# divergent
## English
### Etymology

From Latin dis- (“apart”) + vergere (“to turn”) + the adjectival suffix -ent.

### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /daɪˈvɜː.d͡ʒənt/, /dɪˈvɜː.d͡ʒənt/
* (General American) IPA: /dɪˈvɝ.d͡ʒənt/, /daɪˈvɝ.d͡ʒənt/
** Audio (US):(file)
* (General Australian) IPA: /dɑɪˈvɜː.d͡ʒənt/
* Rhymes: -ɜː(ɹ)dʒənt

### Adjective

divergent (comparative more divergent, superlative most divergent)
* Growing further apart; diverging.
** 1995, Paul Kussmaul, Training The Translator, John Benjamins Publishing Co, page 47:Divergent thinking and transformations are, of course, no novel phenomena. They have always occurred in the translation process, but perhaps we have not been fully aware of them, or have not been able to categorise them with sufficient precision until now.
** 2020, “Zoo”, in Still at the Rough Cusp of Renaissance, performed by Good Fuck:Four zebras stood despondent facing divergent directions like an old European film or a '90s band photo.
* (mathematics) (said of a sequence or series) Diverging; not approaching a limit.
* Disagreeing from something given; differing.
    a divergent statement
* Causing divergence of rays.
    en, a divergent lens

#### Derived terms

* codivergent
* divergent gill trama
* divergently
* divergent series
* divergent thinking
* enantiodivergent
* hyperdivergent
* hypodivergent
* multidivergent
* neurodivergent
* nondivergent
* normodivergent
* regiodivergent
* stereodivergent
* undivergent

#### Related terms

* diverge
* converge

#### Translations
### Anagrams

* ridge vent

## Catalan
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin dīvergentem.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [di.βərˈʒen]
* IPA: (Balearic) [di.vərˈʒent]
* IPA: (Valencia) [di.veɾˈd͡ʒent]

### Adjective

divergent m or f (masculine and feminine plural divergents)
* divergent

#### Related terms

* divergir

### Further reading

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

## Dutch
### Etymology

From divergeren.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

divergent (comparative divergenter, superlative divergentst)
* divergent
    divergente reeks ― divergent series

#### Antonyms

* convergent

#### Related terms

* divergentie

#### Descendants

* Indonesian: divergen

## French
### Etymology 1

From Latin dīvergentem.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /di.vɛʁ.ʒɑ̃/

#### Adjective

divergent (feminine divergente, masculine plural divergents, feminine plural divergentes)
* divergent

##### Related terms

* diverger

### Etymology 2
#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /di.vɛʁʒ/

#### Verb

divergent
* third-person plural present indicative/subjunctive of diverger

### Further reading

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

## German
### Etymology

Borrowed from Latin divergens.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˌdivɛʁˈɡɛnt]
* Hyphenation: di‧ver‧gent
* Audio:(file)

### Adjective

divergent (strong nominative masculine singular divergenter, comparative divergenter, superlative am divergentesten)
* divergent

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “divergent” in Duden online
* “divergent” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

## Latin
### Verb

dīvergent
* third-person plural future active indicative of dīvergō

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French divergent.

### Adjective

divergent m or n (feminine singular divergentă, masculine plural divergenți, feminine and neuter plural divergente)
* divergent

#### Declension
## Swedish
### Adjective

divergent
* divergent
    Antonym: konvergent

#### Declension

$^1$ The indefinite superlative forms are only used in the predicative. $^2$ Dated or archaic. $^3$ Only used, optionally, to refer to things whose natural gender is masculine.