viola.
Any of several flowering plants, of the genus Viola, including the violets and pansies.
Meaning & usage
Any of several flowering plants, of the genus Viola, including the violets and pansies.
Where this word comes from
From Latin viola (“violet”).
A stringed instrument of the violin family, somewhat larger than a violin, played under the chin, and having a deeper tone.
A person who plays the viola.
An organ stop having a similar tone.
A 10-string steel-string acoustic guitar, used in Brazilian folk music.
A berimbau viola, the smallest member of the berimbau used in capoeira music.
Where this word comes from
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.
Misconstruction of voila.
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