variante
Portuguese, noun/va.ɾiˈɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
variante is spelled V-A-R-I-A-N-T-E (8 letters) and appears 2.9 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 17,722nd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Variante is a Portuguese feminine noun meaning “variant” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “um de dois ou mais indivíduos, objetos ou entidades que exibem diferenças geralmente ligeiras”.
What does variante mean in English?
adjective
- 1
femininemasculinevariable
noun
- 1
femininevariant
Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How Portuguese dictionaries define it
noun: 1. um de dois ou mais indivíduos, objetos ou entidades que exibem diferenças geralmente ligeiras 2. em xadrez, cada uma das possíveis sequências de lances
The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.
Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of variante
- variantes plural
Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce variante?
- Brazil /va.ɾiˈɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- Brazil /vaˈɾjɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
- Portugal /vɐˈɾjɐ̃.tɨ/
Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to variante
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is variante in Portuguese?
variante appears 2.9 times per million words in written Portuguese.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).