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viola

See also: Viola, víóla, Vióla, vioła, violă, vióla, violá, violà, and viòla

English

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Etymology 1

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

From Latin viola (“violet”).

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Noun

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viola (plural violas)

  1. (botany) Any of several flowering plants, of the genus Viola, including the violets and pansies.
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Etymology 2

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A viola is a stringed instrument of the violin family
 
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”), possibly from Frankish *fiþulā (“violin, fiddle”). Doublet of viol. Also possibly a doublet of fiddle.

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Noun

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viola (plural violas or (senses 1 and 2, uncommon) viole)

  1. A stringed instrument of the violin family, somewhat larger than a violin, played under the chin, and having a deeper tone.
    • 1997 August 9, Edward Rothstein, “A Comeback for the Viola. No Joking.”, in The New York Times‎[6]:
      But those who attack violists shouldn't throw resin. Once the ergonomic viola catches on what instrument will be immune?
    • 1999 April 25, James E. Oestreich, “MUSIC; Violists Are the Twin Stars Of an Orchestral Galaxy”, in The New York Times‎[7]:
      Also in that series, without Mr. Masur's guiding hand, Ms. Phelps and Ms. Young will anchor performances of Bach's Sixth "Brandenburg" Concerto, in which violas carry the upper lines.
  2. A person who plays the viola.
  3. (music) An organ stop having a similar tone.
  4. (music) A 10-string steel-string acoustic guitar, used in Brazilian folk music.
  5. (music) A berimbau viola, the smallest member of the berimbau used in capoeira music.
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Etymology 3

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Interjection

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viola

  1. (often humorous) Misconstruction of voila.
    • 1988, “Hey Vern, It's Pets”, in Hey, Vern, It's Ernest! (television production), spoken by Dr. Otto (Jim Varney):
      And viola, Eureka California! I have finished my greatest invention: the worst dog in the world!
    • 2011, Hedge Funds for Dummies:
      [...] ; you fill out a form; you write your check; and viola! You're a mutual fund shareholder.

References

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  1. ^ “Compact Oxford English Dictionary”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎[1], 2009 November 28 (last accessed), archived from the original on 15 September 2007
  2. ^ “Collins English Dictionary”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎[2], 2009 November 28 (last accessed), archived from the original on 18 February 2010
  3. ^ “American Heritage Dictionary”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎[3], 2009 November 28 (last accessed), archived from the original on 13 February 2010
  4. ^ (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎[4], 2009 November 28 (last accessed), archived from the original on 30 January 2010
  5. ^ Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
  6. ^ “American Heritage Dictionary”, in (Please provide the book title or journal name)‎[5], 2009 November 28 (last accessed), archived from the original on 31 December 2008

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Afrikaans

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Noun

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viola (plural violas)

  1. a viola (string instrument).
    Synonym: altviool
  2. violist
    Synonyms: altvioolspeler, altviolis
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Adjective

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viola (epicene, plural violes)

  1. violet

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viola m (plural violes)

  1. violet (colour)

viola f (plural violes)

  1. violet (flower)

Catalan

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Latin viola.

Noun

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viola f (plural violes)

  1. viola (flowering plant of the genus Viola)
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Etymology 2

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

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viola f (plural violes)

  1. viola (musicial instrument)

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viola m or f by sense (plural violes)

  1. violist
    Synonym: violista

Etymology 3

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Noun

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viola f (plural violes)

  1. leapfrog
    Synonym: saltar i parar

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Verb

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viola

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

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Czech

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Noun

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viola f

  1. viola (musical instrument of the violin family)

Declension

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Declension of viola (hard feminine)
singular plural
nominative viola violy
genitive violy viol
dative viole violám
accusative violu violy
vocative violo violy
locative viole violách
instrumental violou violami

Dutch

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Etymology

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From Italian viola. Doublet of viool and vedel.

Noun

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viola f (plural viola's, diminutive violaatje n)

  1. Synonym of altviool (“viola”)

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Adjective

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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:  
    Synonym: violkolora

Finnish

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Etymology

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From Italian viola.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈʋiolɑ/, [ˈʋio̞lɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -iolɑ
  • Hyphenation(key): vio‧la

Noun

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viola

  1. (music) viola

Declension

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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
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
abessive violatta violoitta
instructive — violoin
comitative See the possessive forms below.
Possessive forms of viola (Kotus type 12/kulkija, no gradation)
first-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative violani violani
accusative nom. violani violani
gen. violani
genitive violani violoideni
violoitteni
violaini rare
partitive violaani violoitani
inessive violassani violoissani
elative violastani violoistani
illative violaani violoihini
adessive violallani violoillani
ablative violaltani violoiltani
allative violalleni violoilleni
essive violanani violoinani
translative violakseni violoikseni
abessive violattani violoittani
instructive — —
comitative — violoineni
second-person singular possessor
singular plural
nominative violasi violasi
accusative nom. violasi violasi
gen. violasi
genitive violasi violoidesi
violoittesi
violaisi rare
partitive violaasi violoitasi
inessive violassasi violoissasi
elative violastasi violoistasi
illative violaasi violoihisi
adessive violallasi violoillasi
ablative violaltasi violoiltasi
allative violallesi violoillesi
essive violanasi violoinasi
translative violaksesi violoiksesi
abessive violattasi violoittasi
instructive — —
comitative — violoinesi
first-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative violamme violamme
accusative nom. violamme violamme
gen. violamme
genitive violamme violoidemme
violoittemme
violaimme rare
partitive violaamme violoitamme
inessive violassamme violoissamme
elative violastamme violoistamme
illative violaamme violoihimme
adessive violallamme violoillamme
ablative violaltamme violoiltamme
allative violallemme violoillemme
essive violanamme violoinamme
translative violaksemme violoiksemme
abessive violattamme violoittamme
instructive — —
comitative — violoinemme
second-person plural possessor
singular plural
nominative violanne violanne
accusative nom. violanne violanne
gen. violanne
genitive violanne violoidenne
violoittenne
violainne rare
partitive violaanne violoitanne
inessive violassanne violoissanne
elative violastanne violoistanne
illative violaanne violoihinne
adessive violallanne violoillanne
ablative violaltanne violoiltanne
allative violallenne violoillenne
essive violananne violoinanne
translative violaksenne violoiksenne
abessive violattanne violoittanne
instructive — —
comitative — violoinenne
third-person possessor
singular plural
nominative violansa violansa
accusative nom. violansa violansa
gen. violansa
genitive violansa violoidensa
violoittensa
violainsa rare
partitive violaansa violoitaan
violoitansa
inessive violassaan
violassansa 		violoissaan
violoissansa
elative violastaan
violastansa 		violoistaan
violoistansa
illative violaansa violoihinsa
adessive violallaan
violallansa 		violoillaan
violoillansa
ablative violaltaan
violaltansa 		violoiltaan
violoiltansa
allative violalleen
violallensa 		violoilleen
violoillensa
essive violanaan
violanansa 		violoinaan
violoinansa
translative violakseen
violaksensa 		violoikseen
violoiksensa
abessive violattaan
violattansa 		violoittaan
violoittansa
instructive — —
comitative — violoineen
violoinensa

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French

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Verb

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viola

  1. third-person singular past historic of violer

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Italian

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Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Latin viola.

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  • IPA(key): /viˈɔ.la/, /ˈvjɔ.la/[1]
  • Rhymes: -ɔla
  • Hyphenation: vi‧ò‧la, viò‧la

Adjective

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viola (invariable)

  1. purple, violet
    Synonyms: violetto, violaceo

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viola f (plural viole)

  1. viola, violet (plant)
    Synonym: violetta
  2. violet, purple (color)
    Synonym: violetto
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Etymology 2

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Possibly from Old Occitan viola (modern Occitan viula), ultimately from Medieval Latin *vitula (“stringed instrument”), which could be related to the goddess Latin vitula.

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  • IPA(key): /viˈɔ.la/, /ˈvjɔ.la/[2]
  • Rhymes: -ɔla
  • Hyphenation: vi‧ò‧la, viò‧la

Noun

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viola f (plural viole)

  1. (music) viola
  2. (music) fiddle
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Etymology 3

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈvi.o.la/
  • Rhymes: -iola
  • Hyphenation: vì‧o‧la

Verb

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viola

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

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Colors in Italian · colori (layout · text)
     bianco      argento; grigio      nero
             rosso; cremisi              arancione; marrone; bronzo              giallo; oro; crema
             verde chiaro; limetta              verde              verde acqua; acquamarina; verde menta; verde menta scuro
             ciano; azzurro; celeste; blu petrolio; foglia di tè              azzurro; celeste; celeste scuro              blu; blu scuro
             violetto; indaco              magenta; viola              rosa; fucsia; porpora

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  1. ^ viola in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)
  2. ^ viola in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

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  • viola in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Etymology 1

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

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viola f (genitive violae); first declension

  1. violet (flower)
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First-declension noun.

singular plural
nominative viola violae
genitive violae violārum
dative violae violīs
accusative violam violās
ablative violā violīs
vocative viola violae
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  • “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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)

Etymology 2

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From violō.

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violā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of violō

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Pronunciation

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  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /viˈɔ.lɐ/ [vɪˈɔ.lɐ], (faster pronunciation) /ˈvjɔ.lɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /viˈɔ.la/ [vɪˈɔ.la], (faster pronunciation) /ˈvjɔ.la/
 

  • Hyphenation: vi‧o‧la

Etymology 1

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

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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, loosely or endearing) acoustic guitar
  5. guitarfish (any of the rays in the Rhinobatidae family)
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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viola

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

Romanian

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Etymology

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Borrowed from French violer, from Latin violō.

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Verb

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

  1. to violate
  2. to rape

Conjugation

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    conjugation of viola (first conjugation, -ez- infix)
infinitive a viola
gerund violând
past participle violat
number singular plural
person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person 1st person 2nd person 3rd person
indicative eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present violez violezi violează violăm violați violează
imperfect violam violai viola violam violați violau
simple perfect violai violași violă violarăm violarăți violară
pluperfect violasem violaseși violase violaserăm violaserăți violaseră
subjunctive eu tu el/ea noi voi ei/ele
present să violez să violezi să violeze să violăm să violați să violeze
imperative — tu — — voi —
affirmative violează violați
negative nu viola nu violați

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Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /ˈbjola/ [ˈbjo.la]
  • Rhymes: -ola
  • Syllabification: vio‧la

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from Italian viola.

Noun

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viola f (plural violas)

  1. viola (musical instrument)
  2. (Argentina, slang) electric guitar
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Etymology 2

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Verb

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viola

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

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