viola

noun

/ˈviː.ələ/UK/vaɪˈoʊlə/US/viˈəʊ.lə/UK/viˈoʊ.lə/CA/vaɪˈəʊlə/

Etymology

From Italian viola, from Old Occitan viola (modern Occitan viula), from Medieval Latin vitula (“stringed instrument”), possibly from Frankish *fiþulā (“violin, fiddle”). Doublet of viol. Also possibly a doublet of fiddle.

derived from *fiþulā✻ — “violin, fiddle”
derived from vitula — “stringed instrument”
derived from viola
derived from viola

Definitions

Any of several flowering plants, of the genus Viola, including the violets and pansies.
2
A stringed instrument of the violin family, somewhat larger than a violin, played under…
A stringed instrument of the violin family, somewhat larger than a violin, played under the chin, and having a deeper tone.
- But those who attack violists shouldn't throw resin. Once the ergonomic viola catches on what instrument will be immune?
- Also in that series, without Mr. Masur's guiding hand, Ms. Phelps and Ms. Young will anchor performances of Bach's Sixth "Brandenburg" Concerto, in which violas carry the upper lines.
A person who plays the viola.
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1. An organ stop having a similar tone.
2. A 10-string steel-string acoustic guitar, used in Brazilian folk music.
3. A berimbau viola, the smallest member of the berimbau used in capoeira music.
4. 7
  Misconstruction of voila.
  - And viola, Eureka California! I have finished my greatest invention: the worst dog in the world!
  - [...] ; you fill out a form; you write your check; and viola! You're a mutual fund shareholder.
5. 8
  A female given name from Latin.
  - Were you a woman as the rest goes even, I should my tears let fall upon your cheek, And say, ‘Thrice welcome, drowned Viola!’
6. A comune in Cuneo province, Piedmont, Italy.
7. A number of places in the United States
  A number of places in the United States:

The neighborhood

Derived

viola clef, viola paradon, viola zither, violist, violaist

Vish — recursive loop

A definitional loop anchored at viola. Each word in the ring is defined by the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself. Scroll to it and watch.

A definitional loop anchored at viola. Each word in the ring appears in the definition of the next; follow the chain far enough and it folds back on itself.

5 hops · closes at viola

curated · pre-corpus. live cycle detection across the full graph is the next major milestone.

sense glosses and etymology drawn from English Wiktionary · source · CC-BY-SA