viol

English

A man holding a viol

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French viole, from Old French viol, from Old Occitan viola (modern Occitan viula), from Medieval Latin vitula (“stringed instrument”). Doublet of viola.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvaɪ.əl/
• Homophones: vial, vile

Noun

viol (plural viols)

1. (music) A stringed instrument related to the violin family, but held in the lap between the legs like a cello, usually with C-holes, a flat back, a fretted neck and six strings, played with an underhanded bow hold

   Synonyms: viola d'amore, viola da gamba, (informal) gamba

   Hypernym: stringed instrument

   Hyponyms: Baryton trios, chest of viols, division viol, lyra viol, pardessus de viole, triple contrabass viol, viola bastarde, violone

2. (nautical) A large rope used to manipulate the anchor

Translations

stringed instrument

• Catalan: viola de gamba (ca) f
• Danish: viola da gamba c
• Dutch: viola da gamba (nl)
• Finnish: viola da gamba (fi)
• French: viole de gambe (fr) f
• Georgian: ვიოლა (viola), ალტი (alṭi)
• German: Gambe (de) f, Viola da Gamba (de) f, Kniegeige (de) f
• Hungarian: viola da gamba, gamba (hu)
• Irish: vióla da gamba f
• Portuguese: viola da gamba f
• Russian: вио́ла (ru) f (vióla)

References

• 2010. Stradivari. Stewart Pollens. Pg. 143.

Verb

viol (third-person singular simple present viols, present participle violing, simple past and past participle violed)

1. To play the viol.
   • 1828 May 15, [Walter Scott], Chronicles of the Canongate. Second Series. […] (The Fair Maid of Perth), volume (please specify |volume=I, II, or III), Edinburgh: […] [Ballantyne and Co.] for Cadell and Co.; London: Simpkin and Marshall, →OCLC:

     “Keep your gold for those who lack it, mistress,” said Henry, “and do not offer to honest hands the money that is won by violing, and tabouring, and toetripping, and perhaps worse pastimes.

   • 1914, Thomas Hardy, Seen by the Waits

     Through snowy woods and shady / We went to play a tune / To the lonely manor-lady / By the light of the Christmas moon. / We violed till, upward glancing / To where a mirror leaned, / It showed her airily dancing […]

Derived terms

Derived terms

• bass viol
• division viol
• lyra viol
• violist

French

Etymology

From Latin violō (“to violate”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vjɔl/

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Noun

viol m (plural viols)

1. a rape

Derived terms

• viol collectif
• viol conjugal
• viol en réunion

 

Related terms

• violence
• violer

Further reading

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

Norman

Etymology

From Latin violō (“to violate”).

Noun

viol m (plural viols)

1. (Jersey) rape

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French viol.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /viˈol/

Noun

viol n (plural violuri)

1. rape, violation

Declension

Declension of viol

	singular		plural
	indefinite articulation	definite articulation	indefinite articulation	definite articulation
nominative/accusative	(un) viol	violul	(niște) violuri	violurile
genitive/dative	(unui) viol	violului	(unor) violuri	violurilor
vocative	violule		violurilor

Synonyms

• batjocorire
• necinstire
• siluire
• violare

Related terms

• a viola
• a răpi

Swedish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɪˈuːl/

Noun

viol c

1. violet (the flower)

Anagrams

• oliv