viola

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

English

A viola is a stringed instrument of the violin family

Etymology 1

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”). Compare viol.

Pronunciation

Noun

viola (plural violas)

  1. (music) A stringed instrument of the violin family, somewhat larger than a violin, played under the chin, and having a deeper tone.
  2. (music) An organ stop having a similar tone.
  3. (music) A 10-string steel-string acoustic guitar, used in Brazilian folk music.
Derived terms
Translations
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Etymology 2

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

From Latin viola (“violet”).

Pronunciation

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

Noun

viola (plural violas)

  1. (botany) Any of several flowering plants, of the genus Viola, including the violets and pansies.
Translations
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Etymology 3

Interjection

viola

  1. Misconstruction of voila
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Anagrams

Asturian

Adjective

viola

  1. violet

Catalan

Etymology 1

From Latin viola.

Noun

viola f (plural violes)

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

Etymology 2

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

Noun

viola m, f (plural violes)

  1. f viola (musicial instrument)
  2. m, f violist
Synonyms

Etymology 3

Noun

viola f (plural violes)

  1. leapfrog

Etymology 4

Verb

viola

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

Czech

Noun

viola f

  1. viola (musical instrument of the violin family)

Esperanto

Adjective

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 colour:  

Finnish

Noun

viola

  1. (music) viola

Declension

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

Anagrams

French

Verb

viola

  1. third-person singular past historic of violer

Anagrams

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin viola.

Adjective

viola (invariable)

  1. purple, violet
Synonyms

Noun

viola f (plural viole)

  1. viola, violet (plant)
  2. violet, purple (color)
Synonyms
Derived terms

Etymology 2

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

Noun

viola f (plural viole)

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

Etymology 3

Verb

viola

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

See also

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

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

viola f (genitive violae); first declension

  1. violet (flower)

Inflection

First declension.

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

Verb

violā

  1. first-person singular present active imperative of violō

Descendants

References

Portuguese

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Noun

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 affectionate) acoustic guitar
  5. guitarfish (any of the rays in the Rhinobatidae family)
Synonyms
  • (viol): viola da gamba
  • (viola caipira): viola caipira
  • (acoustic guitar): violão, guitarra
  • (guitarfish): cação-viola, raia-viola, arraia-viola
Derived terms
  • violinha (diminutive)

Etymology 2

Verb

viola

  1. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present indicative of violar
  2. second-person singular (tu, sometimes used with você) affirmative imperative of violar

Romanian

Etymology

From French violer, from Latin violō.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vjoˈla/

Verb

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

  1. to violate; to rape

Spanish

Etymology 1

From Italian viola.

Noun

viola f (plural violas)

  1. viola (musical instrument)

Etymology 2

Verb

viola

  1. Informal second-person singular (tú) affirmative imperative form of violar.
  2. Formal second-person singular (usted) present indicative form of violar.
  3. Third-person singular (él, ella, also used with usted?) present indicative form of violar.
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