Translingual

Viola tricolor

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

• (violets): Plantae - kingdom; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, eurosids I - clades; Malpighiales - order; Violaceae - family

Hyponyms

• (violets): See List of viola species on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

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

• Violet

Translations

Anagrams

• Ivalo
• voila, voilà

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

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.

English

A viola is a stringed instrument of the violin family

Pronunciation

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

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

Anagrams

• Ivalo
• voila, voilà

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

• (violist): violista

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

Anagrams

• loiva, lovia, Olavi, olvia, valio, valoi

French

Verb

viola

1. third-person singular past historic of violer

Anagrams

• lovai, voila, voilà, volai

Italian

Etymology 1

From Latin viola.

Adjective

viola ‎(invariable)

1. purple, violet

Synonyms

• violetto, violaceo

Noun

viola f ‎(plural viole)

1. viola, violet (plant)
2. violet, purple (color)

Synonyms

• (1) violetta
• (2) violetto

Derived terms

• violacciocca
• violaceo

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

• viola da braccio
• viola da gamba
• viola del pensiero

Etymology 3

Verb

viola

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

See also

Anagrams

• oliva, ovali, volai

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.

Verb

violā

1. first-person singular present active imperative of violō

Descendants

References

• 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, 1883–1887)

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

• viola da gamba
• violino
• violoncelo

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 (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.