varier
French, verb/va.ʁje/
varier is spelled V-A-R-I-E-R (6 letters) and appears 7.6 times per million words in written French, the 8,212th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Varier is a French verb meaning “to vary” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Diversifier”.
What does varier mean in English?
verb
- 1
to vary
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
verb: 1. Diversifier. 2. Changer, se modifier, présenter des changements successifs. 3. Être d’avis différent, rapporter diversement le même fait. 4. Avoir des formes, des qualités différentes, suivant les diverses circonstances.
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 varier
- avoir + past participle infinitive multiword-construction
- variant gerund participle present
- ayant + past participle gerund multiword-construction participle
- varié participle past
- varie first-person indicative present
- varies indicative present second-person
- varions first-person indicative plural
- variez indicative plural present
- varient indicative plural present
- variais first-person imperfect indicative
- variait imperfect indicative singular
- variions first-person imperfect indicative
- variiez imperfect indicative plural
- variaient imperfect indicative plural
- variai first-person historic indicative
- varias historic indicative past
- varia historic indicative past
- variâmes first-person historic indicative
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce varier?
- /va.ʁje/
- \va.ʁje\
- [va.ʁje]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to varier
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is varier in French?
varier appears 7.6 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).