# divers
## English
### Etymology 1

See diver.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdaɪvə(ɹ)z/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɪvə(ɹ)z

#### Noun

divers
* plural of diver

### Etymology 2

See diverse.

#### Alternative forms

* diuers (obsolete)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdaɪvɜː(ɹ)z/, /ˈdaɪvə(ɹ)z/
* Rhymes: -aɪvə(ɹ)z

#### Adjective

divers (comparative more divers, superlative most divers)
* Archaic form of diverse, in the sense of various or assorted.
** 1551, James A.H. Murray, editor, A New English Dictionary on Historical Principles: Founded Mainly on the Materials Collected by the Philological Society.‎, volume 1, Oxford: Clarendon Press, published 1888, Part 1, page 217:Also the rule of false position, with dyuers examples not onely vulgar, but some appertaynyng to the rule of Algeber.
** 1611, The Holy Bible, […] (King James Version), London: […] Robert Barker, […], →OCLC, Matthew 4:24:And his fame went throughout all Syria: and they brought unto him all sick people that were taken with divers diseases and torments, and those which were possessed with devils, and those which were lunatic, and those that had the palsy; and he healed them.
** 1831, L[etitia] E[lizabeth] L[andon], chapter I, in Romance and Reality. […], volume I, London: Henry Colburn and Richard Bentley, […], →OCLC, page 8:But to-night, the third rainy evening of three rainy days, every flower in the divers china bowls, cups, vases, was withered; the harp was out of tune with the damp; and Emily betook herself to the leafy labyrinth of a muslin flounce, la belle alliance of uselessness and industry.
** 1887, Harriet W. Daly, Digging, Squatting, and Pioneering Life in the Northern Territory of South Australia, page 112:Divers plans and numerous devices were tried to stop the leakage.
** 1919, P. G. Wodehouse, My Man Jeeves:Shortly after this I had to go out of town. Divers sound sportsmen had invited me to pay visits to their country places, and it wasn't for several months that I settled down in the city again.
** 1949, William Dale Morris, The Christian Origins of Social Revolt, page 25:One of the most formidable of the heretical movements of the Middle Ages was Lollardy or Lollery. The Lollard movement was made up of divers elements, [...]
** 1951 December, “Notes and News: Overland to Iraq”, in Railway Magazine, page 854:Nevertheless, a good Turkish meal was enjoyed in the merry company of Customs men and divers gaily-caparisoned officials.

##### Derived terms

* diversly

#### Pronoun

divers
* (archaic or literary) An indefinite number (at least two).
** c. 1596–1598 (date written), William Shakespeare, “The Merchant of Venice”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act III, scene i]:Tubal: There came divers of Antonio’s creditors in my company to Venice that swear he cannot choose but break.

#### Usage notes

When used as a pronoun, divers functions as a plural and takes a plural verb.

### Anagrams

* drives

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dīversus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [diˈβɛrs]
* IPA: (Balearic, Valencia) [diˈvɛrs]

### Adjective

divers (feminine diversa, masculine plural diversos, feminine plural diverses)
* diverse
* (in the plural) several

#### Related terms

* diversificar
* diversitat

### Further reading

* “divers” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “divers”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “divers” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
* “divers” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

## Dutch
### Etymology

From Middle Dutch divers, from Old French divers, from Latin dīversus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /diˈvɛrs/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: di‧vers
* Rhymes: -ɛrs

### Adjective

divers (comparative diverser, superlative meest divers or diverst)
* diverse
* (in the plural) several

#### Derived terms

* diversiteit

#### Descendants

* Negerhollands: divers

## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dīversus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /di.vɛʁ/
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

divers (feminine diverse, masculine plural divers, feminine plural diverses)
* various; varying
    Synonym: différent

#### Derived terms

* divers et varié
* fait divers

#### Related terms

* diverger
* diversement
* diversifier
* diversité

### References

* Etymology and history of “divers”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Further reading

* “divers”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* verdis

## German
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dīversus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /diˈvɛʁs/
* Audio:(file)
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

divers (strong nominative masculine singular diverser, comparative diverser, superlative am diversesten)
* (in the plural) different, various, miscellaneous (a certain number of different items)
    Synonym: verschieden
* (formal) diverse, varying (showing great variety)
    Synonyms: unterschiedlich, verschieden, verschiedenartig
* (neologism) diverse (of a society or group: showing variety in terms of ethnicity, language, religious affiliation, sexual orientation, etc.)
    Synonym: (informal) bunt
* (neologism, officialese) non-binary, intersex (belonging to any category of gender that is neither male nor female)

#### Related terms

* Diversität

### Further reading

* “divers” in Duden online
* “divers”, in Online-Wortschatz-Informationssystem Deutsch (in German), Mannheim: Leibniz-Institut für Deutsche Sprache, 2008–
* “divers” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

## Maltese
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian diverso, from Latin diversus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dɪˈvɛrs/

### Adjective

divers (feminine singular diversa, plural diversi)
* diverse, showing great variation
    Il-problemi li jbatu minnhom il-familji foqra f’pajjiżna huma diversi ħafna.The problems that poor families in our country suffer from are quite diverse.

#### Usage notes

* The plural form is also used as a determiner meaning “several”, see there.

#### Derived terms

* diversità

## Middle French
### Etymology

Latin diversus.

### Adjective

divers m (feminine singular diverse, masculine plural divers, feminine plural diverses)
* various; varying; different

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French divers, from Latin diversus.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /diˈvers/

### Adjective

divers m or n (feminine singular diversă, masculine plural diverși, feminine and neuter plural diverse)
* various, diverse, varied
    Synonyms: variat, felurit, diferit

#### Related terms

* diversitate