villa

See also: Villa and vil·la

English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɪlə/

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• (Indic) IPA^(key): /ˈvɪllɑ/
• Rhymes: -ɪlə

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Italian villa, from Latin vīlla (“country house”). Doublet of vill and ville.

Noun

villa (plural villas)

1. A house, often larger and more expensive than average, in the countryside or on the coast, often used as a retreat.
   • 1922, Michael Arlen, “3/6/1”, in “Piracy”: A Romantic Chronicle of These Days‎^[1]:

     This villa was long and low and white, and severe after its manner : for upon and about it were none of those playful ebullitions of taste, such as conical towers, domed roofs, embattlements, statues, coloured tiles and crenellations, such as are dear to architects of villas all the world over.

2. (UK) A family house, often semi-detached in Victorian or Edwardian style, in a middle class street.
   • 1905, E. Nesbit, chapter 1, in The Railway Children, page 1:

     They were just ordinary suburban children, and they lived with their Father and Mother in an ordinary red-brick-fronted villa, with coloured glass in the front door, a tiled passage that was called a hall, a bath-room with hot and cold water, electric bells, French windows, and a good deal of white paint, and 'every modern convenience', as the house-agents say.

3. (Nigeria, slang) One’s village or ancestral homeland.

Derived terms

• Lake Villa
• Villa Grove

Translations

a house used as a retreat

• Albanian: vilë (sq) f
• Arabic: فِيلَا f (fīlā), دَارَة f (dāra)

  Egyptian Arabic: فيلّا f (villa)

  Hijazi Arabic: فِلَّة f (filla, villa)

• Armenian: վիլլա (hy) (villa)
• Azerbaijani: villa (az)
• Belarusian: ві́ла f (víla), да́ча f (dáča)
• Bulgarian: ви́ла (bg) f (víla)
• Burmese: ဗီလာ (bila)
• Catalan: vil·la (ca) f
• Chinese:

  Cantonese: 別墅 / 别墅 (bit⁶ seoi⁵, bit⁶ seoi⁶)

  Mandarin: 別墅 / 别墅 (zh) (biéshù)

• Czech: vila (cs) f
• Danish: villa (da) c
• Dutch: buitenhuis (nl) n, villa (nl) m or f
• Estonian: villa (et), suvila
• Finnish: huvila (fi)
• French: villa (fr) f
• Georgian: ვილა (vila)
• German: Villa (de) f, Anwesen (de) n, Landhaus (de) n, Herrenhaus (de) n, Gutshaus (de) n, Landgut (de) n
• Greek: βίλα (el) f (víla), εξοχικό (el) n (exochikó)
• Hebrew: וִילָה (he) f (víla)
• Hindi: विला (hi) m (vilā)
• Hungarian: villa (hu), nyaraló (hu)
• Icelandic: villa (is) f
• Ido: vilao (io), villa (io)
• Indonesian: vila (id)
• Italian: villa (it) f
• Japanese: 別荘 (ja) (べっそう, bessō), ビラ (ja) (bira), ヴィラ (vira), ヴィッラ (virra)
• Kazakh: вилла (villa)
• Khmer: វីឡា (viilaa)
• Korean: 별장(別莊) (ko) (byeoljang), 빌라 (billa)
• Kyrgyz: вилла (villa)
• Lao: ວິນລາ (win lā)
• Latvian: villa (lv) f
• Lithuanian: vila (lt) f
• Macedonian: вила f (vila)
• Malay: vila
• Mongolian:

  Cyrillic: вилла (villa)

• Norwegian:

  Bokmål: villa (no) m

  Nynorsk: villa m

• Persian:

  Iranian Persian: ویلا (fa) (vilâ), کوشْک (fa) (kušk)

• Polish: willa (pl) f, dacza (pl) f
• Portuguese: casa de campo f (countryside), casa de praia f (beach)
• Romanian: vilă (ro) f
• Russian: ви́лла (ru) f (vílla), да́ча (ru) f (dáča), за́городный дом m (zágorodnyj dom)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: ви̏ла f

  Latin: vȉla (sh) f

• Slovak: vila f
• Slovene: vila (sl) f
• Spanish: villa (es) f, quinta (es) f, casa de campo (es) f, pazo (es) m
• Swedish: fritidshus (sv) n, semesterhus n, sommarhus (sv) n
• Tagalog: villa (tl)
• Tajik: вилла (villa), кӯшк (tg) (küšk)
• Thai: วิลล่า
• Turkish: villa (tr)
• Turkmen: willa
• Ukrainian: ві́лла (uk) f (vílla), да́ча f (dáča)
• Urdu: وِیلا m (vīlā)
• Uyghur: ۋىللا (willa)
• Uzbek: villa (uz)
• Vietnamese: biệt thự (vi)

See also

• dacha

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin vīlla (“country house”). Doublet of vill and ville.

Noun

villa (plural villae)

1. (Ancient Rome) A country house, with farm buildings around a courtyard.

Anagrams

• Viall

Danish

Etymology

Via Italian villa, from Latin villa.

Noun

villa c (singular definite villaen, plural indefinite villaer)

1. a villa (detached house with garden around, intended for living, often larger, individually built, older house)

Declension

Declension of villa

common gender	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	villa	villaen	villaer	villaerne
genitive	villas	villaens	villaers	villaernes

Derived terms

• gulstensvilla
• herskabsvilla
• kædevilla
• kæmpevilla
• luksusvilla
• patriciervilla
• rødstensvilla
• sommervilla
• villaejer
• villagrund
• villahave
• villaområde

References

• “villa” in Den Danske Ordbog

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin vīlla.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvi.laː/

• Audio:

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Noun

villa f (plural villa's, diminutive villaatje n)

1. mansion (large, (normally) expensive, sumptuous house)

   Synonym: landhuis

Derived terms

• vakantievilla
• villasubsidie
• villawijk
• zomervilla

Faroese

Etymology

Related to the adjectives vill (“lost”) and villur (“wild”), from Old Norse villr. See also Swedish villa (“to cause someone to lose one's way”), vill (“lost”).

Noun

villa f (genitive singular villu, plural villur)

1. aberration
2. mistake, error

Declension

f1	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	villa	villan	villur	villurnar
accusative	villu	villuna	villur	villurnar
dative	villu	villuni	villum	villunum
genitive	villu	villunnar	villa	villanna

Synonyms

• (mistake): mistak, feilur, brek, lýti, brongl

Verb

villa (third person singular past indicative vilti, third person plural past indicative viltu, supine vilt)

1. to stray, to get astray
2. to err

Conjugation

Conjugation of villa (group v-9)

infinitive	villa
supine	vilt
	present	past
first singular	villi	vilti
second singular	villir	vilti
third singular	villir	vilti
plural	villa	viltu
participle (a5)1	villandi	viltur
	imperative
singular	vill!
plural	villið!

¹Only the past participle being declined.

Finnish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋilːɑ/, [ˈʋilːɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -ilːɑ
• Syllabification^(key): vil‧la
• Hyphenation^(key): vil‧la

Etymology 1

From Proto-Finnic *villa (compare Estonian vill), borrowed from Proto-Baltic *wílˀnāˀ (compare Lithuanian vi̇̀lna, Polish wełna), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂ (compare English wool, French laine).

Noun

villa

1. wool

Declension

Inflection of villa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		villa	villat
genitive		villan	villojen
partitive		villaa	villoja
illative		villaan	villoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		villa	villat
accusative	nom.	villa	villat
	gen.	villan
genitive		villan	villojen villain rare
partitive		villaa	villoja
inessive		villassa	villoissa
elative		villasta	villoista
illative		villaan	villoihin
adessive		villalla	villoilla
ablative		villalta	villoilta
allative		villalle	villoille
essive		villana	villoina
translative		villaksi	villoiksi
abessive		villatta	villoitta
instructive		—	villoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of villa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative villani villani accusative nom. villani villani gen. villani genitive villani villojeni villaini rare partitive villaani villojani inessive villassani villoissani elative villastani villoistani illative villaani villoihini adessive villallani villoillani ablative villaltani villoiltani allative villalleni villoilleni essive villanani villoinani translative villakseni villoikseni abessive villattani villoittani instructive — — comitative — villoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative villasi villasi accusative nom. villasi villasi gen. villasi genitive villasi villojesi villaisi rare partitive villaasi villojasi inessive villassasi villoissasi elative villastasi villoistasi illative villaasi villoihisi adessive villallasi villoillasi ablative villaltasi villoiltasi allative villallesi villoillesi essive villanasi villoinasi translative villaksesi villoiksesi abessive villattasi villoittasi instructive — — comitative — villoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative villamme villamme accusative nom. villamme villamme gen. villamme genitive villamme villojemme villaimme rare partitive villaamme villojamme inessive villassamme villoissamme elative villastamme villoistamme illative villaamme villoihimme adessive villallamme villoillamme ablative villaltamme villoiltamme allative villallemme villoillemme essive villanamme villoinamme translative villaksemme villoiksemme abessive villattamme villoittamme instructive — — comitative — villoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative villanne villanne accusative nom. villanne villanne gen. villanne genitive villanne villojenne villainne rare partitive villaanne villojanne inessive villassanne villoissanne elative villastanne villoistanne illative villaanne villoihinne adessive villallanne villoillanne ablative villaltanne villoiltanne allative villallenne villoillenne essive villananne villoinanne translative villaksenne villoiksenne abessive villattanne villoittanne instructive — — comitative — villoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative villansa villansa accusative nom. villansa villansa gen. villansa genitive villansa villojensa villainsa rare partitive villaansa villojaan villojansa inessive villassaan villassansa villoissaan villoissansa elative villastaan villastansa villoistaan villoistansa illative villaansa villoihinsa adessive villallaan villallansa villoillaan villoillansa ablative villaltaan villaltansa villoiltaan villoiltansa allative villalleen villallensa villoilleen villoillensa essive villanaan villanansa villoinaan villoinansa translative villakseen villaksensa villoikseen villoiksensa abessive villattaan villattansa villoittaan villoittansa instructive — — comitative — villoineen villoinensa

Derived terms

• villainen
• villakas
• villakko
• villava
• villoittaa

compounds

• angoravilla
• kampavilla
• karitsanvilla
• karstavilla
• kašmirvilla
• kaulusvillaopossumi
• kesävilla
• kiharavillainen
• kivivilla
• lampaanvilla
• lapavilla
• lasivilla
• lastuvilla
• lettovilla
• lumppuvilla
• merinovilla
• mineraalivilla
• niittyvilla
• niskavillat
• paksuvillainen
• pehmeävillainen
• peltovilla
• philanderinvillapussirotta
• pohjavilla
• puhallusvilla
• puuvilla
• raakavilla
• rasvavilla
• sekoitevilla
• selluvilla
• shetlanninvilla
• suovilla
• talvivilla
• teräsvilla
• tupasvilla
• tuuheavillainen
• täysivillainen
• täysvillainen
• valkovillaseitikki
• villa-apina
• villaherkkusieni
• villahiki
• villahousut
• villahuivi
• villahuopa
• villaindri
• villakampa
• villakangas
• villakarvajänis
• villakarvamammutti
• villakarvarousku
• villakaulaliina
• villakehrääjä
• villakoira
• villakuitu
• villakultamyyrä
• villakuore
• villakäsine
• villalanka
• villalapanen
• villalepakko
• villaliito-orava
• villaliituri
• villalumppu
• villamaki
• villamammutti
• villamatto
• villamekko
• villamusliini
• villamyssy
• villaneule
• villanhiki
• villantuotanto
• villantuottaja
• villanuttu
• villaopossumi
• villapaali
• villapaita
• villapipo
• villaplyysi
• villapusero
• villarasva
• villaryijy
• villaröijy
• villasaksirapu
• villasametti
• villasarvikuono
• villasekoitekangas
• villasukka
• villatakki
• villateollisuus
• villatrikoo
• villavaate
• villavaha
• villavanu
• villavoirousku
• villavuota
• vuohenvilla
• vuorivilla

Further reading

• “1. villa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

Etymology 2

From Italian villa.

Noun

villa (rare)

1. synonym of huvila (“villa”)

   Ruoholahden villat

   Ruoholahti Villas

Usage notes

Not often used except in the proper names of private houses (e.g. Villa Mairea, Villa Elfvik).

Declension

Inflection of villa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)
nominative		villa	villat
genitive		villan	villojen
partitive		villaa	villoja
illative		villaan	villoihin
		singular	plural
nominative		villa	villat
accusative	nom.	villa	villat
	gen.	villan
genitive		villan	villojen villain rare
partitive		villaa	villoja
inessive		villassa	villoissa
elative		villasta	villoista
illative		villaan	villoihin
adessive		villalla	villoilla
ablative		villalta	villoilta
allative		villalle	villoille
essive		villana	villoina
translative		villaksi	villoiksi
abessive		villatta	villoitta
instructive		—	villoin
comitative		See the possessive forms below.

Possessive forms of villa (Kotus type 9/kala, no gradation)

first-person singular possessor singular plural nominative villani villani accusative nom. villani villani gen. villani genitive villani villojeni villaini rare partitive villaani villojani inessive villassani villoissani elative villastani villoistani illative villaani villoihini adessive villallani villoillani ablative villaltani villoiltani allative villalleni villoilleni essive villanani villoinani translative villakseni villoikseni abessive villattani villoittani instructive — — comitative — villoineni second-person singular possessor singular plural nominative villasi villasi accusative nom. villasi villasi gen. villasi genitive villasi villojesi villaisi rare partitive villaasi villojasi inessive villassasi villoissasi elative villastasi villoistasi illative villaasi villoihisi adessive villallasi villoillasi ablative villaltasi villoiltasi allative villallesi villoillesi essive villanasi villoinasi translative villaksesi villoiksesi abessive villattasi villoittasi instructive — — comitative — villoinesi first-person plural possessor singular plural nominative villamme villamme accusative nom. villamme villamme gen. villamme genitive villamme villojemme villaimme rare partitive villaamme villojamme inessive villassamme villoissamme elative villastamme villoistamme illative villaamme villoihimme adessive villallamme villoillamme ablative villaltamme villoiltamme allative villallemme villoillemme essive villanamme villoinamme translative villaksemme villoiksemme abessive villattamme villoittamme instructive — — comitative — villoinemme second-person plural possessor singular plural nominative villanne villanne accusative nom. villanne villanne gen. villanne genitive villanne villojenne villainne rare partitive villaanne villojanne inessive villassanne villoissanne elative villastanne villoistanne illative villaanne villoihinne adessive villallanne villoillanne ablative villaltanne villoiltanne allative villallenne villoillenne essive villananne villoinanne translative villaksenne villoiksenne abessive villattanne villoittanne instructive — — comitative — villoinenne third-person possessor singular plural nominative villansa villansa accusative nom. villansa villansa gen. villansa genitive villansa villojensa villainsa rare partitive villaansa villojaan villojansa inessive villassaan villassansa villoissaan villoissansa elative villastaan villastansa villoistaan villoistansa illative villaansa villoihinsa adessive villallaan villallansa villoillaan villoillansa ablative villaltaan villaltansa villoiltaan villoiltansa allative villalleen villallensa villoilleen villoillensa essive villanaan villanansa villoinaan villoinansa translative villakseen villaksensa villoikseen villoiksensa abessive villattaan villattansa villoittaan villoittansa instructive — — comitative — villoineen villoinensa

Further reading

• “2. villa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023

Anagrams

• valli

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian villa. Doublet of ville.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vi.la/

• Audio:

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• Audio (Switzerland (Valais)):

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• Audio (France (Vosges)):

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Noun

villa f (plural villas)

1. villa
2. house in the country

Synonyms

• maison de campagne

Descendants

• → Persian: ویلا (vilâ)

Further reading

• “villa”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvilːɒ]

• Audio:

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• Hyphenation: vil‧la
• Rhymes: -lɒ

Etymology 1

From a Slavic language. Compare Serbo-Croatian vile.

Noun

villa (plural villák)

1. fork

   Coordinate terms: kés, kanál, evőpálcika

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	villa	villák
accusative	villát	villákat
dative	villának	villáknak
instrumental	villával	villákkal
causal-final	villáért	villákért
translative	villává	villákká
terminative	villáig	villákig
essive-formal	villaként	villákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	villában	villákban
superessive	villán	villákon
adessive	villánál	villáknál
illative	villába	villákba
sublative	villára	villákra
allative	villához	villákhoz
elative	villából	villákból
delative	villáról	villákról
ablative	villától	villáktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	villáé	villáké
non-attributive possessive – plural	villáéi	villákéi

Possessive forms of villa

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	villám	villáim
2nd person sing.	villád	villáid
3rd person sing.	villája	villái
1st person plural	villánk	villáink
2nd person plural	villátok	villáitok
3rd person plural	villájuk	villáik

Derived terms

• villányi
• villás

Compound words

• hangvilla
• húsvilla
• vasvilla
• villacsont

Etymology 2

From Italian villa, from Latin vīlla (“country house”).

Noun

villa (plural villák)

1. villa (a house, larger and more expensive than average)

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)

	singular	plural
nominative	villa	villák
accusative	villát	villákat
dative	villának	villáknak
instrumental	villával	villákkal
causal-final	villáért	villákért
translative	villává	villákká
terminative	villáig	villákig
essive-formal	villaként	villákként
essive-modal	—	—
inessive	villában	villákban
superessive	villán	villákon
adessive	villánál	villáknál
illative	villába	villákba
sublative	villára	villákra
allative	villához	villákhoz
elative	villából	villákból
delative	villáról	villákról
ablative	villától	villáktól
non-attributive possessive – singular	villáé	villáké
non-attributive possessive – plural	villáéi	villákéi

Possessive forms of villa

possessor	single possession	multiple possessions
1st person sing.	villám	villáim
2nd person sing.	villád	villáid
3rd person sing.	villája	villái
1st person plural	villánk	villáink
2nd person plural	villátok	villáitok
3rd person plural	villájuk	villáik

Further reading

• (fork): villa in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.
• (villa (large house)): villa in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN.

Icelandic

Etymology 1

Related to sense 3 (“to lead astray”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɪtla/

  Rhymes: -ɪtla

Noun

villa f (genitive singular villu, nominative plural villur)

1. a mistake, an error

   Synonym: skekkja (f)

2. heresy

   Synonym: villutrú (f)

Declension

Declension of villa (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	villa	villan	villur	villurnar
accusative	villu	villuna	villur	villurnar
dative	villu	villunni	villum	villunum
genitive	villu	villunnar	villna	villnanna

Derived terms

• villugjarn

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin villa (“villa, estate, large country residence”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɪlːa/

  Rhymes: -ɪlːa

Noun

villa f (genitive singular villu, nominative plural villur)

1. villa

   Synonyms: einbýlishús (n), setur (n), sveitasetur (n)

Declension

Declension of villa (feminine)

	singular		plural
	indefinite	definite	indefinite	definite
nominative	villa	villan	villur	villurnar
accusative	villu	villuna	villur	villurnar
dative	villu	villunni	villum	villunum
genitive	villu	villunnar	villa	villanna

Etymology 3

Related to the adjectives vill (“lost”) and villur (“wild”), from Old Norse villr. See also Swedish villa (“to cause someone to lose one's way”), vill (“lost”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɪtla/

  Rhymes: -ɪtla

Verb

villa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative villti, supine villt)

1. to misguide, to lead astray, to deceive [with dative]

   Synonym: blekkja

Conjugation

villa – active voice (germynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að villa
supine sagnbót		villt
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		villandi
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	villi	villti		villi	villti
	þú	villir	villtir		villir	villtir
	hann, hún, það	villir	villti		villi	villti
plural	við	villum	villtum		villum	villtum
	þið	villið	villtuð		villið	villtuð
	þeir, þær, þau	villa	villtu		villi	villtu
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	vill (þú), villtu
plural	þið	villið (þið), villiði1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

villast – mediopassive voice (miðmynd)

infinitive nafnháttur		að villast
supine sagnbót		villst
present participle lýsingarháttur nútíðar		villandist (rare; see appendix)
		indicative framsöguháttur			subjunctive viðtengingarháttur
		present nútíð	past þátíð		present nútíð	past þátíð
singular	ég	villist	villtist		villist	villtist
	þú	villist	villtist		villist	villtist
	hann, hún, það	villist	villtist		villist	villtist
plural	við	villumst	villtumst		villumst	villtumst
	þið	villist	villtust		villist	villtust
	þeir, þær, þau	villast	villtust		villist	villtust
		imperative boðháttur
singular	þú	villst (þú), villstu
plural	þið	villist (þið), villisti1

¹ Spoken form, usually not written; in writing, the unappended plural form (optionally followed by the full pronoun) is preferred.

villtur — past participle (lýsingarháttur þátíðar)

strong declension (sterk beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	villtur	villt	villt	villtir	villtar	villt
accusative (þolfall)	villtan	villta	villt	villta	villtar	villt
dative (þágufall)	villtum	villtri	villtu	villtum	villtum	villtum
genitive (eignarfall)	villts	villtrar	villts	villtra	villtra	villtra
weak declension (veik beyging)	singular (eintala)			plural (fleirtala)
	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)	masculine (karlkyn)	feminine (kvenkyn)	neuter (hvorugkyn)
nominative (nefnifall)	villti	villta	villta	villtu	villtu	villtu
accusative (þolfall)	villta	villtu	villta	villtu	villtu	villtu
dative (þágufall)	villta	villtu	villta	villtu	villtu	villtu
genitive (eignarfall)	villta	villtu	villta	villtu	villtu	villtu

Derived terms

• villa á sér heimildir
• villa sýn
• villa um fyrir
• villandi (“misleading”)
• villast (“lose one's way”)
• villast á

Ingrian

Villaa.

Etymology

From Proto-Finnic *villa. Cognates include Finnish villa and Estonian vill.

Pronunciation

• (Ala-Laukaa) IPA^(key): /ˈʋilːɑ/, [ˈʋiɫː]
• (Soikkola) IPA^(key): /ˈʋilːɑ/, [ˈʋiɫːɑ]
• Rhymes: -ilː, -ilːɑ
• Hyphenation: vil‧la

Noun

villa

1. wool

Declension

Declension of villa (type 3/kana, no gradation)
	singular	plural
nominative	villa	villat
genitive	villan	villoin
partitive	villaa	villoja
illative	villaa	villoi
inessive	villaas	villois
elative	villast	villoist
allative	villalle	villoille
adessive	villaal	villoil
ablative	villalt	villoilt
translative	villaks	villoiks
essive	villanna, villaan	villoinna, villoin
exessive1)	villant	villoint
1) obsolete *) the accusative corresponds with either the genitive (sg) or nominative (pl) **) the comitative is formed by adding the suffix -ka? or -kä? to the genitive.

Derived terms

• kesävilla
• puuvilla
• päissärvilla
• rintavilla
• talvivilla
• villakas
• villakukka
• villalammas
• villalanka
• villaleve
• villanahka
• villapaita
• villapää
• villata

References

• Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 667

Italian

Etymology

From Latin vīlla (“country house”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvil.la/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Rhymes: -illa
• Hyphenation: vìl‧la

Noun

villa f (plural ville)

1. mansion
2. detached house, residence
3. country house, villa
   • 1619, Michelangelo Buonarroti the Younger, “Seconda giornata - Atto terzo [Second day - Third act]”, in La Fiera, Scena nona; republished in La Fiera, commedia di Michelagnolo Buonarruoti il giovane, e La Tancia, commedia rusticale del medesimo‎^[4], Florence: Stamperia di S. A. R., 1726, page 79:

     Una villa ha colei quà preſa a fitto,
     E fa crederſi, intendo, una ’nfelice
     Donna Romana […]

     [Una villa ha colei qua presa a fitto,
     e fa credersi, intendo, una 'nfelice
     donna romana […] ]

     She has rented a country house here, and I understand she makes believe to be an unhappy woman from Rome

   • 1799, Vittorio Alfieri, “Prosa seconda - 24 gennaio 1793”, in Misogallo [The French-hater]‎^[5], London, Avvenimenti, page 27:

     Codesto Arcivescovo se ne rimaneva dunque avvilito, e privato, in una sua villa situata tra Parigi, e Versaglia

     Thus, said Archbishop was staying, disheartened and in privacy, in a country house of his, located between Paris and Versailles

4. (archaic):
   1. countryside
      • 13^th century [4^th to 5^th century CE], “Onde sia più utile i cavalieri trarre, o della cittade, o della villa [Whence it is more useful to take knights: from the city, or from the countryside]” (chapter 3), Libro primo [First book], in Bono Giamboni, transl., Dell'arte della guerra [On the art of war], translation of Dē rē mīlitārī by Pūblius Flāvius Vegetius Renātus (in Late Latin); republished as Di Vegezio Flavio, Dell’arte della guerra libri IV - volgarizzamento di Bono Giamboni‎^[6], Florence: Giovanni Marenigh, 1815, page 8:

        Seguitasi che veggiamo onde è più utile il cavaliere trarre, della città o della villa.

        [original: Sequitur utrum dē agrīs an dē urbibus, ūtilior tīrō sit requīrāmus.]

        We follow by seeing whence it is best to take a knight: from the city or the countryside.

      • 15^th century, Leon Battista Alberti, I libri della famiglia‎^[7]; republished in Leon Battista Alberti - Opere volgari‎^[8], Bari: Gius. Laterza & figli, 1960, page 49:

        Vedilo come sieno e’ fanciulli allevati in villa alla fatica e al sole robusti e fermi più che questi nostri cresciuti nell’ozio e nella ombra

        You can see how the youths raised in toils, under the sun in the countryside, are stronger and more vigorous than those of ours, raised in idleness, and in the shadows.

   2. farm
      • 1537 [2^nd century], “Ragionamento primo [First treatise]”, in Annibale Caro, transl., Gli amori pastorali di Dafni e Cloe [The bucolic loves of Daphnis and Chloe]‎^[9], translation of Δάφνις καὶ Χλόη [Dáphnis kaì Khlóē, Daphnis and Chloe] by Λόγγος [Lóngos, Longus] (in Ancient Greek); republished in Opere del commendatore Annibal Caro, volume 7, Milan: Società Tipografica de' Classici Italiani, 1812, page 6:

        Fuora di Metellino, poco più di due miglia lontano, era la villa d'un ricchissimo gentiluomo, bellissima e grandissima possessione

        [original: Ταύτης τῆς πόλεως ὅσον ἀπὸ σταδίων διᾱκοσίων ἀγρὸς ἦν ἀνδρὸς εὐδαίμονος, κτῆμα κάλλιστον]

        Taútēs tês póleōs hóson apò stadíōn diākosíōn agròs ên andròs eudaímonos, ktêma kálliston

        Outside of Mytilene—a little over two miles—was the farm of a very wealthy gentleman, a wonderful and vast property

      • 1605 [1304–1309], “De’ luoghi abitevoli da eleggere: delle corti, e case, e di quelle cose, le quali sono necessarie all’abitazion della villa, e prima del conoscimento della bontà del luogo abitevole in comune [Of habitable places to choose; of courtyards, and houses, and the things which are necessary to inhabit the farm; and before [that], of the knowledge of the common habitable area]” (chapter 1), Libro primo [First book], in Bastiano de' Rossi, transl., Trattato dell’agricoltura [Treatise on agriculture]‎^[10], Florence: published by Cosimo Giusti, translation of Rūrālium commodōrum librī XII by Pietro De' Crescenzi (in Medieval Latin), page 4:

        Imperciocchè ’l coltivamento della villa richiede, per li suoi continovi affanni, e fatiche, spezialmente fortezza degli abitanti […]

        [original: Quoniam cultus rūris propter continuōs labōrēs eius praecipuē fortitūdinem habitātōrum quaerit […]]

        Since the cultivation of the farm highly demands, due to its continuous trials and tribulations, strength of the inhabitants […]

   3. village, small town
      • late 13^th century to 1347 (exact period unknown), “Del naturale inchinamento in quanto è alla patria [On the natural inclination to what concerns the motherland]” (chapter 6), Distinzione seconda [Second distinction], in Bartolomeo da San Concordio, transl., Ammaestramenti degli antichi [Teachings of the ancestors]‎^[11], translation of Dē documentīs antīquōrum by the same author (in Medieval Latin), Seneca ad Elbia de consolatione (section 11); republished, Milan: Società tipografica de' Classici Italiani, 1808, page 16:

        Grandissima parte di questa turba è fuori di sua patria. Venuti sono di cittadi, di castella, di ville, di tutto il mondo.

        [original: Maxima pars istī̆us turbae patriā caret: ex mūnicipiīs et colōniīs suīs, ex totō dēnique orbe terrārum cōnflūxērunt.]

        The largest part of this crowd is outside their homeland. They came from cities, from castles, from villages, from all over the world.

      • 1530, Pietro Bembo, chapter XX (chapter 20), Libro secondo [Second book], in Gli Asolani [The Asolani]‎^[12]; collected in Carlo Dionisotti, editor, Prose della volgar lingua, Gli Asolani, Rime (I classici italiani TEA Tascabili), Milan: Editori Associati, 1989:

        Allora le ville di nuove case s’empierono, e le città si cinsero di difendevole muro

        Thus the villages were filled with new houses, and the cities were surrounded with defensive walls

   4. (poetic) city, town
      • 1342–1360, Giovanni Boccaccio, “Come l'autore vede dipinto nella bella sala la gloria del mondo in atto d'una donna [The author sees in the beautiful hall a depiction of the world's glory in the gesture of a woman]” (chapter 6), in Amorosa visione [Love vision]‎^[13]; republished, Florence: Ig[nazio] Moutier, 1833, page 27:

        Nè credo che sia cosa in tutto ’l mondo,
        Villa, paese dimestico o strano,
        Che non paresse dentro da quel tondo.

        [Né credo […] ]

        Nor I think there were a thing in the whole world, be it a city or a country, familiar or foreign, that didn't seem to be inside that circle.

      • 1493–1527, Ludovico Ariosto, [untitled work], stanza 5; republished as “Frammento I [Fragment I]”, in Giuseppe Fatini, editor, Ludovico Ariosto - Lirica‎^[14], Bari: Gius[eppe] Laterza & figli, 1924:

        nel tempo ch’a Silvestro dar volea
        Costantino a guardar quella gran villa;
        villa dirò, ch’allor villa divenne
        la cittá che del mondo il scettro tenne.

        [ […] la città che del mondo il scettro tenne.]

        in the time when Constantine wanted to give that town to Sylvester to guard. I will say town, because the city that had held the scepter of the world then became a town.

Derived terms

• villa comunale

Descendants

• → Polish: willa
• → Turkish: villa

Anagrams

• valli

Latin

Alternative forms

• veilla (Republican Latin)
• vēlla (dialectal monophthongisation outcome)

Etymology

From Proto-Italic *weikslā, a nominal from Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ- (“settlement”) with an instrument/concrete-noun deverbal suffix *-slo- also found in pālus, vēlum. Related to vīcus (“row of houses; village”), vīcīnus (“neighbour”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈwiːl.la]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈvil.la]

Noun

vīlla f (genitive vīllae); first declension

1. country house; villa
2. estate, farm
3. (Medieval Latin) a city
   • [1678, du Cange, Glossarium ad Scriptores Mediæ & Infimæ Latinitatis, in quo […] , volume 3, column 1331:

     VILLA, Civitas, Gallis Ville. Ita usurpasse videtur Rutilius Numatianus in Itiner. dum oppida à civitatibus distinguit, & ortas civitates ex oppidis indicat:

     (please add an English translation of this quotation)]

Declension

First-declension noun.

	singular	plural
nominative	vīlla	vīllae
genitive	vīllae	vīllārum
dative	vīllae	vīllīs
accusative	vīllam	vīllās
ablative	vīllā	vīllīs
vocative	vīlla	vīllae

Derived terms

• praepositus vīllae
• vīlicus
• vīllānus
• vīllāris
• vīllāticus
• vīllula

Descendants

• Bourguignon: ville
• Catalan: vila
• Franco-Provençal: vela
• Italian: villa
  • → English: villa
    • → Russian: ви́лла (vílla)
    • → Swedish: villa
  • → Finnish: villa
  • → French: villa
    • → Catalan: vil·la
    • → Romanian: vilă
  • → Hungarian: villa
  • → Turkish: villa
• Old French: ville
  • Franc-Comtois: vèlle
  • Middle French: ville
    • French: ville
  • Norman: ville
• Old Galician-Portuguese: vila
  • Galician: vila
  • Portuguese: vila
• Piedmontese: vila
• Sardinian: bidda
• Sicilian: viḍḍa, villa
• Spanish: villa
• Venetan: vila
• Walloon: veye, viyaedje, Viyé
• → Dutch: villa
• → Old High German: wīla
  • Middle High German: wīle
• →⇒ Old High German: wīlari (from late Gallic Latin vīllāre (“hamlet”))
  • Middle High German: wīler
    • German: Weiler
• → Icelandic: villa
• → Danish: villa
• → Serbo-Croatian: vila
• → Slovene: vila

Further reading

• “villa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• “villa”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• "villa", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎^[15], London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the country-house stands near the road: villa tangit viam
    
  • to go to a man's house as his guest: deverti ad aliquem (ad [in] villam)
    

Latvian

Etymology 1

From Italian villa.

Noun

villa f (4th declension)

1. villa

Declension

Declension of villa (4th)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative	villa	villas
genitive	villas	villu
dative	villai	villām
accusative	villu	villas
instrumental	villu	villām
locative	villā	villās
vocative	villa	villas

Etymology 2

Noun

villa f (4th declension)

1. (dialectal) wool

Declension

Declension of villa (4th)

	singular (vienskaitlis)	plural (daudzskaitlis)
nominative	villa	—
genitive	villas	—
dative	villai	—
accusative	villu	—
instrumental	villu	—
locative	villā	—
vocative	villa	—

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Italian villa and Latin villa.

Noun

villa m (definite singular villaen, indefinite plural villaer, definite plural villaene)

1. a villa, large detached house

References

• “villa” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Italian villa and Latin villa.

Noun

villa m (definite singular villaen, indefinite plural villaer or villaar, definite plural villaene or villaane)

1. a villa, large detached house

References

• “villa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Noun

villa f (plural villas)

1. pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of vila
   • 1880, Maria Amalia Vaz de Carvalho, “O annel do diplomata [The diplomat’s ring]”, in Contos e phantasias [Short stories and fantasies]‎^[16], 2nd edition, Lisbon: Parceria Antonio Maria Pereira, published 1905, page 80:

     Assim fallavam alguns indivíduos pertencentes a diversas cathegorias da pequena sociedade da villa de X*** […]

     Thus spoke some individuals belonging to various classes of the small society of the town of X*** […]

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin villa.

Pronunciation

 

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiʝa/ [ˈbi.ʝa]

• IPA^(key): /ˈbiʝa/ [ˈbi.ʝa] (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
• IPA^(key): /ˈbiʎa/ [ˈbi.ʎa] (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• IPA^(key): /ˈbiʃa/ [ˈbi.ʃa] (Buenos Aires and environs)
• IPA^(key): /ˈbiʒa/ [ˈbi.ʒa] (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Audio (Argentina):

  (file)

• Audio (Spain):

  (file)

 

• Rhymes: -iʝa

• Rhymes: -iʝa (Equatorial Guinea, most of Spain and Latin America)
• Rhymes: -iʎa (rural northern Spain, Andes Mountains, Paraguay, Philippines)
• Rhymes: -iʃa (Buenos Aires and environs)
• Rhymes: -iʒa (elsewhere in Argentina and Uruguay)

• Syllabification: vi‧lla

Noun

villa f (plural villas)

1. small town
2. villa
3. settlement with a minimum of five thousand inhabitants (bigger than a town but smaller than a city) that has asked for the title officially; previously, this title was granted by the king
4. (Paraguay, Rioplatense) ellipsis of villa miseria (“slum”)

Derived terms

• obrero de villa
• Villa Freud
• Villa Mercedes

Further reading

• “villa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025

Swedish

A type of villa from the 1920s, with several more behind it.

Another type of villa, in a functionalism style.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²vɪla/

• Audio:

  (file)

Etymology 1

From Italian villa, from Latin villa.

Noun

villa c

1. a villa, a house (free-standing family house of any size but the very smallest)
2. (Finland) a summerhouse

Declension

Declension of villa

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	villa	villas
	definite	villan	villans
plural	indefinite	villor	villors
	definite	villorna	villornas

Derived terms

• villaförening (“homeowner association”)
• villaförort (“suburb of stand-alone houses”)
• villaidyll (“idyllic area of stand-alone houses”)
• villakvarter (“city block of stand-alone houses”)
• villastad (“town of stand-alone houses”)
• villaägare (“owner of a stand-alone house”)

Etymology 2

From vill (“lost”) +‎ -a.

Verb

villa (present villar, preterite villade, supine villat, imperative villa)

2. (transitive, dated) to confuse, to mislead (cause someone to feel lost or to go astray)

Conjugation

Conjugation of villa (weak)

	active		passive
infinitive	villa		villas
supine	villat		villats
imperative	villa		—
imper. plural1	villen		—
	present	past	present	past
indicative	villar	villade	villas	villades
ind. plural1	villa	villade	villas	villades
subjunctive2	ville	villade	villes	villades
present participle		villande
past participle		villad

¹ Archaic. ² Dated. See the appendix on Swedish verbs.

Derived terms

• förvilla
• villa bort

Noun

villa c

2. (dated) an incorrect perception

   Synonyms: förvirring, inbillning, villfarelse

Declension

Declension of villa

		nominative	genitive
singular	indefinite	villa	villas
	definite	villan	villans
plural	indefinite	villor	villors
	definite	villorna	villornas

Derived terms

• domvilla
• synvilla
• villolära
• villospår
• villoväg

References

• “villa”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian villa.

Noun

villa (definite accusative villayı, plural villalar)

1. mansion
2. house in the country, villa

Declension

Declension of villa

	singular	plural
nominative	villa	villalar
definite accusative	villayı	villaları
dative	villaya	villalara
locative	villada	villalarda
ablative	villadan	villalardan
genitive	villanın	villaların