variorum
French, noun\va.ʁjɔ.ʁɔm\
variorum is spelled V-A-R-I-O-R-U-M (8 letters) and appears about once in every 18 million words in written French, the 136,634th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Variorum is a French masculine noun meaning “variorum” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ouvrage en latin imprimé avec des notes de plusieurs commentateurs, en plus de l’œuvre originale”.
What does variorum mean in English?
noun
- 1
masculinevariorum
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
adjective: 1. Imprimé avec des notes de plusieurs commentateurs, pour des œuvres en latin. 2. Imprimé avec des notes de plusieurs commentateurs.
noun: 1. Ouvrage en latin imprimé avec des notes de plusieurs commentateurs, en plus de l’œuvre originale.
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.
How do you pronounce variorum?
- \va.ʁjɔ.ʁɔm\
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
How common is variorum in French?
variorum appears about once in every 18 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).