Meaning

6 senses
  1. Any of several flowering plants, of the genus Viola, including the violets and pansies.

    фиа́лкаfiálka

    large genus of flowering herbs of temperate regions

  2. A stringed instrument of the violin family, somewhat larger than a violin, played under the chin, and having a deeper tone.

    Bratsche, Viola, Altgeige

    альтalʹt

    альтalʹt

  3. A person who plays the viola.

  4. An organ stop having a similar tone.

    альтalʹt

  5. A 10-string steel-string acoustic guitar, used in Brazilian folk music.

  6. A berimbau viola, the smallest member of the berimbau used in capoeira music.

Examples

29 sentences
  1. Tom plays the viola much better than Mary.

    Том грає на альті набагато краще від Мері. — deniko

  2. I've heard you play the viola and you're not very good, are you?

    Я чула, що ти граєш на альті, і граєш не дуже гарно, це так? — User55521

    deIch habe dich Viola spielen hören und du kannst es nicht besonders gut, oder? — Tamy

  3. I like to play the viola.

  4. Tom bought his viola in Boston.

  5. Tom knows how to play the viola.

    ruТом умеет играть на виолончели. — odexed

    deTom kann Bratsche spielen. — Pfirsichbaeumchen

Translations

9 languages
Українська
By meaning 1
music: stringed instrument of the violin family:
Русский
By meaning 2
botany: any of several flowering plants:
music: stringed instrument of the violin family:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
music: stringed instrument of the violin family:

Origin

From Latin viola (“violet”). From Italian viola, from Old Occitan viola (modern Occitan v

From Latin viola (“violet”).

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.

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Forms

plural: violas / viole
Singularviola
Pluralviolas / viole

regular

Synonyms

1 synonyms
Close in meaning
  • large genus of flowering herbs of temperate regions:genus Viola

Word family

7 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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