viola
EnglishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Italian viola, from Old Occitan viola (modern Occitan viula), from Medieval Latin vitula (“stringed instrument”). Doublet of viol.
PronunciationEdit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /viˈəʊ.lə/ [1][2]
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): /viˈoʊ.lə/[3]
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -əʊlə
NounEdit
viola (plural violas or viole)
- A stringed instrument of the violin family, somewhat larger than a violin, played under the chin, and having a deeper tone.
- (music) An organ stop having a similar tone.
- (music) A 10-string steel-string acoustic guitar, used in Brazilian folk music.
- (music) A berimbau viola, the smallest member of the berimbau used in capoeira music.
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
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ReferencesEdit
- ^ (please provide the title of the work)[1], accessed 28 November 2009, archived from the original on 30 January 2010
- ^ Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
- ^ “American Heritage Dictionary”, in (please provide the title of the work)[2], accessed 28 November 2009, archived from the original on 31 December 2008
Etymology 2Edit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
viola (plural violas)
TranslationsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- ^ Compact Oxford English Dictionary
- ^ “Collins English Dictionary”, in (please provide the title of the work)[3], accessed 28 November 2009, archived from the original on 18 February 2010
- ^ “American Heritage Dictionary”, in (please provide the title of the work)[4], accessed 28 November 2009, archived from the original on 13 February 2010
Etymology 3Edit
InterjectionEdit
viola
- (often humorous) Misconstruction of voila
- 1988, “Hey Vern, It's Pets”, in Hey, Vern, It's Ernest!, spoken by Dr. Otto (Jim Varney):
- And viola, Eureka California! I have finished my greatest invention: the worst dog in the world!
- 2011, Hedge Funds for Dummies:
- [...] ; you fill out a form; you write your check; and viola! You're a mutual fund shareholder.
ReferencesEdit
- Viola (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Violas on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Viola (Violaceae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
AnagramsEdit
AsturianEdit
AdjectiveEdit
viola (epicene, plural violes)
NounEdit
viola m (plural violes)
- violet (colour)
viola f (plural violes)
- violet (flower)
CatalanEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
viola f (plural violes)
Derived termsEdit
- viola alba (V. alba)
- viola boscana (V. sylvestris, now V. reichenbachiana)
- viola canina (V. canina)
- viola groga (Caltha palustris)
- viola d'olor or viola vera (V. odorata)
Etymology 2Edit
Uncertain origin, probably from Occitan viula, derivative of viular (“playing a string instrument” or “wind”).
NounEdit
viola m or f (plural violes)
Etymology 3Edit
NounEdit
viola f (plural violes)
Etymology 4Edit
VerbEdit
viola
- third-person singular present indicative form of violar
- second-person singular imperative form of violar
Further readingEdit
- “viola” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “viola”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2022
- “viola” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “viola” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
CzechEdit
NounEdit
viola f
- viola (musical instrument of the violin family)
EsperantoEdit
PronunciationEdit
Audio (file)
AdjectiveEdit
viola (accusative singular violan, plural violaj, accusative plural violajn)
- of or relating to the flower violet
- the color of such flowers, violet violet:
- Synonym: violkolora
FinnishEdit
NounEdit
viola
DeclensionEdit
Inflection of viola (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation) | |||
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nominative | viola | violat | |
genitive | violan | violoiden violoitten | |
partitive | violaa | violoita | |
illative | violaan | violoihin | |
singular | plural | ||
nominative | viola | violat | |
accusative | nom. | viola | violat |
gen. | violan | ||
genitive | violan | violoiden violoitten violainrare | |
partitive | violaa | violoita | |
inessive | violassa | violoissa | |
elative | violasta | violoista | |
illative | violaan | violoihin | |
adessive | violalla | violoilla | |
ablative | violalta | violoilta | |
allative | violalle | violoille | |
essive | violana | violoina | |
translative | violaksi | violoiksi | |
instructive | — | violoin | |
abessive | violatta | violoitta | |
comitative | — | violoineen |
Possessive forms of viola (type kulkija) | ||
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possessor | singular | plural |
1st person | violani | violamme |
2nd person | violasi | violanne |
3rd person | violansa |
AnagramsEdit
FrenchEdit
VerbEdit
viola
- third-person singular past historic of violer
AnagramsEdit
ItalianEdit
Etymology 1Edit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
viola (invariable)
NounEdit
viola f (plural viole)
Derived termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
Possibly from Old Occitan viola (modern Occitan viula), ultimately from Medieval Latin *vitula (“stringed instrument”), which could be related to the goddess Latin vitula.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
viola f (plural viole)
Derived termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- Douglas Harper (2001–2022), “violin”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Etymology 3Edit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
viola
- inflection of violare:
See alsoEdit
bianco | grigio | nero |
rosso; cremisi | arancione; marrone | giallo; crema |
verde chiaro; limetta | verde | verde acqua, acquamarina; verde menta; verde menta scuro |
ciano, azzurro, celeste; blu petrolio, foglia di tè | azzurro; celeste; celeste scuro | blu |
violetto; indaco | magenta; viola | rosa; fucsia; porpora |
ReferencesEdit
- ^ viola in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
- ^ viola in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Further readingEdit
- viola in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
AnagramsEdit
LatinEdit
EtymologyEdit
Related to Ancient Greek ἴον (íon, “violet”) (from ϝίον). Probably from a pre-I.E. Mediterranean substrate language. See also Middle Persian wnpšk'.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
viola f (genitive violae); first declension
- violet (flower)
DeclensionEdit
First-declension noun.
Case | Singular | Plural |
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Nominative | viola | violae |
Genitive | violae | violārum |
Dative | violae | violīs |
Accusative | violam | violās |
Ablative | violā | violīs |
Vocative | viola | violae |
VerbEdit
violā
DescendantsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “viola”, in Charlton T[homas] Lewis; Charles [Lancaster] Short (1879) […] A New Latin Dictionary […], New York, N.Y.; Cincinnati, Ohio; Chicago, Ill.: American Book Company; Oxford: Clarendon Press.
- “viola”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- viola in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
PortugueseEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From Old Portuguese viola, from Old Occitan viola, from Medieval Latin vitula, from vitula, Roman goddess of joy and victory.
NounEdit
viola f (plural violas)
- (music) viola (a bowed instrument larger than a violin)
- (music) viol (a bowed instrument of the violin family held between the legs)
- (music) viola; viola caipira (10-string acoustic guitar used in Brazilian folk music)
- (music, Brazil, loosely or endearing) acoustic guitar
- guitarfish (any of the rays in the Rhinobatidae family)
SynonymsEdit
- (viol): viola da gamba
- (viola caipira): viola caipira
- (acoustic guitar): violão, guitarra
- (guitarfish): cação-viola, raia-viola, arraia-viola
Derived termsEdit
- violinha (diminutive)
Related termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
VerbEdit
viola
- third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of violar
- second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of violar
RomanianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From French violer, from Latin violō.
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
a viola (third-person singular present violează, past participle violat) 1st conj.
ConjugationEdit
infinitive | a viola | ||||||
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gerund | violând | ||||||
past participle | violat | ||||||
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 | violez | violezi | violează | violăm | violați | violează | |
imperfect | violam | violai | viola | violam | violați | violau | |
simple perfect | violai | violași | violă | violarăm | violarăți | violară | |
pluperfect | violasem | violaseși | violase | violaserăm | violaserăți | violaseră | |
subjunctive | eu | tu | el/ea | noi | voi | ei/ele | |
present | să violez | să violezi | să violeze | să violăm | să violați | să violeze | |
imperative | — | tu | — | — | voi | — | |
affirmative | violează | violați | |||||
negative | nu viola | nu violați |
SpanishEdit
Etymology 1Edit
NounEdit
viola f (plural violas)
- viola (musical instrument)
Etymology 2Edit
VerbEdit
viola
- Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of violar.
- Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of violar.
- Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of violar.
Further readingEdit
- “viola”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014