viola

Meaning

Noun

1. (feminine) viola (a bowed instrument larger than a violin)
2. (feminine) viol (a bowed instrument of the violin family held between the legs)
3. (feminine) viola; viola caipira (10-string acoustic guitar used in Brazilian folk music)
4. (broadly, endearing, feminine) acoustic guitar
5. (feminine) guitarfish (any of the rays in the Rhinobatidae family)

Verb

1. (form-of, indicative, present, singular, third-person) inflection of violar:
2. (form-of, imperative, second-person, singular) inflection of violar:

violar

1. (transitive) to violate (to break or fail to act by [a rule])
2. (transitive) to violate (to manipulate or use [something] in an inappropriate or illegal way)
3. (formal, transitive) to rape (to have unconsented sex with)

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Concepts

viola

violet

leapfrog

viol

guitar

🎸

violist

guitar fish

Synonyms

violão

violeta

viola da gamba

Viola

viola d’arco

viola d'arco

Translations

viola

viola

viola

βιόλα

Bratsche

Viola

altviool

alto

viole

violon alto

Veilchen

viòla

viola mammola

Pronounced as (IPA)

/viˈɔ.lɐ/

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese viola, from Old Occitan viola, from Medieval Latin vitula, from vitula, Roman goddess of joy and victory.