"assortment" meaning in English

See assortment in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /əˈsɔːtmənt/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vininn126-assortment.wav [US] Forms: assortments [plural]
Etymology: assort + -ment Etymology templates: {{suffix|en|assort|ment}} assort + -ment Head templates: {{en-noun}} assortment (plural assortments)
  1. A collection of varying but related items. Synonyms: diversity, Whitman's sampler Translations (collection of varying but related items): избор (izbor) (Bulgarian), асортимент (asortiment) (Bulgarian), сортиране (sortirane) (Bulgarian), assortiment [masculine] (Catalan), kolekce [feminine] (Czech), assortiment [neuter] (Dutch), valikoima (Finnish), lajitelma (Finnish), joukko (Finnish), assortiment [masculine] (French), ასორტი (asorṭi) (Georgian), Auswahl [feminine] (German), Sortiment [neuter] (German), ausgewählte Zusammenstellung [feminine] (German), választék (Hungarian), sortaro (Ido), asortajo (Ido), asorto (Ido), assortimento [masculine] (Italian), varietà [feminine] (Italian), 모음 (mo'eum) (Korean), asortyment [masculine] (Polish), sortimento [masculine] (Portuguese), ассортиме́нт (assortimént) [masculine] (Russian), набо́р (nabór) [masculine] (Russian), колле́кция (kollékcija) [feminine] (Russian), measgachadh [masculine] (Scottish Gaelic), surtido [masculine] (Spanish), variedad [feminine] (Spanish), colección [feminine] (Spanish), асортиме́нт (asortymént) [masculine] (Ukrainian)

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