Viola

See also: viola, vióla, víóla, violá, violà, and Vióla

Translingual

Viola odorata

Viola tricolor

Etymology

Latin viola (“violet”)

Proper noun

Viola f

1. A taxonomic genus within the family Violaceae – the violets.
2. A taxonomic genus within the family Hesperiidae – certain of the butterflies called skippers.

Hypernyms

• (violets): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Plantae - kingdom; Viridiplantae - subkingdom; Streptophyta - infrakingdom; Embryophyta - superphylum; Tracheophyta - phylum; Spermatophytina - subphylum; angiosperms, eudicots, core eudicots, rosids, eurosids I, COM clade - clades; Malpighiales - order; Violaceae - family
• (butterflies): Eukaryota - superkingdom; Animalia - kingdom; Bilateria - subkingdom; Protostomia - infrakingdom; Ecdysozoa - superphylum; Arthropoda - phylum; Hexapoda - subphylum; Insecta - class; Pterygota - subclass; Neoptera - infraclass; Lepidoptera - order; Glossata - suborder; Heteroneura - infraorder; Ditrysia - division; Cossina - section; Bombycina - subsection; Papilionoidea - superfamily; Hesperiiformes - series; Hesperiidae - family; Pyrginae - subfamily; Pyrgini - tribe

Hyponyms

• (genus in Violaceae): Viola odorata (sweet violet) - type species; Viola angustifolia, Viola tricolor, Viola wikipedia - selected species; for other species see List of Viola species on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• (genus in Hesperiidae): Viola alicus, Viola egra, Viola minor, Viola olla, Viola violella - species

References

• Viola (plant) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Viola (butterfly) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• Viola (Violaceae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Viola (Hesperiidae) on Wikispecies.Wikispecies
• Viola (Violaceae) on Wikimedia Commons.Wikimedia Commons
• Viola at USDA Plants database

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English

Etymology

From Latin viola (“violet”)

Proper noun

Viola

1. A female given name from Latin
   • 1599 William Shakespeare, Twelfth Night, Act V, Scene 1:

     Were you a woman as the rest goes even, / I should my tears let fall upon your cheek, / And say, 'Thrice welcome, drowned Viola!'

2. A town in Arkansas
3. A town in Delaware
4. A village in Illinois
5. A city in Kansas
6. A hamlet in New York
7. A town in Tennessee
8. A village in Wisconsin

Related terms

• Violet

Translations

female given name

• Czech: Viola (cs) f
• Danish: Viola
• Finnish: Viola (fi)

• Hawaiian: Waiola
• Italian: Viola (it)
• Swedish: Viola (sv)

Anagrams

• Ivalo, oliva, voila, voilà, volia

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Czech

Proper noun

Viola f

1. A female given name, equivalent to English Viola.

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Danish

Proper noun

Viola

1. A female given name from Latin of Latin origin.

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Finnish

Etymology

From Latin viola in the 19th century.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋiolɑ/, [ˈʋio̞lɑ]
• Rhymes: -iolɑ
• Syllabification: Vi‧o‧la

Proper noun

Viola

1. A female given name from Latin.
   • 1984 Veronica Pimenoff, Loistava Helena, Tammi, →ISBN, pages 45-46:

     Helenalle valkeni että Marjatan äidillä oli sama nimi kaksi kertaa: Viola Orvokki. Kuitenkin nimet olivat kuin toistensa vastakohtia: Viola kellanvaaleana sulatejuustopakkauksessa ja toisaalta Orvokkini tummasilmä.

Declension

Inflection of Viola (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		Viola	Violat
genitive		Violan	Violojen
partitive		Violaa	Violoja
illative		Violaan	Violoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		Viola	Violat
accusative	nom.	Viola	Violat
	gen.	Violan
genitive		Violan	Violojen Violainrare
partitive		Violaa	Violoja
inessive		Violassa	Violoissa
elative		Violasta	Violoista
illative		Violaan	Violoihin
adessive		Violalla	Violoilla
ablative		Violalta	Violoilta
allative		Violalle	Violoille
essive		Violana	Violoina
translative		Violaksi	Violoiksi
instructive		—	Violoin
abessive		Violatta	Violoitta
comitative		—	Violoineen

Possessive forms of Viola (type kala)
possessor	singular	plural
1st person	Violani	Violamme
2nd person	Violasi	Violanne
3rd person	Violansa

Anagrams

• Ivalo, Olavi, loiva, lovia, olvia, valio, valoi

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German

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian viola.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /viˈoːla/

• Audio

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Noun

Viola f (genitive Viola, plural Violen)

1. (music) Synonym of Bratsche

Declension

Declension of Viola

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Viola	die	Violen
genitive	einer	der	Viola	der	Violen
dative	einer	der	Viola	den	Violen
accusative	eine	die	Viola	die	Violen

Etymology 2

Latin viola

Noun

Viola f (genitive Viola, plural Violen)

1. (botany) violet

   Synonyms: Viole, Veilchen

Declension

Declension of Viola

	singular			plural
	indef.	def.	noun	def.	noun
nominative	eine	die	Viola	die	Violen
genitive	einer	der	Viola	der	Violen
dative	einer	der	Viola	den	Violen
accusative	eine	die	Viola	die	Violen

Further reading

• “Viola” in Duden online
• “Viola” in Duden online

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Italian

Etymology

The given name derived from Latin viola (“a violet”). The surname can be matronymic, but more often occupational, for a dyer of violet cloth, or a player of the viola.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /viˈɔ.la/, /ˈvjɔ.la/
• Rhymes: -ɔla
• Hyphenation: Vi‧ò‧la, Viò‧la

Proper noun

Viola ?

1. A female given name from Latin
2. A surname​.

Anagrams

• oliva, ovali, voilà, volai

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Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈviɔɫa/
• Homophone: viola

Proper noun

Viola f (genitive Violy, nominative plural Violy, declension pattern of žena)

1. A female given name.

Declension

Declension of Viola

	singular	plural
nominative	Viola	Violy
genitive	Violy	Viol
dative	Viole	Violám
accusative	Violu	Violy
locative	Viole	Violách
instrumental	Violou	Violami

Further reading

• Viola in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk

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Spanish

Etymology

Occupational surname for a viola player, from Late Latin vitula, or for a dyer or seller of violet fabric.

Proper noun

Viola ?

1. A surname​.

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Swedish

Etymology

From Latin viola (“violet”). First recorded in Sweden in 1844.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɪ²uːla/

Proper noun

Viola c (genitive Violas)

1. A female given name from Latin.

References

• Roland Otterbjörk: Svenska förnamn, Almqvist & Wiksell 1996, →ISBN
• [1] Statistiska centralbyrån and Sture Allén, Staffan Wåhlin, Förnamnsboken, Norstedts 1995, →ISBN: 57 207 females with the given name Viola living in Sweden on December 31st, 2010, with the frequency peak in the 1910s. Accessed on 19 June 2011.