miscellaneous

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin miscellāneus, from miscellus (“mixed”), from misceō (“mix”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌmɪsəˈleɪnɪəs/

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• Rhymes: -eɪnɪəs

Adjective

miscellaneous (comparative more miscellaneous, superlative most miscellaneous)

1. Consisting of a variety of ingredients or parts.

   A miscellaneous pile of clothing, buttons, tools and other junk.

2. Having diverse characteristics, abilities or appearances.

Synonyms

• (consisting of a variety of ingredients or parts): diverse, manifold; See also Thesaurus:heterogeneous or Thesaurus:assorted
• (having diverse characteristics):

Derived terms

• misc, misc. (abbreviation)
• miscellaneous charge order
• miscellaneously

Related terms

• miscegenation
• miscellany
• miscellanea
• miscellaneity
• miscible

Translations

consisting of a variety of ingredients or parts

• Arabic: مُتَنَوِّع (mutanawwiʕ)
• Bulgarian: смесен (bg) (smesen), разнообразен (bg) (raznoobrazen)
• Catalan: miscel·lani (ca)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 混杂的, 杂项 (zh) (záxiàng)

• Czech: rozmanitý (cs), různorodý, smíšený (cs)
• Danish: diverse (da), blandet
• Dutch: gemengd (nl)
• Finnish: sekalainen (fi)
• French: divers (fr)
• Galician: miscelánea f
• Georgian: სხვადასხვა (sxvadasxva)
• German: gemischt (de), vermischt (de), verschieden (de)
• Greek: διάφορος (el) (diáforos)
• Hebrew: שונות (he) f pl
• Hindi: फुटकर (hi) (phuṭkar)
• Hungarian: vegyes (hu), különféle (hu), változatos (hu)
• Icelandic: ýmislegur (is)
• Irish: ilghnéitheach, il-
• Japanese: 雑多 (ja) (zatta)
• Latin: miscellāneus, miscellus
• Macedonian: разновидно n (raznovidno)
• Malayalam: പലതരം (palataraṁ)
• Maori: whakaehu
• Norwegian: blanda, blandet
• Polish: różny (pl), rozmaity (pl), różnorodny (pl) m
• Portuguese: variado (pt)
• Romanian: amestecat (ro) m or n, divers (ro) m or n
• Russian: ра́зный (ru) (ráznyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: measgaichte
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: разно̀врстан

  Roman: raznòvrstan (sh)

• Spanish: varios (es) pl, misceláneo (es)
• Swedish: blandad (sv)
• Tagalog: balabalaki
• Thai: เบ็ดเตล็ด (th) (bèt-dtà-lèt), ปกิณกะ (th), มโนสาเร่

having diverse characteristics

• Bulgarian: разнороден (bg) (raznoroden)
• Catalan: miscel·lani (ca)
• Danish: blandet, diverse (da)
• Dutch: veelzijdig (nl)
• Finnish: monitahoinen, monipuolinen (fi)
• French: varié (fr)
• Georgian: სხვადასხვაგვარი (sxvadasxvagvari), მრავლაფეროვანი (mravlaperovani)
• German: vielseitig (de)
• Hungarian: sokrétű (hu), sokoldalú (hu)
• Irish: ilghnéitheach
• Norwegian: diverse (no)
• Portuguese: variado (pt)
• Romanian: divers (ro) m or n
• Russian: разли́чный (ru) (razlíčnyj)
• Scottish Gaelic: measgaichte
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: разно̀личан

  Roman: raznòličan (sh)

• Slovene: raznovrsten m
• Spanish: varios (es)

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout § Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Dutch: ^{(please verify)} gemengd (nl)
• Norwegian: ^{(please verify)} diverse (no)
• Swedish: ^{(please verify)} diverse (sv)