vial

English

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Alternative forms

• phial

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -aɪəl

Etymology

Middle English viole, fiole, Old French fiole. From Ancient Greek word φιάλη (phialē, “a broad flat container”). See also phial.

Noun

vial (plural vials)

1. A glass vessel or bottle, especially a small bottle used to store medicine or perfume.

Translations

a phial

Catalan: fiola (ca) f. Chinese: Mandarin: 小瓶 (zh) (xǎopíng), 玻璃瓶 (zh) (bōlípíng) Dutch: fiool (nl) m. and f. Finnish: pikkupullo (fi); lääkepullo (fi), näytepullo (fi) French: fiole (fr) f.

German: Phiole (de) f. Ido: fialo (io) Polish: fiolka (pl) f. Russian: бутылочка (ru) (butýločka) f., пузырёк (ru) (puzyrjók) m., флакон (ru) (flakón) m., склянка (ru) (skljánka) f.

Synonyms

• ampoule
• test tube
• vacutainer

Verb

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

1. (transitive) To put or keep in, or as in, a vial.

References

• vial in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913

Anagrams

• LAIV
• vail
• vila

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Spanish

Adjective

vial m. and f. (plural viales)

1. of or pertaining to a via, road, highway

Noun

vial m. (plural viales)

1. avenue