via

See also: VIA, Via, vía, viâ, and vi'a

Contents

EnglishEdit

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈvaɪə/, /ˈvi.ə/

Etymology 1Edit

Borrowing from Latin via (“road”), of uncertain origin, plausibly cognate with vehere (“to conduct”).

NounEdit

via (plural vias or viae)

1. A main road or highway, especially in ancient Rome. (Mainly used in set phrases, below.)
2. (electronics) A small hole in a printed circuit board filled with metal which connects two or more layers.

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from via

• via affirmativa
• Via Crucis
• Via Dolorosa
• Via Egnatia

• via glareata
• Via Lactea
• via media

• via munita
• via negativa
• via terrena

Related termsEdit

• viaticum
• viator

Etymology 2Edit

Borrowing from Latin viā, ablative singular of via (“way, road”).

Alternative formsEdit

• viâ

PrepositionEdit

via

1. By way of; passing through.

   They drove from New York to Los Angeles via Omaha.

   You can enter the building via the western gate.

2. By (means of); using (a medium).

   I'll send you the information via e-mail.

   • 2012 December 1, “An internet of airborne things”, in The Economist^[1], volume 405, number 8813, page 3 (Technology Quarterly):

     A farmer could place an order for a new tractor part by text message and pay for it by mobile money-transfer. A supplier many miles away would then take the part to the local matternet station for airborne dispatch via drone.

3. As per (a mathematical equation).
   • 2005, Enrico Forestieri (ed.), “Capacity Bounds For MIMO Poisson Channels With Intersymbol Interference, Appendix C”, in Optical Communication Theory and Techniques, ISBN 0387231323, page 44:

     Under the assumptions of Proposition 5 the entropies h(τ) and H(k) are related via the following equation: […]

TranslationsEdit

by way of

• Arabic: بِوَاسِطَة‏‎ (bewaseṭa), عَن طَرِيق‏‎ (ʿan ṭarīq)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 經由 (zh), 经由 (zh) (jīngyóu), 通過 (zh), 通过 (zh) (tōngguò)

• Czech: přes (cs)
• Dutch: via (nl), langs (nl)
• Finnish: kautta (fi)
• French: via (fr)
• German: über (de), durch (de), via (de)
• Hebrew: דֶּרֶךְ‏‎ (he) (dérekh)
• Japanese: …経由で (...けいゆで, ... keiyu de, ..けいゆうで, ... keiyū de), ...経て (...へて, ... hete)
• Macedonian: преку (preku)
• Malay: melalui

• Maori: mā
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: via (no)

  Nynorsk: via

• Portuguese: via (pt)
• Romanian: via (ro)
• Russian: че́рез (ru) (čérez) (+ accusative case), сквозь (ru) (skvozʹ) (+ accusative case)
• Scottish Gaelic: taobh
• Slovene: via
• Spanish: vía (es)
• Swedish: via (sv)
• Telugu: వయా (vayā)

by (means of); using (a medium)

• Arabic: بِـ‏‎ (ar) (bi-)
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 通過 (zh), 通过 (zh) (tōngguò)

• Czech: pomocí (cs)
• Dutch: via (nl), per (nl)
• French: via (fr)
• German: per (de), mittels (de), vermittels (de), via (de), durch (de), über (de)
• Italian: via (it), per (it)
• Japanese: ...で (ja) (...de), ...によって (ja) (... ni yotte)
• Macedonian: преку (preku)

• Malay: melalui
• Maori: mā
• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: via (no)

  Nynorsk: via

• Portuguese: via (pt)
• Romanian: via (ro), prin (ro)
• Russian: посре́дством (ru) (posrédstvom) (+ genitive case), с по́мощью (ru) (s pómoščʹju) (+ genitive case), че́рез (ru) (čérez) (+ accusative case), по (ru) (po) (+ dative case, via e-mail - по име́йлу)
• Spanish: por (es)
• Swedish: via (sv)

as per (a mathematical equation)

• Arabic: وِفْقًا لِـ‏‎ (wafqan li-)
• French: par (fr)

• German: vermöge (de), gemäß (de)

AnagramsEdit

• A-IV, Avi, IVA, Iva, Vai, avi-, vai

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CatalanEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin viā.

PronunciationEdit

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.ə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.ə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.a/
• Rhymes: -ia

NounEdit

via f (plural vies)

1. lane
2. way, path
3. railway track
4. channel

SynonymsEdit

• (railway track): via fèrria

Derived termsEdit

• Via Làctia

Related termsEdit

• vianant
• viari

PrepositionEdit

via

1. via, by way of

Further readingEdit

• “via” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

• Audio

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EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from Latin viā, the ablative of via (“road, way”), of uncertain origin, plausibly cognate with vehere (“to conduct”). Entered Dutch in the Latin phrase per via de (“by way of”), after the Portuguese por via de.

PrepositionEdit

via

1. via, through, by way of
2. by (means of); using (a medium).

SynonymsEdit

• (through (by way of)): langs
• (by (means of)): per

Derived termsEdit

• via via (“using various intermediaries”)

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EsperantoEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Esperanto second-person pronoun vi + possessive ending -a.

DeterminerEdit

via (accusative singular vian, plural viaj, accusative plural viajn)

1. (possessive) your, yours

See alsoEdit

• cia

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FijianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *biʀaq (compare Malay birah), from Proto-Austronesian.

NounEdit

via

1. alocasia

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FinnishEdit

AdverbEdit

via

1. via

AnagramsEdit

• iva
• vai

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Franco-ProvençalEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin vīta.

NounEdit

via f (plural vies)

1. life

Related termsEdit

• vivre

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FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowing from Latin viā, the ablative of via (“road, way”), of uncertain origin, plausibly cognate with vehō (“convey”).

PrepositionEdit

via

1. via, through, by way of.

Further readingEdit

• “via” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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ItalianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin via.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /via̯/, [viä̯]

• Audio

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• Stress: vìa
• Hyphenation: via

NounEdit

via f (plural vie)

1. road, street, path
2. way, route
3. means (to an end)
4. tract (in the body)
5. start (of a race)

SynonymsEdit

• (street, road, etc.): strada

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from via

• ferrovia
• in via provvisoria

• tramvia
• vie aeree

• viottolo
• viuzza

Related termsEdit

Terms derived from via

• per via orale
• viabile

• viale
• via libera

• viario
• viavai

AdverbEdit

via

1. away
2. out

PrepositionEdit

via da

1. away from

InterjectionEdit

via!

1. come on!
2. go away!

AnagramsEdit

• avi
• IVA
• vai

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LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

• From Proto-Italic *wijā, from Proto-Indo-European *wih₁eh₂-., from *weyh₁- (“to pursue, be strong”). Cognate with Lithuanian vyti (“to pursuit”). See also vīs, invītus, invītō, Ancient Greek οἶμος (oîmos).
• Or perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰyeh₂-, from *weǵʰ- (whence vehō), hypothesis rejected by De Vaan.

PronunciationEdit

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈwi.a/

• Audio (Classical)

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NounEdit

via f (genitive viae); first declension

1. road, street or path
2. way, method, manner
3. the right way

InflectionEdit

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	via	viae
genitive	viae	viārum
dative	viae	viīs
accusative	viam	viās
ablative	viā	viīs
vocative	via	viae

SynonymsEdit

• (road): iter

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from via

• āvius
• bivius
• dēvius
• invius
• obviō

• obvius
• pervius
• praevius
• quadrivium
• trivium

• viālis
• viārius
• viāticus
• viō

Related termsEdit

• bivium
• triviālis

DescendantsEdit

• Albanian: vijë
• Catalan: via
• Dutch: via, vooi
• Franco-Provençal: voué
• French: voie, via
• Galician: vía
• Istriot: veîa

• Italian: via
• Portuguese: via
• Romanian: via
• Romansch: via, veia
• Spanish: vía
• Swedish: via

ReferencesEdit

• via in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• via in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• du Cange, Charles (1883), “via”, in G. A. Louis Henschel, Pierre Carpentier, Léopold Favre, editors, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (in Latin), Niort: L. Favre
• “via” in Félix Gaffiot’s Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette (1934)
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book^[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the country-house stands near the road: villa tangit viam
    
  • the road is the same length: tantundem viae est
    
  • to pave a road: viam sternere (silice, saxo)
    
  • to make a gravel path: substruere viam glarea (Liv. 41. 27)
    
  • a street, a made road: via strata
    
  • a well-trodden, much-frequented way: via trita
    
  • to make a road: viam munire
    
  • to open a route: viam patefacere, aperire
    
  • to cut one's way (through the enemies' ranks): ferro viam facere (per confertos hostes)
    
  • to obstruct a road; to close a route: viam intercludere
    
  • a road leads somewhere: via fert, ducit aliquo
    
  • to set out on a journey: in viam se dare
    
  • to set out on a journey: viae se committere
    
  • to enter upon a route; to take a road: viam ingredi, inire (also metaphorically)
    
  • to turn aside from the right way; to deviate: de via declinare, deflectere (also metaphorically)
    
  • make way for any one: (de via) decedere alicui
    
  • to set out by the Appian road: Appia via proficisci
    
  • to direct a person who has lost his way: erranti viam monstrare
    
  • to continue one's journey, pursue one's course: viam persequi (also metaphorically)
    
  • to accomplish a long journey: longam viam conficere
    
  • weary with travelling; way-worn: fessus de via
    
  • in a straight line: recta (regione, via); in directum
    
  • to bring a person back to the right way: in viam reducere aliquem
    
  • to return to the right way: in viam redire
    
  • to enter upon a career: viam vitae ingredi (Flacc. 42. 105)
    
  • to give a scientific explanation of a thing: artificio et via tradere aliquid
    
  • to proceed, carry on a discussion logically: ratione et via, via et ratione progredi, disputare (Or. 33. 116)
    
  • to walk in the ways of virtue: viam virtutis ingredi (Off. 1. 32. 118)
    
  • to receive tenders for the construction of temples, highroads: locare aedes, vias faciendas (Phil. 9. 7. 16)
    
• via in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Bern, München: Francke Verlag

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Norwegian BokmålEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Latin via

PrepositionEdit

via

1. via

Etymology 2Edit

Alternative formsEdit

• viet
• (simple past): vigde, vidde
• (past participle): vigd, vidd

VerbEdit

via

1. simple past of vie
2. past participle of vie

ReferencesEdit

• “via” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian NynorskEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin via

PrepositionEdit

via

1. via

ReferencesEdit

• “via” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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PortugueseEdit

PronunciationEdit

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.ɐ/
• Hyphenation: vi‧a

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Portuguese via, from Latin via (“road”). See Latin via for details.

NounEdit

via f (plural vias)

1. a way; a path
2. (rail transport) gauge (distance between the rails of a railway)
3. medium (means or channel by which an aim is achieved)
4. an example of a document

SynonymsEdit

• (path): caminho
• (gauge): bitola
• (medium): meio, veículo

Derived termsEdit

Terms derived from via

• por via de regra
• via de fato
• via de salvação

• via do paraíso
• via executiva
• via férrea

• via pública
• via purgativa
• via-sacra

Related termsEdit

Terms derived from via

• viação
• viaduto

• Via Láctea
• viário

• viável
• viela

Etymology 2Edit

Directly from Latin via (“road”).

PrepositionEdit

via

1. via (by way of; passing through)
2. via (by means of; using a medium)

NounEdit

via f (plural vias)

1. (historical) via (road built by the ancient Romans)

Etymology 3Edit

Inflected form of ver (“to see”).

VerbEdit

via

1. First-person singular (eu) imperfect indicative of ver
2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) imperfect indicative of ver

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RomanianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

Borrowing from French and Latin via.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈvi.a/

PrepositionEdit

via (+accusative)

1. via, by

Etymology 2Edit

From an older form vie, from Latin vīvere, present active infinitive of vīvō, from Proto-Italic *gʷīwō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti (“to live, be alive”).

Alternative formsEdit

• vie (regional, archaic)

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /viˈa/

VerbEdit

a via (third-person singular present viază, past participle viat) 1st conj.

1. (rare) to have life; to live, exist
2. (of intangibles, such as emotions and beliefs) to endure

ConjugationEdit

    conjugation of via (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

infinitive			a via
gerund			viind
past participle			viat
number		singular			plural
person		1st person	2nd person	3rd person	1st person	2nd person	3rd person
indicative		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	viez	viezi	viază	viem	viați	viază
	imperfect	viam	viai	via	viam	viați	viau
	simple perfect	viai	viași	vie	viarăm	viarăți	viară
	pluperfect	viasem	viaseși	viase	viaserăm	viaserăți	viaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să viez	să viezi	să vieze	să viem	să viați	să vieze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		viază			viați
	negative		nu via			nu viați

SynonymsEdit

• dăinui
• dura
• exista
• fi
• trăi
• viețui

Derived termsEdit

• viere

Related termsEdit

• învia

Etymology 3Edit

Form of the adjective viu.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈvi.a/

AdjectiveEdit

via

1. inflection of viu (“live, alive”):
   1. definite feminine singular nominative
   2. definite feminine singular accusative

Etymology 4Edit

Form of the noun vie.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /ˈvi.a/

NounEdit

via

1. inflection of vie (“the vineyard”):
   1. definite singular nominative
   2. definite singular accusative

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RomanschEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) veia

EtymologyEdit

From Latin via.

NounEdit

via f (plural vias)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Puter, Vallader) road, street; way

SynonymsEdit

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan: road, street) strada

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SwedishEdit

PrepositionEdit

via

1. via, over, by, through