, woorari. (additional references) |
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: vair. | |
| Words within the letters "a-i-r-v" | |
-1 letter: air, ria, var, via. | |
-2 letters: ai, ar. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-i-r-v" | |
+1 letter: aiver, bravi, invar, ravin, rival, vairs, varia, varix, vicar, viral, virga. | |
+2 letters: aivers, arrive, aviary, caviar, gravid, havior, invars, naiver, parvis, pavior, ravine, raving, ravins, ravish, rivage, rivals, savior, trivia, vainer, varied, varier, varies, viator, vicars, virago, virgas, visard, vivary, vizard, waiver, wavier. | |
+3 letters: adviser, advisor, agravic, airwave, aquiver, archive, arrival, arrived, arriver, arrives, avarice, aviator, avodire, avoider, bolivar, braving, carving, caviare, caviars, caviler, chivari, clavier, corvina, craving, gravida, gravies, graving, gravity, havarti, haviors, haviour, heavier, invader, leavier, misaver, nirvana, olivary, ovarial, ovarian, ovaries, ovipara, parvise, paviors, paviour, paviser, prevail, privacy, private, ravelin, ravined, ravines, ravings, ravioli, reavail, reaving, revisal, revival, rivages, rivaled, rivalry, riviera, savarin, saviors, saviour, savvier, travail, travois, trivial, valeric, vampire, variant, variate, varices, variers, variety, variola, variole, various, varmint, varnish, varsity, varying, vastier, vealier, velaria, veritas, vermian, vervain, viators, vibrant, vibrate, vibrato, vicarly, vinegar, viragos, virally, virelai, virelay, viremia, virgate, virtual, visards, viscera, vitamer, vitrain, vivaria, vizards, waivers. | |
+4 letters: abortive, abrasive, acervuli, achiever, advisers, advisors, advisory, aggrieve, airwaves, ambivert, archival, archived, archives, arrivals, arrivers, arriving, avarices, averring, aversion, aversive, averting, aviaries, aviarist, aviators, aviatrix, avicular, avigator, avodires, avoiders, behavior, biovular, bolivars, bravoing, breviary, calvaria, carnival, carvings, cavalier, caviares, cavicorn, cavilers, caviller, cavitary, cervical, chivalry, chivaree, claviers, corrival, corvinas, cravings, creative, cultivar, curative, deprival, derivate, deviator, disfavor, drivable, driveway, durative, enravish, ergative, favoring, favorite, gravidae, gravidas, gravidly, gravitas, graviton, grievant, havartis, havering, haviours, interval, invaders, jarovize, lavalier, lavisher, lawgiver, levirate, livetrap, maravedi, maverick, misavers, navicert, nirvanas, nirvanic, nonrival, nonviral, obviator, omnivora, outrival, ovariole, ovaritis, overlaid, overlain, overpaid, parvises, parvolin, paviours, pavisers, prevails, primeval, privater, privates, proviral, pulvinar, ravaging, raveling, ravelins, ravening, ravigote, ravingly, ravining, raviolis, ravished, ravisher, ravishes, reactive, reavails, reinvade, relative, repaving, reviewal, revisals, revivals, rivaling, rivalled, rivieras, rotative, salivary, savarins, saviours, savorier, savories, savorily, savoring, shivaree, shrieval, starving, stravaig, subvicar, subviral, survival, tovarich, tovarish, tractive, travails, travoise, trivalve, unvaried, vagaries, valerian, valkyrie, valorise, valorize, vampires, vampiric, vanisher, vanitory, vaporing, vaporise, vaporish, vaporize, variable, variably, variance, variants, variated, variates, varicose, variedly, varietal, variform, variolar, variolas, varioles, variorum, varistor, varmints, varnishy, vasiform, vaultier, velarium, velarize, veracity, veratria, veratrin, verbatim, verbiage, veronica, vertical, vervains, vespiary, vestiary, vexillar, viatores, vibrance, vibrancy, vibrants, vibrated, vibrates, vibrator, vibratos, vibrissa, vicarage, vicarate, vicarial, vicenary, victoria, villager, vinegars, vinegary, vineyard, vinifera, vintager, violater, violator, viragoes, virelais, virelays, viremias, virgates, virginal, viridian, virtuosa, visceral, vitamers, vitiator, vitrains, vivaries, vivarium, vivipara, vizarded, vizirate, vizirial, voracity, vortical, votaries, votarist, wavering. | |
+5 letters: abrasives, accretive, achievers, activator, acyclovir, adverbial, adversity, adverting, advertise, advertize, aggrieved, aggrieves, almsgiver, ambiverts, antiviral, antivirus, approving, arbovirus, archiving, archivist, archivolt, arriviste, assertive, averaging, aversions, aviarists, avigators, avirulent, beavering, behaviors, behaviour, bereaving, bivariate, bolivares, braveries, cabdriver, cadaveric, calvarias, calvaries, calvarium, caregiver, caressive, carnivals, carnivora, carnivore, cavaliers, cavalries, caverning, cavillers, cavorting, charivari, chevalier, chivalric, chivareed, chivarees, chivaried, chivaries, clavering, corrasive, corrivals, covariant, cravening, cultivars, curatives, daredevil, depraving, depravity, deprivals, derivable, derivates, deviators, deviatory, disfavors, driveable, driveways, duratives, echeveria, embracive, engraving, evaporite, farmwives, favorites, favouring, flavoring, flavorist, formative, fricative, grapevine, gravamina, graveling, graveside, gravidity, gravitate, gravities, gravitons, grievance, grievants, hortative, incurvate, innervate, innovator, intervale, intervals, invariant, invertase, involucra, iterative, jarovized, jarovizes, knaveries, larvicide, lavaliere, lavaliers, laveering, lavishers, lawgivers, levirates, leviratic, lifesaver, liveryman, livetraps, lucrative, maravedis, marveling, mavericks, microwave, motivator, myxoviral, narrative, navicerts, navicular, navigator, nervation, nonrivals, normative, obviators, operative, outraving, outrivals, ovarioles, overawing, overclaim, overplaid, overtrain, oviparous, partitive, parvolins, pervading, pervasion, pervasive, portative, prevailed, previable, primavera, privacies, privateer, privately, privatest, privation, privatise, privatism, privative, privatize, proactive, probative, purgative, quadrivia, quavering, radiative, ravelings, ravelling, ravenings, ravigotes, ravishers, ravishing, reavailed, reavowing, reinvaded, reinvades, relatives, reprieval, reshaving, retrieval, revaluing, revamping, revealing, revictual, reviewals, revisable, revivable, reweaving, ribavirin, rivalling, rivalries, rivalrous, riverbank, riverboat, riverward, rotavirus, salivator, savoriest, savourier, savouries, savouring, shivareed, shivarees, slaveries, slavering, stravaigs, subvicars, survivals, timesaver, travailed, traveling, travoises, trivalent, trivalves, trivially, universal, unrivaled, unvarying, uvarovite, vagarious, vainglory, valerians, valkyries, valorised, valorises, valorized, valorizes, vampirish, vampirism, vanishers, vaporetti, vaporings, vaporised, vaporises, vaporized, vaporizer, vaporizes, vapouring, variables, variances, variating, variation, varicella, varicosed, variegate, varietals, varieties, variorums, variously, varisized, varistors, varnished, varnisher, varnishes, varooming, varsities, varyingly, vectorial, vehicular, velarized, velarizes, venireman, veracious, verapamil, veratrias, veratrine, veratrins, verbalism, verbalist, verbalize, verbiages, veridical, veritable, veritably, veritates, vernalize, vernation, veronicas, versatile, versional, verticals, vesicular, vibraharp, vibrances, vibrantly, vibratile, vibrating, vibration, vibrators, vibratory, vibrissae, vicarages, vicarates, vicariant, vicariate, vicarious, vicarship, viceregal, victorias, victualer, villagers, villagery, vinegared, vineyards, viniferas, vintagers, violaters, violators, virginals, viricidal, viridians, virtually, virtuosas, virucidal, visionary, vitiators, vivariums, vizierate, vizierial, vizirates, vocalizer, voracious, votarists, vulgarian, vulgarise, vulgarism, vulgarity, vulgarize. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. SCRABBLE® is a registered trademark. All intellectual property rights in and to the game are owned in the U.S.A and Canada by Hasbro Inc., and throughout the rest of the world by J.W. Spear & Sons Limited of Maidenhead, Berkshire, England, a subsidiary of Mattel Inc. Mattel and Spear are not affiliated with Hasbro. | |
Hexadecimal (or equivalents, 770AD-1900s) (references)56 41 52 49 |
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| American Sign Language (origins from 1620-1817 in Italy and, especially, France) (references)
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| Semaphore (1791, in France) (references)
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| Braille (1829, in France) (references)
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Morse Code (1836) (references)...- .- .-. .. |
| Dancing Men (Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, 1903) (references)
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Binary Code (1918-1938, probably earlier) (references)01010110 01000001 01010010 01001001 |
HTML Code (1990) (references)V A R I |
ISO 10646 (1991-1993) (references)0056 0041 0052 0049 |
| British Sign Language (Fingerspelling, BSL; 1992, British Deaf Association Dictionary of British Sign Language) (references)
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Encryption (beginner's substitution cypher): (references)56355243 |
| 1. Definition 2. Crosswords 3. Usage: Modern 4. Usage: Commercial | 5. Usage Frequency 6. Names: Frequency 7. Expressions 8. Expressions: Internet | 9. Translations: Modern 10. Derivations 11. Rhymes 12. Anagrams | 13. Orthography 14. Bibliography |
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