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WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2024vi•o•la1 /viˈoʊlə/USA pronunciation n. [countable], pl. -las. - Music and Dancea musical instrument of the violin family, slightly larger than the violin.
vi•ol•ist, n. [countable] WordReference Random House Unabridged Dictionary of American English © 2024vi•o•la1 (vē ō′lə),USA pronunciation n. - Music and Dancea four-stringed musical instrument of the violin family, slightly larger than the violin;
a tenor or alto violin. - Music and Dancea labial organ stop of eight-foot or four-foot pitch, giving tones of a penetrating stringlike quality.
- Old Provencal viola; see viol
- Italian viola
- 1715–25
- Plant Biologyany plant of the genus Viola, esp. a cultivated variety. Cf. pansy (def. 1), violet (defs. 1, 2).
- Plant Biologya pansy, V. cornuta, cultivated as a garden plant.
- Latin: violet
- late Middle English: violet 1400–50
- a female given name.
Collins Concise English Dictionary © HarperCollins Publishers:: viola /vɪˈəʊlə/ n - a bowed stringed instrument, the alto of the violin family; held beneath the chin when played. It is pitched and tuned an octave above the cello
- any of various instruments of the viol family, such as the viola da gamba
Etymology: 18th Century: from Italian viola, probably from Old Provençal viola, of uncertain origin; perhaps related to Latin vītulārī to rejoice viola /ˈvaɪələ vaɪˈəʊ-/ n - any temperate perennial herbaceous plant of the violaceous genus Viola, the flowers of which have showy irregular petals, white, yellow, blue, or mauve in colour
Etymology: 15th Century: from Latin: violet |