viole
See also: violé
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
From Middle English vyole, from either Middle French violer or Latin violāre. Compare violate.
Verb edit
viole (third-person singular simple present violes, present participle violing, simple past and past participle violed) (transitive, obsolete)
Etymology 2 edit
Noun edit
viole (uncommon)
- plural of viola (“stringed instrument”)
- 1825, H. Bertram Cox, C. L. E. Cox, quoting Smart, George Thomas, “Chapter VII: 1825, Vienna”, in Leaves from the Journals of Sir George Smart, published 1907, page 113:
- On his right, in two rows, were twelve violins, two viole, two ’celli, and two basses.
- 2009, Steven Suskin, quoting Ramin, Sid, The Sound of Broadway Music: A Book of Orchestrators and Orchestrations, Oxford University Press, →ISBN, page 240:
- I hadn’t used viole on West Side or Gypsy, so I thought let’s use four viole and no violins.
- 2014, David Itkin, Conducting Concerti: A Technical and Interpretive Guide, University of North Texas Press, →ISBN, page 186:
- In spite of the clarity of the explanation that the conductor will give to the orchestra, “I begin conducting again at 15,” it is polite and professional to clearly cue each new entrance, starting with the flute and continuing with viole/celli, second violins, etc.
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Afrikaans edit
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viole
French edit
Etymology edit
Inherited from Old French [Term?], probably from Old Occitan viola (modern Occitan viula), from Medieval Latin *vitula (“stringed instrument”). Compare Italian viola.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
viole f (plural violes)
Derived terms edit
Verb edit
viole
- inflection of violer:
Further reading edit
- “viole”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
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Italian edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
viole f pl
References edit
- ^ viola in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
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Middle English edit
Noun edit
viole
- Alternative form of fiole
Portuguese edit
Verb edit
viole
- inflection of violar:
Spanish edit
Verb edit
viole
- inflection of violar: