Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

varia

/ˈvɛɹi.ə/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 2.23 in modern English

Syllables: varia
IPA: /ˈvɛɹi.ə/

8

Scrabble Score

5

Letters

1

Syllables

4

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

Alternative form of baria (“Greek diacritic”).

Example Sentences

"The oxia and varia are represented using the regular acute and grave accent characters, the dialytika with the regular diaeresis character, and the psili and dasia are represented using the regular combining-comma-above and combining-reversed-comma-above characters."
"In Morton Smith’s writings we can see that he is trying to follow the grammatical rules, as his accent marks are always carefully placed, specially^([sic]) the oxia and varia with their right or left slant."
"The remaining three diacritics, oxia ( ΄ ), varia ( ` ), and perispomeni ( ˜ ), are used in the text to indicate primary stress."
"[T]he author thought of using the Greek small letter iota with psili and varia (ἲ) and ἵ small letter iota with psili and oxia which the author found as the only current fitting option for use here."

Etymology

Borrowed from Greek βαρεία (vareía).

Regional Pronunciation

American English: /ˈvɛɹi.ə/
British English: /ˈvɛəɹi.ə/

Phrases

varia lectio

Frequently Paired Words

varia lectio

Rhymes With

area bulgaria malaria bavaria samaria aquaria urticaria carpentaria militaria rosaria araucaria caria

Questions

How do you pronounce varia?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈvɛɹi.ə/.
What does varia mean?: Alternative form of baria (“Greek diacritic”).
Where does varia come from?: Borrowed from Greek βαρεία (vareía).

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