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vial

See also: Vial, and viäl

English

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Etymology

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From Middle English vial, viole, a variant of fiole, phiole, phial (“small bowl or cup for liquids, etc.; flask”) [and other forms]:[1] see further at phial.[2] Doublet of phiale.

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Noun

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vial (plural vials)

  1. A glass vessel or bottle, especially a small tube-shaped bottle used to store medicine, perfume or other chemicals.
    Synonym: phial

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Verb

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vial (third-person singular simple present vials, present participle vialling or (US) vialing, simple past and past participle vialled or (US) vialed)

  1. (transitive) To keep or put (something, especially a liquid) in, or as if in, a vial (noun sense).
    Synonym: phial

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  1. ^ “fīōle, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
  2. ^ “vial, n.”, in OED Online  ⁠, Oxford: Oxford University Press, July 2023; “vial, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

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Piedmontese

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Noun

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vial m (plural viaj)

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Spanish

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbjal/ [ˈbjal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: vial

Etymology 1

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vía +‎ -al

Adjective

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vial m or f (masculine and feminine plural viales)

  1. (relational) road, highway

Noun

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vial m (plural viales)

  1. avenue

Etymology 2

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Borrowed from English vial.

Noun

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vial m (plural viales)

  1. vial

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