miscellaneous

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)

Consisting of a variety of ingredients or parts.
A miscellaneous pile of clothing, buttons, tools and other junk.
Having diverse characteristics, abilities or appearances.
Not in any other category.

Synonyms

(consisting of a variety of ingredients or parts): diverse, manifold; See also Thesaurus:heterogeneous or Thesaurus:assorted
(having diverse characteristics):
(not in any other category): other

Derived terms

Related terms

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 (hùnzá de), 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 (th)

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), diverso (pt) m
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)

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Translations to be checked

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