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Viola


Vi′o-la

,
Noun.
[L., a violet. See
Violet
.]
(Bot.)
A genus of polypetalous herbaceous plants, including all kinds of violets.

Vi′o-la

,
Noun.
[It. See
Viol
.]
(Mus.)
An instrument in form and use resembling the violin, but larger, and a fifth lower in compass.
Viola da braccio
[It., viol for the arm]
,
the tenor viol, or viola, a fifth lower than the violin. Its part is written in the alto clef, hence it is sometimes called the
alto
.
– ‖
Viola da gamba
[It., viol for the leg]
,
an instrument resembling the viola, but larger, and held between the knees. It is now rarely used.
– ‖
Viola da spalla
[It., viol for the shoulder]
,
an instrument formerly used, resembling the viola, and intermediate in size between the viola and the viola da gamba.
– ‖
Viola di amore
[It., viol of love: cf. F.
viole d’amour
]
,
a viol, larger than the viola, having catgut strings upon, and brass or steel wires under, the keyboard. These, sounding sympathetically with the strings, yield a peculiarly soft and silvery sound. It is now seldom used.

Definition 2024


Viola

Viola

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

Translingual

Etymology

Latin viola (violet)

Proper noun

Viola f

  1. A taxonomic genus within the family Violaceae – the violets.
  2. A taxonomic genus within the family Hesperiidae – certain of the butterflies called skippers.

Hypernyms

Hyponyms


English

Proper noun

Viola

  1. A female given name
    • 1599 William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, Act V, Scene 1:
      Were you a woman as the rest goes even, / I should my tears let fall upon your cheek, / And say, 'Thrice welcome, drowned Viola!'
  2. A town in Arkansas
  3. A town in Delaware
  4. A village in Illinois
  5. A city in Kansas
  6. A hamlet in New York
  7. A town in Tennessee
  8. A village in Wisconsin

Related terms

Translations

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Czech

Proper noun

Viola f

  1. A female given name, cognate to Viola.

Danish

Proper noun

Viola

  1. A female given name of Latin origin.

Finnish

Etymology

From Latin viola in the 19th century.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈviolɑ/
  • Hyphenation: Vi‧o‧la

Proper noun

Viola

  1. A female given name.
    • 1984 Veronica Pimenoff, Loistava Helena, Tammi, ISBN 951-30-6142-6, pages 45-46:
      Helenalle valkeni että Marjatan äidillä oli sama nimi kaksi kertaa: Viola Orvokki. Kuitenkin nimet olivat kuin toistensa vastakohtia: Viola kellanvaaleana sulatejuustopakkauksessa ja toisaalta Orvokkini tummasilmä.

Declension

Inflection of Viola (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative Viola Violat
genitive Violan Violojen
partitive Violaa Violoja
illative Violaan Violoihin
singular plural
nominative Viola Violat
accusative nom. Viola Violat
gen. Violan
genitive Violan Violojen
Violainrare
partitive Violaa Violoja
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

Italian

Etymology

The given name derived from Latin viola (a violet). The surname can be matronymic, but more often occupational, for a dyer of violet cloth, or a player of the viola.

Proper noun

Viola ?

  1. A female given name.
  2. A surname.

Slovak

Proper noun

Viola f

  1. A female given name.

Spanish

Etymology

Occupational surname for a viola player, from Late Latin vitula, or for a dyer or seller of violet fabric.

Proper noun

Viola ?

  1. A surname.

Swedish

Etymology

From Latin viola (violet). First recorded in Sweden in 1844.

Proper noun

Viola

  1. A female given name.

References

  • Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, ISBN 91-21-10937-0
  • Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, ISBN 9119551622: 57 207 females with the given name Viola living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1910s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.

viola

viola

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

English

A viola is a stringed instrument of the violin family

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
References
  1. Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  2. Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  3. American Heritage Dictionary
Translations

Etymology 2

A Viola mandshurica is 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.
References
  1. Compact Oxford English Dictionary
  2. Collins English Dictionary
  3. American Heritage Dictionary
Translations

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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
  • viola alba (V. alba)
  • viola boscana (V. sylvestris)
  • viola canina (V. canina)
  • viola d'olor or viola vera (V. odorata)

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 Provençal 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)
     rosso      verde      giallo      beige      bianco
     cremisi      magenta      blu petrolio, foglia di tè      limetta      rosa
     indaco      blu      arancione      grigio      violetta
     nero      viola      marrone      azzurro      ciano

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 Provençal 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)
Related terms

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

Verb

viola

  1. Informal second-person singular () 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.