via

See also: Via, vía, viâ, and vỉa

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English

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈvaɪə/, /ˈviː.ə/
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Audio (General American): (file)
Rhymes: -aɪə, -iːə

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin via (“road”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-. Possible doublet of way. The sense in electronics is also explained as vertical interconnect access.

Noun

via (plural vias or viae)

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

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

small hole in a printed circuit board

Finnish: läpivientirengas

electrical connection between two or more layers

Finnish: läpivienti (fi)

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin viā (“by the way (of)”), ablative singular of via (“way, road”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-.

Compare typologically Polish drogą, Russian путём (putjóm).

Alternative forms

viâ

Preposition

via

By way of; passing through.
They drove from New York to Los Angeles via Omaha.

You can enter the building via the western gate.
By (means of); using.
I'll send you the information via e-mail.
- 2005, “Capacity Bounds For MIMO Poisson Channels With Intersymbol Interference, Appendix C”, in Enrico Forestieri, editor, Optical Communication Theory and Techniques, →ISBN, page 44:
  Under the assumptions of Proposition 5 the entropies h(τ) and H(k) are related via the following equation: […]
- 2012 December 1, “An internet of airborne things”, in The Economist‎^[1], volume 405, number 8813, archived from the original on 1 December 2017, 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.
- 2017 February 10, Rosie Gray, “Behind the Internet's Anti-Democracy Movement”, in The Atlantic‎^[2], archived from the original on 9 September 2026:
  White House chief strategist Steve Bannon has been in contact via intermediaries with Curtis Yarvin, Politico Magazine reported this week.

Translations

by way of

Arabic: بِوَاسِطَة (biwāsiṭa), عَن طَرِيق (ʕan ṭarīq)
Bashkir: аша (aşa)
Bulgarian: през (bg) (prez)
Chinese:
Mandarin: 經由 / 经由 (zh) (jīngyóu), 通過 / 通过 (zh) (tōngguò)
Czech: přes (cs)
Danish: via (da), langs, over (da), gennem (da)
Dutch: via (nl), langs (nl)
Estonian: kaudu
Finnish: kautta (fi)
French: via (fr)
Georgian: -ით (-it), საშუალებით (sašualebit)
German: über (de), durch (de), via (de)
Hebrew: דֶּרֶךְ (he) (dérekh)
Indonesian: via (id), melalui (id), lewat (id)
Japanese: …経由で (…けいゆで, …keiyu de, …けいゆうで, …keiyū de), …経て (…へて, …hete)
Macedonian: преку (preku)
Malay: melalui
Māori: mā (mi)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: via (no)

Nynorsk: via
Polish: via (pl), drogą, przez (pl)
Portuguese: via (pt)
Romanian: via (ro)
Russian: че́рез (ru) (čérez) (+ accusative case), сквозь (ru) (skvozʹ) (+ accusative case), посре́дством (ru) (posrédstvom) (+ genitive case)
Scottish Gaelic: taobh
Serbo-Croatian: preko (sh)
Slovene: via
Spanish: vía (es), por (es)
Swedish: via (sv), över (sv), genom (sv)
Telugu: వయా (vayā)
Urdu: بَراہ (barāh)

by (means of); using (a medium) — see also by means of,‎ through

Arabic: بِـ (ar) (bi-)
Bashkir: аша (aşa)
Bulgarian: посредством (bg) (posredstvom)
Catalan: mitjançant (ca), per mitjà
Chinese:
Mandarin: 通過 / 通过 (zh) (tōngguò)
Czech: pomocí (cs)
Danish: per (da), via (da)
Dutch: via (nl), per (nl)
Esperanto: per (eo)
Finnish: -lla (fi) (adessiivi), -itse (fi) (prolative), kautta (fi)
French: via (fr)
Georgian: საშუალებით (sašualebit), გავლით (gavlit), დახმარებით (daxmarebit)
German: per (de), mittels (de), vermittels (de), via (de), durch (de), über (de)
Italian: via (it), per (it)
Japanese: …で (…de), …によって (…ni yotte)
Macedonian: преку (preku)
Malay: melalui
Māori: mā (mi)
Norwegian:
Bokmål: via (no)

Nynorsk: via
Polish: via (pl), drogą, przez (pl)
Portuguese: via (pt)
Romanian: via (ro), prin (ro)
Russian: посре́дством (ru) (posrédstvom) (+ genitive case), с по́мощью (ru) (s pómoščʹju) (+ genitive case), че́рез (ru) (čérez) (+ accusative case), по (ru) (po) (+ dative case), путём (ru) (putjóm)
Spanish: por (es), a través de (es), por medio de, mediante (es), vía (es)
Swedish: per (sv), via (sv)

Interjection

via

(obsolete) Away! Be off!

Anagrams

A-IV, AIV, AVI, Avi, IVA, Iva, Vai, avi, avi-, vai

Bavarian

Numeral

via

alternative spelling of vier (“four”)

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin via.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): (Northern, Central) [ˈbi.ə]
IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈvi.ə]
IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈvi.a]
IPA^(key): (Northwestern) [ˈbi.a]
Audio (Barcelona): (file)
Rhymes: -ia

Noun

via f (plural vies)

Derived terms

Related terms

Preposition

via

via, by way of

Danish

Etymology

From Latin via.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈviːæ/, /ˈviæ/

Preposition

via

via; by way of; passing through.
Familien kørte til Aalborg via Aarhus.
The family drove to Aalborg via Aarhus.
via, by means of, using.
Bestillingen kan betales via smartphone
The order can be paid for via smartphone

Synonyms

(passing through): over, gennem
(by means of): ved hjælp af, gennem

References

“via” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed 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.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈvi.aː/
Audio: (file)
Hyphenation: via

Preposition

via

via, through, by way of
Synonym: langs
by (means of); using (a medium)
Synonym: per

Derived terms

via via (“using various intermediaries”)

Esperanto

Etymology

Etymology tree

Esperanto vi

Proto-Indo-European *-eh₂

Proto-Italic *-ā

Latin -ader.

▲

Latin -a

Italian -ader.

▲

Latin -a

Old Spanish -a

Spanish -ader.

Esperanto -a

Esperanto via

From vi + -a.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈvia/
Audio 1: (file)
Audio 2: (file)
Audio 3: (file)
Rhymes: -ia
Syllabification: vi‧a

Determiner

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

(possessive) your, yours

Fijian

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Verb

via

to want, to desire (followed by another verb)
Synonym: mata (West)

Au via lako.
I want to go.

Au via kana.
I want to eat.
auxiliary verb indicating necessity or obligation; should, need to
Sa via bulu na benu.
The garbage should be buried.

Adverb

via

almost, nearly
via loaloa ― almost black
tending to be

Derived terms

viavia (“almost, nearly; pretentious (when with levu)”)
viavia levu (“pretentious, wanting to be important”)
viavia turaga (“acts pretentiously like a chief”)

Etymology 2

From Proto-Central Pacific *via, from Proto-Oceanic *piʀaq, from Proto-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *biʀaq, from Proto-Central-Eastern Malayo-Polynesian *biʀaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *biʀaq, from Proto-Austronesian *biʀaq.

Noun

via

swamp taro (Cyrtosperma merkusii)
Synonyms: via kana, via kau

E levu na via mai Rewa.
There's lots of swamp taro from Rewa.

Derived terms

via gaga, via mila (“giant taro Alocasia macrorrhiza”)

References

Gatty, Ronald (2009), “via”, in Fijian–English Dictionary‎^[3], Suva, Fiji: Ronald Gatty, →ISBN, pages 298–9

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin viā, the ablative of via (“road, way”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʋiɑ/, [ˈʋiɑ̝]
Rhymes: -iɑ
Syllabification^(key): vi‧a
Hyphenation^(key): via

Adverb

via

via
Synonym: kautta

Anagrams

AVI, avi, iva, vai

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

Inherited from Latin vīta.

Noun

via f (plural vies) (ORB, broad)

life

References

vie in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
via in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

French

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /vja/
Audio (France (Vosges)): (file)
Audio (France (Vosges)): (file)

Preposition

via

via, through, by way of

Galician

Verb

via

(reintegrationist norm) first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of ver

German

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin viā, the ablative of via (“road, way”). Cognate with English via, Danish via, Dutch via, Norwegian Bokmål via.

Pronunciation

Audio (Germany (Berlin)): (file)

Preposition

via [with accusative]

via, by way of
Synonym: über
by way of, by means of
Synonyms: durch, mittels, mithilfe von

Related terms

Via

Italian

Etymology

From Latin via.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈvi.a/
Audio: (file)
Audio: (file)
Rhymes: -ia
Hyphenation: vì‧a

Noun

via f (plural vie)

street, path
Synonym: strada
way, route
means (to an end)
tract (in the body)
per via orale ― orally (literally, “through oral tract”)
start (of a race)

Derived terms

Related terms

viario

Adverb

via

away
out

Anagrams

-avi, -iva, IVA, Iva, avi, vai

Latin

Latin Wikipedia has an article on:

via

Wikipedia ^la

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *wiā, from Proto-Indo-European *wih₁eh₂-,^[1] from *weyh₁- (“to pursue, be strong”). Cognate with Lithuanian vyti (“to pursue”). See also vīs, invītus, invītō, Ancient Greek οἶμος (oîmos), Sanskrit वीथि (vīthi, “row, road”).

Alternatively, from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰyeh₂-, from *weǵʰ- (whence vehō and English way).^[2] This hypothesis is rejected by De Vaan.

Pronunciation

(Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈwi.a]
(modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈviː.a]

Noun

via f (genitive viae); first declension

road, street, path
Synonym: platea

via agrāria ― lane
highway
Antonym: sēmita
way, method, manner, mode
the right way
(figuratively) journey, course, route
Synonym: iter
- c. 347 CE – 420 CE, Hieronymus, Vulgate Proverbs.30.19:
  viam aquilae in caelō viam colubrī super petram viam nāvis in mediō marī et viam virī in adulēscentulā
  The way of an eagle in the air, the way of a serpent upon a rock, the way of a ship in the midst of the sea, and the way of a man in youth. (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.; 1752 CE)

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	via	viae
genitive	viae	viārum
dative	viae	viīs
accusative	viam	viās
ablative	viā	viīs
vocative	via	viae

Derived terms

Related terms

Descendants

→ Albanian: vijë
Catalan: via
→ Dutch: via
Emilian: vî
→ English: via
Franco-Provençal: voué
French: voie, via
Galician: vía
Istriot: veîa
Italian: via
Judeo-Italian: וִיאַה (wiʔah /⁠via⁠/)
Piedmontese: via
Portuguese: via
Romanian: via
Romansh: via, veia
Sicilian: via
Spanish: vía
→ Swedish: via

References

^ De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “via”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 673-4
^ Edward A. Roberts, Bárbara Pastor, Diccionario etimológico indoeuropeo de la lengua española, Alianza Editorial 2009, →ISBN

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Latin via.

Preposition

via

via

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

viet
vigde, vidde (simple past)
vigd, vidd (past participle)

Verb

via

inflection of vie:
1. simple past
2. past participle

References

“via” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Latin via.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈʋiː.ɑ/

Preposition

via

via

Etymology 2

From earlier form vigja, from Old Norse vígja, from Proto-Germanic *wīhijaną.

Alternative forms

vie (e-infinitive)
vigja (non-standard since 1938)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /²ʋiː.ɑ/

Verb

via (present tense vier, past tense vigde, supine vigd or vigt, past participle vigd, present participle viande, imperative vi)

Derived terms

Related terms

ve
vigsel, vigsle

References

“via” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

avi, vai

Old Galician-Portuguese

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈβi.a/

Etymology 1

Inherited from Latin via, from Proto-Italic *wiā, from Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-.

Noun

via f (plural vias)

a way; a path
- a. 1284, Alfonso X of Castile, Cantigas de Santa Maria, Códice de los músicos, cantiga 100 (facsimile):
  
  Santa maria / ſtrela do dia / moſtra nos uia / pera deus ⁊ nos guia.
  Holy Mary, / star of the daytime; / show us the way / towards God, and guide us.

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

via

first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of veer

Portuguese

Portuguese Wikipedia has an article on:

via

Wikipedia ^pt

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.ɐ/

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.ɐ/
- (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.ɐ/

Audio (Portugal (Porto)): (file)
Rhymes: -iɐ
Hyphenation: vi‧a

Etymology 1

Inherited from Old Galician-Portuguese via, from Latin via, from Proto-Italic *wiā, from Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-.

Noun

via f (plural vias)

a way; a path
Synonym: caminho
(rail transport) gauge (distance between the rails of a railway)
Synonym: bitola
medium (means or channel by which an aim is achieved)
Synonyms: meio, veículo
an example of a document

Derived terms

Related terms

Etymology 2

Etymology tree

Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-

Proto-Italic *wiā

Latin viālbor.

Portuguese via

Learned borrowing from Latin viā (“by way of”).

Preposition

via

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

Noun

via f (plural vias)

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

Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

via

first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of ver

Romanian

Etymology 1

Etymology tree

Frenchbor.

Proto-Indo-European *weyh₁-

Proto-Italic *wiā

Latin vialbor.

Romanian via

Borrowed from French, and a learned borrowing from Latin via.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈvi.a/

Preposition

via (+accusative)

via, by

Etymology 2

From an older form vie, from Latin vīvere, from Proto-Italic *gʷīwō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti (“to live, be alive”).

Alternative forms

vie — regional, archaic

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /viˈa/

Verb

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

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

Conjugation

conjugation of via (first conjugation, -ez- infix)

number		singular			plural
infinitive			a via
gerund			viind
past participle			viat
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
subjunctive	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

Derived terms

viere

Related terms

Etymology 3

Form of the adjective viu.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈvi.a/

Adjective

via

definite feminine singular nominative/accusative of viu (“live, alive”)

Etymology 4

Form of the noun vie.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈvi.a/

Noun

via

definite singular nominative/accusative of vie (“the vineyard”)

Romansh

Alternative forms

veia (Sutsilvan, Surmiran)

Etymology

From Latin via.

Noun

via f (plural vias)

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

Synonyms

(Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan: road, street) strada

Swedish

Preposition

via

via, over, by, through

Anagrams

IVA, avi

[1] De Vaan, Michiel (2008), “via”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 673-4

[2] Edward A. Roberts, Bárbara Pastor, Diccionario etimológico indoeuropeo de la lengua española, Alianza Editorial 2009, →ISBN

[1]

[2]

Esperanto personal pronouns
		nominative	accusative	possessive	nominative	accusative	possessive
		singular			plural
first-person		mi	min	mia	ni	nin	nia
second- person	formal	vi	vin	via	vi	vin	via
second- person	familiar¹	ci	cin	cia	vi	vin	via
third- person	masculine	li	lin	lia	ili iŝi²	ilin iŝin²	ilia iŝia²
	feminine	ŝi	ŝin	ŝia
	neuter	ĝi	ĝin	ĝia
	gender-neutral²	ri ŝli	rin ŝlin	ria ŝlia
	reflexive	si	sin	sia	si	sin	sia
indefinite		oni	onin	onia	oni	onin	onia

English

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

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Translations

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

Preposition

Translations

Interjection

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Bavarian

Numeral

Catalan

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Related terms

Preposition

Further reading

Danish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Preposition

Synonyms

References

Dutch

Etymology

Pronunciation

Preposition

Derived terms

Esperanto

Etymology

Pronunciation

Determiner

See also

Further reading

Fijian

Etymology 1

Verb

Adverb

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Noun

Derived terms

References

Finnish

Etymology

Pronunciation

Adverb

Further reading

Anagrams

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

Noun

References

French

Etymology

Pronunciation

Preposition

Further reading

Galician

Verb

German

Etymology

Pronunciation

Preposition

Related terms

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

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Adverb

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