viola
English edit
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
viola (plural violas)
Translations edit
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Etymology 2 edit
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.
Pronunciation edit
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /viˈəʊ.lə/ [4][5]
- (US, Canada) IPA(key): /viˈoʊ.lə/[6]
Audio (US) (file) - Rhymes: -əʊlə
Noun edit
viola (plural violas or (senses 1 and 2, uncommon) viole)
- A stringed instrument of the violin family, somewhat larger than a violin, played under the chin, and having a deeper tone.
- A person who plays the viola.
- (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 terms edit
Related terms edit
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Etymology 3 edit
Interjection edit
viola
- (often humorous) Misconstruction of voila.
- 1988, “Hey Vern, It's Pets”, in Hey, Vern, It's Ernest! (television production), 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.
References edit
- ^ “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
- ^ “Collins English Dictionary”, in (please provide the title of the work)[2], accessed 28 November 2009, archived from the original on 2010-02-18
- ^ “American Heritage Dictionary”, in (please provide the title of the work)[3], accessed 28 November 2009, archived from the original on 2010-02-13
- ^ (please provide the title of the work)[4], accessed 28 November 2009, archived from the original on 2010-01-30
- ^ Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
- ^ “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 reading edit
- Viola (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- Category:Violas on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
- Viola (Violaceae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
Anagrams edit
Afrikaans edit
Noun edit
viola (plural violas)
- a viola (string instrument).
- Synonym: altviool
- violist
- Synonyms: altvioolspeler, altviolis
Related terms edit
Asturian edit
Adjective edit
viola (epicene, plural violes)
Noun edit
viola m (plural violes)
- violet (colour)
viola f (plural violes)
- violet (flower)
Catalan edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
viola f (plural violes)
Derived terms edit
- 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 2 edit
Uncertain, probably from Occitan viula, derivative of viular (“playing a string instrument” or “wind”).
Noun edit
viola f (plural violes)
- viola (musicial instrument)
Noun edit
viola m or f by sense (plural violes)
Etymology 3 edit
Noun edit
viola f (plural violes)
- leapfrog
- Synonym: saltar i parar
Etymology 4 edit
Verb edit
viola
- inflection of violar:
Further reading edit
- “viola” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
- “viola”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
- “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.
Czech edit
Noun edit
viola f
- viola (musical instrument of the violin family)
Declension edit
Esperanto edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
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
Finnish edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
viola
Declension edit
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 | ||
abessive | violatta | violoitta | ||
instructive | — | violoin | ||
comitative | See the possessive forms below. |
Further reading edit
- “viola”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish][6] (online dictionary, continuously updated, in Finnish), Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04
Anagrams edit
French edit
Verb edit
viola
- third-person singular past historic of violer
Anagrams edit
Italian edit
Etymology 1 edit
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
viola (invariable)
Noun edit
viola f (plural viole)
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Possibly from Old Occitan viola (modern Occitan viula), ultimately from Medieval Latin *vitula (“stringed instrument”), which could be related to the goddess Latin vitula.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
viola f (plural viole)
Derived terms edit
Further reading edit
- Douglas Harper (2001–2024), “violin”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.
Etymology 3 edit
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
viola
- inflection of violare:
See also edit
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 |
References edit
- ^ viola in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
- ^ viola in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
Further reading edit
- viola in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Anagrams edit
Latin edit
Etymology 1 edit
Related to Ancient Greek ἴον (íon, “violet”) (from ϝίον). Probably from a pre-I.E. Mediterranean substrate language. See also Middle Persian wnpšk'.
Pronunciation edit
- (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈu̯i.o.la/, [ˈu̯iɔɫ̪ä]
- (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈvi.o.la/, [ˈviːolä]
Noun edit
viola f (genitive violae); first declension
- violet (flower)
Declension edit
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 |
Descendants edit
References edit
- “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)
Etymology 2 edit
From violō.
Verb edit
violā
Portuguese edit
Pronunciation edit
- Hyphenation: vi‧o‧la
Etymology 1 edit
From Old Galician-Portuguese viola, from Old Occitan viola, from Medieval Latin vitula, from vitula, Roman goddess of joy and victory.
Noun edit
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)
Synonyms edit
- (viol): viola da gamba
- (viola caipira): viola caipira
- (acoustic guitar): violão, guitarra
- (guitarfish): cação-viola, raia-viola, arraia-viola
Derived terms edit
Related terms edit
Descendants edit
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
viola
- inflection of violar:
Romanian edit
Etymology edit
Borrowed from French violer, from Latin violō.
Pronunciation edit
Verb edit
a viola (third-person singular present violează, past participle violat) 1st conj.
Conjugation edit
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 |
Spanish edit
Pronunciation edit
Etymology 1 edit
Noun edit
viola f (plural violas)
- viola (musical instrument)
- (Argentina, slang) electric guitar
Derived terms edit
Etymology 2 edit
Verb edit
viola
- inflection of violar:
Further reading edit
- “viola”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014