vial

See also: Vial and viäl

English

Alternative forms

• phial

Etymology

From Middle English viole, fiole, from Old French fiole, from Ancient Greek φιάλη (phiálē, “a broad flat container”). Doublet of phial.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvaɪəl/

• Audio (US)

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• Rhymes: -aɪəl
• Homophone: vile (some accents)

Noun

vial (plural vials)

1. A glass vessel or bottle, especially a small tube-shaped bottle used to store medicine, perfume or other chemical.
   • (Can we date this quote by Shakespeare and provide title, author's full name, and other details?)

     Take thou this vial, being then in bed, / And this distilled liquor thou off.

Synonyms

• (glass vessel): ampoule, phial, test tube, vacutainer

Translations

a phial

• Belarusian: флако́н m (flakón), пля́шачка f (pljášačka), бутэ́лечка f (butélječka), ду́тка f (dútka)
• Catalan: fiola (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 小瓶 (xǎopíng), 玻璃瓶 (bōlípíng), 藥瓶 (zh), 药瓶 (zh) (yàopíng) (usually for medicine)

• Czech: lahvička (cs) f, fióla f
• Dutch: fiool (nl) m or f
• Esperanto: boteleto, fiolo
• Estonian: viaal
• Finnish: pikkupullo; lääkepullo, näytepullo
• French: fiole (fr) f, vase (fr) m
• Georgian: შუშა (šuša), ბოთლი (ka) (botli), ფლაკონი (plaḳoni)
• German: Phiole f
• Greek: αμπούλα (el) f (ampoúla)
• Hindi: शीशी (hi) f (śīśī)
• Hungarian: üvegcse (hu), fiola (hu)
• Ido: fialo (io)
• Italian: fiala (it) f
• Japanese: 薬瓶 (くすりびん, kusuribin) (usually for medicine), 小瓶 (こびん, kobin)

• Korean: 유리병 (yuribyeong), 약병 (yakbyeong) (usually for medicine)
• Latin: fiola f
• Macedonian: шишенце n (šišence)
• Marathi: शिशी (śiśī), शीशी (śīśī)
• Middle English: fiole
• Polish: fiolka (pl) f
• Portuguese: frasco (pt) m
• Romanian: fiolă (ro) f
• Russian: буты́лочка (ru) f (butýločka), пузырёк (ru) m (puzyrjók), флако́н (ru) m (flakón), скля́нка (ru) f (skljánka)
• Slovene: fiola f
• Spanish: frasco m
• Swahili: chupa (sw)
• Tagalog: redoma
• Ukrainian: флако́н m (flakón), пля́шечка f (pljášečka)
• Urdu: شیشی‎ f (śīśī)
• Vietnamese: lọ nhỏ, lọ (vi)
• Volapük: please add this translation if you can

Verb

vial (third-person singular simple present vials, present participle vialling or (US) vialing, simple past and past participle vialled or (US) vialed)

1. (transitive) To put or keep in, or as in, a vial.

References

• vial in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.

Anagrams

• LAIV, Vail, Vali, Vila, vail, vali, vila

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Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvjal/

Noun

vial m (plural viaj)

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈbjal/

Adjective

vial (plural viales)

1. of or pertaining to a via, road, highway

Noun

vial m (plural viales)

1. avenue
2. vial