Wiktionary

viola

See also: Viola, víóla, Vióla, vioła, violă, vióla, violá, violà, and viòla

EnglishEdit

Etymology 1Edit

 
Viola mandshurica, one of the flowering plants of the genus Viola

From Latin viola (“violet”).

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

viola (plural violas)

  1. (botany) Any of several flowering plants, of the genus Viola, including the violets and pansies.
TranslationsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

 
A viola is a stringed instrument of the violin family
 
A viola is a stringed instrument of the guitar family

From Italian viola, from Old Occitan viola (modern Occitan viula), from Medieval Latin vitula (“stringed instrument”), possibly from Frankish *fiþulā (“violin, fiddle”). Doublet of viol. Also possibly a doublet of fiddle.

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

viola (plural violas or (senses 1 and 2, uncommon) viole)

  1. A stringed instrument of the violin family, somewhat larger than a violin, played under the chin, and having a deeper tone.
  2. A person who plays the viola.
  3. (music) An organ stop having a similar tone.
  4. (music) A 10-string steel-string acoustic guitar, used in Brazilian folk music.
  5. (music) A berimbau viola, the smallest member of the berimbau used in capoeira music.
Derived termsEdit
TranslationsEdit
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Etymology 3Edit

InterjectionEdit

viola

  1. (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

  1. ^ “Compact Oxford English Dictionary”, in (please provide the title of the work)‎[1], accessed 28 November 2009, archived from the original on 2007-09-15
  2. ^ “Collins English Dictionary”, in (please provide the title of the work)‎[2], accessed 28 November 2009, archived from the original on 2010-02-18
  3. ^ “American Heritage Dictionary”, in (please provide the title of the work)‎[3], accessed 28 November 2009, archived from the original on 2010-02-13
  4. ^ (please provide the title of the work)‎[4], accessed 28 November 2009, archived from the original on 2010-01-30
  5. ^ Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. ^ “American Heritage Dictionary”, in (please provide the title of the work)‎[5], accessed 28 November 2009, archived from the original on 2008-12-31

Further readingEdit

AnagramsEdit

AfrikaansEdit

NounEdit

viola (plural violas)

  1. a viola (string instrument).
    Synonym: altviool
  2. violist
    Synonyms: altvioolspeler, altviolis

Related termsEdit

AsturianEdit

 
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AdjectiveEdit

viola (epicene, plural violes)

  1. violet

NounEdit

viola m (plural violes)

  1. violet (colour)

viola f (plural violes)

  1. violet (flower)

CatalanEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Latin viola.

NounEdit

viola f (plural violes)

  1. viola (flowering plant of the genus Viola)
Derived termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

Uncertain, probably from Occitan viula, derivative of viular (“playing a string instrument” or “wind”).

NounEdit

viola m or f (plural violes)

  1. f viola (musicial instrument)
  2. m or f violist
    Synonym: violista

Etymology 3Edit

NounEdit

viola f (plural violes)

  1. leapfrog
    Synonym: saltar i parar

Etymology 4Edit

VerbEdit

viola

  1. third-person singular present indicative form of violar
  2. second-person singular imperative form of violar

Further readingEdit

CzechEdit

NounEdit

viola f

  1. viola (musical instrument of the violin family)

EsperantoEdit

PronunciationEdit

AdjectiveEdit

viola (accusative singular violan, plural violaj, accusative plural violajn)

  1. of or relating to the flower violet
  2. the color of such flowers, violet
    violet:  
    Synonym: violkolora

FinnishEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Italian viola.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋiolɑ/, [ˈʋio̞lɑ]
  • Rhymes: -iolɑ
  • Syllabification(key): vi‧o‧la

NounEdit

viola

  1. (music) viola

DeclensionEdit

Inflection of viola (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
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)
possessor singular plural
1st person violani violamme
2nd person violasi violanne
3rd person violansa

AnagramsEdit

FrenchEdit

VerbEdit

viola

  1. third-person singular past historic of violer

AnagramsEdit

ItalianEdit

 
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Etymology 1Edit

Borrowed from Latin viola.

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /viˈɔ.la/, /ˈvjɔ.la/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɔla
  • Syllabification: vi‧ò‧la, viò‧la

AdjectiveEdit

viola (invariable)

  1. purple, violet
    Synonyms: violetto, violaceo

NounEdit

viola f (plural viole)

  1. viola, violet (plant)
    Synonym: violetta
  2. violet, purple (color)
    Synonym: violetto
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

  • IPA(key): /viˈɔ.la/, /ˈvjɔ.la/[2]
  • Rhymes: -ɔla
  • Syllabification: vi‧ò‧la, viò‧la

NounEdit

viola f (plural viole)

  1. (music) viola
  2. (music) fiddle
Derived termsEdit

Further readingEdit

Etymology 3Edit

PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈvi.o.la/
  • Rhymes: -iola
  • Syllabification: vì‧o‧la

VerbEdit

viola

  1. inflection of violare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

See alsoEdit

Colors in Italian · colori (layout · text)
     bianco      argento; grigio      nero
             rosso; cremisi              arancione; marrone; bronzo              giallo; oro; 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; blu scuro
             violetto; indaco              magenta; viola              rosa; fucsia; porpora

ReferencesEdit

  1. ^ viola in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  2. ^ 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

  1. violet (flower)

DeclensionEdit

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative viola violae
Genitive violae violārum
Dative violae violīs
Accusative violam violās
Ablative violā violīs
Vocative viola violae

VerbEdit

violā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of violō

DescendantsEdit

ReferencesEdit

  • “viola”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, 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

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /viˈɔ.lɐ/ [vɪˈɔ.lɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈvjɔ.lɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /viˈɔ.la/ [vɪˈɔ.la], (faster pronunciation) /ˈvjɔ.la/

  • Hyphenation: vi‧o‧la

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Galician-Portuguese viola, from Old Occitan viola, from Medieval Latin vitula, from vitula, Roman goddess of joy and victory.

NounEdit

viola f (plural violas)

  1. (music) viola (a bowed instrument larger than a violin)
  2. (music) viol (a bowed instrument of the violin family held between the legs)
  3. (music) viola; viola caipira (10-string acoustic guitar used in Brazilian folk music)
  4. (music, Brazil, loosely or endearing) acoustic guitar
  5. guitarfish (any of the rays in the Rhinobatidae family)
SynonymsEdit
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
DescendantsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

VerbEdit

viola

  1. inflection of violar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From French violer, from Latin violō.

PronunciationEdit

VerbEdit

a viola (third-person singular present violează, past participle violat) 1st conj.

  1. to violate
  2. to rape

ConjugationEdit

    conjugation of viola (first conjugation, -ez- infix)
infinitive a viola
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

 
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PronunciationEdit

  • IPA(key): /ˈbjola/ [ˈbjo.la]
  • Rhymes: -ola
  • Syllabification: vio‧la

Etymology 1Edit

From Italian viola.

NounEdit

viola f (plural violas)

  1. viola (musical instrument)

Etymology 2Edit

VerbEdit

viola

  1. inflection of violar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further readingEdit

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