"variation" meaning in French

See variation in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Noun

IPA: /va.ʁja.sjɔ̃/ Audio: Fr-variation.ogg , LL-Q150 (fra)-WikiLucas00-variation.wav Forms: variations [plural]
Etymology: Learned borrowing from Latin variātiō. By surface analysis, varier + -ation. See also véraison. Etymology templates: {{lbor|fr|la|variātiō}} Learned borrowing from Latin variātiō, {{surface analysis|fr|varier|-ation}} By surface analysis, varier + -ation Head templates: {{fr-noun|f}} variation f (plural variations)
  1. variation Tags: feminine
    Sense id: en-variation-fr-noun-gZtguyUP
  2. (music) variation (technique where material is repeated with alterations to the melody, harmony, rhythm, timbre, texture, counterpoint or orchestration; but with some invariant characteristic, e.g. a ground bass) Tags: feminine Coordinate_terms: thème
    Sense id: en-variation-fr-noun-HjQsDLee Categories (other): Music, French entries with incorrect language header, French terms suffixed with -ation Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 5 95 Disambiguation of French terms suffixed with -ation: 15 85 Topics: entertainment, lifestyle, music
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: boîte de vitesses à variation continue

Inflected forms

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      "roman": "vâriyâsiyon",
      "word": "واریاسیون"
    },
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      "lang_code": "tr",
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      ],
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    "French terms borrowed from Latin",
    "French terms derived from Latin",
    "French terms suffixed with -ation",
    "French terms with IPA pronunciation",
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      ]
    }
  ],
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      ],
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      ],
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    },
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    }
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