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divers

French, adjective/di.vɛʁ/

divers is spelled D-I-V-E-R-S (6 letters) and appears 66 times per million words in written French, the 1,256th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Divers is a French adjective meaning “various; varying” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Qui est de nature ou de qualité différente, ou qui présente plusieurs faces, plusieurs apparences”.

What does divers mean in English?

adjective

  1. 1

    various; varying

Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How French dictionaries define it

adjective: 1. Qui est de nature ou de qualité différente, ou qui présente plusieurs faces, plusieurs apparences.

adjective: 1. Plusieurs et distincts les uns des autres.

pronoun: 1. Différentes gens.

noun: 1. En bibliothéconomie, catégorie où sont classés des éléments de toutes natures.

The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.

Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of divers

  • diverse feminine
  • diverses feminine plural

Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce divers?

  • /di.vɛʁ/
  • \di.vɛʁ\
  • [d̪i.vɛʁ]

Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to divers

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is divers in French?

divers appears 66 times per million words in written French.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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