viola.
viola (a bowed instrument larger than a violin)
Meaning & usage
viola (a bowed instrument larger than a violin)
viol (a bowed instrument of the violin family held between the legs)
viola; viola caipira (10-string acoustic guitar used in Brazilian folk music)
acoustic guitar
guitarfish (any of the rays in the Rhinobatidae family)
Where this word comes from
From Old Galician-Portuguese viola, from Old Occitan viola, from Medieval Latin vitula.
inflection of violar: third-person singular present indicative
inflection of violar: second-person singular imperative
Where this word comes from
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Last enriched 2026-09-10. Definitions are in English. Romanizations are shown when supplied by the source; syllable estimates are omitted for unsupported scripts.