viola
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[edit] English
[edit] Etymology 1
From Italian viola, from Old Provençal viola (modern Occitan viula), from Mediaeval Latin *vitula (“‘stringed instrument’”).
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viola (plural violas)
- (music) A stringed instrument of the violin family, somewhat larger than a violin, played under the chin, and having a deeper tone
- (music) An organ stop having a similar tone
- (music) A 10-string steel-string acoustic guitar, used in Brazilian folk music.
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- Notes:
- ^ Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
- ^ Cambridge Advanced Learner's Dictionary
- ^ American Heritage Dictionary
[edit] Translations
music: stringed instrument of the violin family
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[edit] Etymology 2
From Latin viola (“‘violet’”).
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viola (plural violas)
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botany: any of several flowering plants
[edit] External links
Viola (disambiguation) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia:Viola (disambiguation)
Viola (instrument) on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons: Viola (instrument)
Viola (Violaceae) on Wikimedia Commons. Wikimedia Commons: Viola (Violaceae)
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[edit] Etymology 1
[edit] Noun
viola f. (plural violes)
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- viola alba (V. alba)
- viola boscana (V. sylvestris)
- viola canina (V. canina)
- viola d'olor or viola vera (V. odorata)
[edit] Etymology 2
Uncertain origin, probably from Occitan viula, derivative of viular (“‘playing a string instrument” or “wind’”)
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viola m. and f. (plural violes)
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- violist
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viola f. (plural violes)
[edit] Czech
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viola f.
- viola (musical instrument of the violin family)
[edit] Finnish
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viola
- (music) viola
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Declension of viola (type katiska)
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[edit] Verb
viola
- Third-person singular past historic form of violer.
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[edit] Italian
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viola inv.
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viola f. (plural viole)
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viola
- Third-person singular present tense of violare.
- Second-person singular imperative of violare.
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- IPA: /vjo'la/
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