viola

See also: Viola, víóla, vióla, violá, violà, and Vióla

EnglishEdit

A viola is a stringed instrument of the violin family

Etymology 1Edit

A viola is a stringed instrument of the guitar family

From Italian viola, from Old Provençal viola (modern Occitan viula), from Medieval Latin *vitula ‎(“stringed instrument”). Compare viol.

PronunciationEdit

(Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /viˈəʊ.lə/ ^[1]^[2]
(US, Canada) IPA^(key): /viˈoʊ.lə/^[3]
Audio (US)
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Rhymes: -əʊlə

NounEdit

viola ‎(plural violas)

(music) 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.

Derived termsEdit

Derived terms

viola paradon
violist or violaist

ReferencesEdit

TranslationsEdit

music: stringed instrument of the violin family

Afrikaans: altviool
Armenian: ալտ (hy) ‎(alt)
Basque: biola
Catalan: viola (ca) f
Chinese:
Mandarin: 中提琴 (zh) ‎(zhōngtíqín)
Czech: viola (cs) f
Danish: bratsch (da) c
Dutch: altviool (nl)
Esperanto: aldviolono
Estonian: vioola
Faroese: bratsj f
Finnish: alttoviulu (fi)
French: violon alto (fr) m,alto (fr) m
Georgian: please add this translation if you can
German: Bratsche (de) f
Greek: βιόλα (el) f ‎(vióla)
Hungarian: brácsa (hu), mélyhegedű (hu)
Icelandic: víóla f, lágfiðla (is) f
Ido: alto (io)
Irish: vióla f
Italian: viola (it) f
Japanese: ビオラ ‎(biora), ヴィオラ (ja) ‎(viora)

Korean: 비올라 ‎(biolla)
Macedonian: виола f ‎(vióla)
Malay: biola
Maori: waiora
Mirandese: biola
Occitan: violon alto m
Polish: altówka (pl) f
Portuguese: viola (pt) f
Brazil: violeta (pt) f

Portugal: viola d'arco f
Quechua: wiyula
Romanian: violă (ro) f, alto (ro) m
Russian: альт (ru) m ‎(alʹt)
Scots: viola
Scottish Gaelic: ailt f, ailt-fhidheall f
Spanish: viola (es) f
Swahili: viola
Swedish: viola (sv) c, altfiol (sv) c
Tagalog: biyola
Turkish: viyola (tr)
Uzbek: alt (uz)
Vietnamese: viola (vi)
West Frisian: altfioele
Yiddish: וויאָלע f ‎(vyole)

music: organ stop

Czech: viola (cs) f

Russian: альт (ru) m ‎(alʹt)

music: Brazilian 10-string guitar

Finnish: viola (fi)

Portuguese: viola (pt) f

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Translations to be checked

Dutch: ^{(please verify)} altviool (nl)
French: ^{(please verify)} alto (fr)

Slovene: ^{(please verify)} viola (sl) f

Etymology 2Edit

A Viola mandshurica is one of the flowering plants of the genus Viola

From Latin viola ‎(“violet”).

PronunciationEdit

(UK) IPA^(key): /ˈviː.ələ/, /ˈvʌɪələ/^[1]^[2]
(US) IPA^(key): /vaɪˈoʊlə/, /vɪˈoʊlə/, /ˈvaɪ.ələ/^[3]

NounEdit

viola ‎(plural violas)

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

ReferencesEdit

TranslationsEdit

botany: any of several flowering plants

Catalan: viola (ca) f
Czech: violka f
Faroese: blákolla f
Finnish: orvokki (fi)
Greek: βιόλα (el) f ‎(vióla)
Hungarian: ibolya (hu), árvácska (hu)
Italian: viola (it)
Macedonian: љубичица f ‎(ljubíčica), темјанушка f ‎(temjánuška)

Polish: fiołek (pl) m
Portuguese: violeta (pt) f
Romanian: violă (ro) f, viorea (ro) f, toporaș (ro) m
Russian: фиа́лка (ru) f ‎(fiálka)
Scottish Gaelic: goirmean-searradh m
Spanish: violeta (es) f
Swedish: viol (sv) c

External linksEdit

Viola (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Viola (disambiguation)
Viola (instrument) on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons: Viola (instrument)
Viola (Violaceae) on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons: Viola (Violaceae)

AnagramsEdit

Ivalo
voila, voilà

AsturianEdit

Asturian Wikipedia has an article on:

viola

Wikipedia ^ast

AdjectiveEdit

viola

violet

CatalanEdit

Etymology 1Edit

From Latin viola.

NounEdit

viola f ‎(plural violes)

viola (flowering plant of the genus Viola)

Derived termsEdit

viola alba (V. alba)
viola boscana (V. sylvestris)
viola canina (V. canina)
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, f ‎(plural violes)

f viola (musicial instrument)
m, f violist

SynonymsEdit

(violist): violista

Etymology 3Edit

NounEdit

viola f ‎(plural violes)

leapfrog

Etymology 4Edit

VerbEdit

viola

third-person singular present indicative form of violar
second-person singular imperative form of violar

CzechEdit

NounEdit

viola f

viola (musical instrument of the violin family)

EsperantoEdit

AdjectiveEdit

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

of or relating to the flower violet
the color of such flowers, violet
violet colour:

FinnishEdit

NounEdit

viola

(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
accusative	gen.	violan	violat
genitive		violan	violoiden violoitten violain^rare
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

AnagramsEdit

loiva, lovia, Olavi, olvia, valio, valoi

FrenchEdit

VerbEdit

viola

third-person singular past historic of violer

AnagramsEdit

lovai, voila, voilà, volai

ItalianEdit

Italian Wikipedia has an article on:

viola

Wikipedia ^it

Etymology 1Edit

From Latin viola.

AdjectiveEdit

viola ‎(invariable)

purple, violet

SynonymsEdit

violetto, violaceo

NounEdit

viola f ‎(plural viole)

viola, violet (plant)
violet, purple (color)

SynonymsEdit

(1) violetta
(2) violetto

Derived termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

Possibly from Old Provençal viola (modern Occitan viula), ultimately from Medieval Latin *vitula ‎(“stringed instrument”).

NounEdit

viola f ‎(plural viole)

(music) viola
(music) fiddle

Derived termsEdit

Etymology 3Edit

VerbEdit

viola

third-person singular present indicative of violare
second-person singular imperative of violare

AnagramsEdit

oliva, ovali, volai

LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

Related to Ancient Greek ἴον ‎(íon, “violet”) (from ϝίον). Probably from a pre-I.E. Mediterranean language. See also Middle Persian wnpšk'.

PronunciationEdit

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈwi.o.la/, [ˈwi.ɔ.ɫa]

NounEdit

viola f ‎(genitive violae); first declension

violet (flower)

InflectionEdit

First declension.

Case	Singular	Plural
nominative	viola	violae
genitive	violae	violārum
dative	violae	violīs
accusative	violam	violās
ablative	violā	violīs
vocative	viola	violae

VerbEdit

violā

first-person singular present active imperative of violō

DescendantsEdit

Catalan: viola
English: viola, violet
French: violette, violet

Italian: viola, violetta
Romanian: vioară, violă
Spanish: viola

ReferencesEdit

viola in Charlton T. Lewis & 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, 1883–1887)

PortugueseEdit

PronunciationEdit

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvjɔ.lɐ/
(Brazil) IPA^(key): /vi.ˈɔ.lɐ/
Hyphenation: vi‧o‧la

Etymology 1Edit

From Old Portuguese viola, from Old Provençal 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 affectionate) 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)

Terms derived from viola

Related termsEdit

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

IPA^(key): /vjoˈla/

VerbEdit

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

to violate; to rape

SpanishEdit

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.

[1] Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary

[2] Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary

[3] American Heritage Dictionary

[4] Compact Oxford English Dictionary

[5] Collins English Dictionary

[6] American Heritage Dictionary

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Colors in Italian · colori (layout · text)
rosso	verde	giallo	beige	bianco
cremisi	magenta	blu petrolio, foglia di tè	limetta	rosa
indaco	blu	arancione	grigio	violetta
nero	viola	marrone	azzurro	ciano

viola

Contents

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Etymology 1Edit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

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Etymology 2Edit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

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AsturianEdit

AdjectiveEdit

CatalanEdit

Etymology 1Edit

NounEdit

Derived termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

NounEdit

SynonymsEdit

Etymology 3Edit

NounEdit

Etymology 4Edit

VerbEdit

CzechEdit

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EsperantoEdit

AdjectiveEdit

FinnishEdit

NounEdit

DeclensionEdit

AnagramsEdit

FrenchEdit

VerbEdit

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ItalianEdit

Etymology 1Edit

AdjectiveEdit

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Etymology 2Edit

NounEdit

Derived termsEdit

Etymology 3Edit

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See alsoEdit

AnagramsEdit

LatinEdit

EtymologyEdit

PronunciationEdit

NounEdit

InflectionEdit

VerbEdit

DescendantsEdit

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PortugueseEdit

PronunciationEdit

Etymology 1Edit

NounEdit

SynonymsEdit

Derived termsEdit

Related termsEdit

Etymology 2Edit

VerbEdit

RomanianEdit

EtymologyEdit

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VerbEdit

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