via

See also viâ, and vía

English

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈviːə/, /ˈvaɪə/

Etymology 1

From Latin via (“road”), of uncertain origin, plausibly cognate with vehere 'to conduct'.

Noun

via (plural vias or viae)

1. A main road or highway, especially in ancient Rome. (Mainly used in set phrases, below.)
2. (electronics) A small hole in a printed circuit board filled with metal which connects two or more layers.

Derived terms

via affirmativa Via Crucis Via Dolorosa Via Egnatia

Via Lactea via media via negativa

Related terms

• viaticum
• viator

Etymology 2

From Latin viā, ablative singular of via (“way, road”).

Alternative forms

• viâ

Preposition

via

1. By way of; passing through.

   They drove from New York to Los Angeles via Omaha.

   You can enter the building via the western gate.

2. By (means of); using (a medium).

   I'll send you the information via e-mail.

   • 2012 December 1, “An internet of airborne things”, The Economist, volume 405, number 8813, page 3 (Technology Quarterly): 

     A farmer could place an order for a new tractor part by text message and pay for it by mobile money-transfer. A supplier many miles away would then take the part to the local matternet station for airborne dispatch via drone.

Translations

by way of

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 經由 (cmn), 经由 (cmn) (jīngyóu), 通過 (cmn), 通过 (cmn) (tōngguò)

• Czech: přes (cs)
• Dutch: via (nl), langs (nl)
• Finnish: kautta (fi)
• French: via (fr)
• German: über (de), durch (de), via (de)
• Hebrew: דֶּרֶךְ (he) (dérekh)
• Japanese: …経由で (ja) (...けいゆで, ... keiyu de, ..けいゆうで, ... keiyū de), ...経て (ja) (...へて, ... hete)

• Macedonian: преку (mk) (preku)
• Malay: melalui (ms)
• Portuguese: via (pt)
• Russian: через (ru) (čérez) (+ accusative case), сквозь (ru) (skvozʹ) (+ accusative case)
• Scottish Gaelic: taobh (gd)
• Slovene: via (sl)
• Spanish: vía (es)
• Swedish: via (sv)

by (means of); using (a medium)

• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 通過 (cmn), 通过 (cmn) (tōngguò)

• Czech: pomocí (cs)
• Dutch: via (nl), per (nl)
• French: via (fr)
• German: via (de), durch (de)
• Italian: via (it), per (it)
• Japanese: ...で (ja) (...de), ...によって (ja) (... ni yotte)

• Macedonian: преку (mk) (preku)
• Malay: melalui (ms)
• Portuguese: via (pt)
• Russian: посредством (ru) (posrédstvom) (+ genitive case), с помощью (ru) (s pómoščʹju) (+ genitive case), через (ru) (čérez) (+ accusative case), по (ru) (po) (+ dative case, via e-mail - по име́йлу)
• Spanish: por (es)
• Swedish: via (sv)

Anagrams

• Iva, IVA
• vai, Vai

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin viā.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iə

Noun

via f (plural vies)

1. lane
2. way, path
3. railway track
4. channel

Synonyms

• (railway track): via fèrria

Derived terms

• Via Làctia

Preposition

via

1. via, by way of

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Dutch

Etymology

From Latin viā, the ablative of via (“road, way”), of uncertain origin, plausibly cognate with vehere 'to conduct'. Entered Dutch in the Latin phrase 'per via de' (by way of), after the Portuguese por via de

Preposition

via

1. Via, through, by way of
2. by (means of); using (a medium).

Synonyms

• (trough (by way of)) langs
• (by (means of)) per

Derived terms

• ‎via via ‎(“using various intermediaries”)‎

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Esperanto

Etymology

From Esperanto second-person pronoun vi + possessive ending -a

Determiner

via (plural viaj, accusative singular vian, accusative plural viajn)

1. (possessive) your, yours

See also

• cia

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Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *biʀaq (compare Malay birah), from Proto-Austronesian.

Noun

via

1. alocasia

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Finnish

Adverb

via

1. via

Anagrams

• iva, vai

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Franco-Provençal

Etymology

From Latin vīta, from vīvō, vīvere (“live”), from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeih₃w- (“to live”).

Noun

via f

1. life

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French

Etymology

From Latin viā, the ablative of via (“road, way”), of uncertain origin, plausibly cognate with vehō (“convey”).

Preposition

via

1. Via, through, by way of.

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA: /ˈvia/, [ˈviː.a], X-SAMPA: /"via/

• Audio

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• Hyphenation: vì‧a

Noun

via f (plural vie)

1. road, street or path
2. way or route
3. means (means to an end)
4. tract (in the body)
5. start (of a race)

Synonyms

• (street, road etc) strada

Derived terms

• ferrovia
• in via provvisoria
• tramvia
• vie aeree
• viottolo
• viuzza

Related terms

• per via orale
• viabile
• viale
• via libera
• viario
• viavai

Adverb

via

1. away
2. out

Preposition

via da

1. away from

Interjection

via!

1. come on!
2. go away!

Anagrams

• avi, IVA, vai

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Latin

Wikipedia ^la

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-yā-, which is a derivation of Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA: /ˈwi.a/

• Audio (Classical)

  (file)

Noun

via (genitive viae); f, first declension

1. road, street or path
2. way, method, manner
3. the right way

Inflection

Number	Singular	Plural
nominative	via	viae
genitive	viae	viārum
dative	viae	viīs
accusative	viam	viās
ablative	viā	viīs
vocative	via	viae

Synonyms

• (road): iter

Derived terms

bivius dēvius obviō obvius quadrivium

trivium viālis viārius viāticus viō

Related terms

• bivium
• triviālis

Descendants

Albanian: vijë Catalan: via Dutch: via French: voie, via Galician: vía Italian: via

Portuguese: via Romanian: via Romansch: via Spanish: vía Swedish: via

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Norwegian

Verb

via

1. past tense of vie
2. Past participle of vie

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Portuguese

Wikipedia ^pt

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA: /ˈvi.a/, /ˈvi.ɐ/
• (Portugal) IPA: /ˈvi.ɐ/
• Hyphenation: vi‧a

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese via, from Latin via (“road”). See Latin via for details.

Noun

via f (plural vias)

1. a way; a path
2. (rail transport) gauge (distance between the rails of a railway)
3. medium (means or channel by which an aim is achieved)
4. an example of a document

Synonyms

• (path): caminho
• (gauge): bitola
• (medium): meio, veículo

Derived terms

via de fato via de salvação via do paraíso

via executiva via férrea via pública

via purgativa via-sacra por via de regra

Related terms

viela viação viaduto

Via Láctea viário viável

Etymology 2

Directly from Latin via (“road”).

Preposition

via

1. via (by way of; passing through)
2. via (by means of; using a medium)

Noun

via f (plural vias)

1. (historical) via (road built by the ancient Romans)

Etymology 3

Inflected form of ver (“to see”).

Verb

via

1. First-person singular (eu) imperfect indicative of ver
2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) imperfect indicative of ver

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Romanian

Etymology 1

French / Latin via

Preposition

via

1. via, by

Etymology 2

From Latin vīvere, present active infinitive of vīvō, ultimately from Proto-Indo-European *gʷeih₃w- (“to live”).

Verb

a via (third-person singular present viază, past participle viat) 1st conj.

1. (rare) To have life; to live, to exist
2. (of intangibles, such as emotions and beliefs) to endure

Conjugation

    conjugation of via (First conjugation)

infinitive			a via
gerund			viind
past participle			viat
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	viez	viezi	viază	viem	viați	viază
	imperfect	viam	viai	via	viam	viați	viau
	simple perfect	viai	viași	vie	viarăm	viarăți	viară
	pluperfect	viasem	viaseși	viase	viaserăm	viaserăți	viaseră
subjunctive		eu	tu	el/ea	noi	voi	ei/ele
	present	să viez	să viezi	să vieze	să viem	să viați	să vieze
imperative		—	tu	—	—	voi	—
	affirmative		viază			viați
	negative		nu via			nu viați

Synonyms

• dăinui
• dura
• exista
• fi
• trăi
• viețui

Derived terms

• viere

Related terms

• învia

Etymology 3

Form of the adjective viu

Adjective

via

1. definite feminine singularnominative form of viu
2. definite feminine singularaccusative form of viu

Etymology 4

Form of the noun vie

Noun

via

1. definite singular nominative form of vie. the vineyard
2. definite singular accusative form of vie. the vineyard

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) veia

Noun

via f (plural vias)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Puter, Vallader) road, street; way

Synonyms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan: road, street) strada

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Swedish

Preposition

via

1. via, over, by, through