VIOLA

viola

(noun) a bowed stringed instrument slightly larger than a violin, tuned a fifth lower

Viola, genus Viola

(noun) large genus of flowering herbs of temperate regions

viola

(noun) any of the numerous plants of the genus Viola

Source: WordNet® 3.1

Etymology 1

Noun

viola (plural violas or viole)

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

(music) An organ stop having a similar tone.

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

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

Etymology 2

Noun

viola (plural violas)

(botany) Any of several flowering plants, of the genus Viola, including the violets and pansies.

Etymology 3

Interjection

viola

(often, humorous) Misconstruction of voila

Anagrams

• Ivalo, oliva, voila, voilà, volia

Etymology

Proper noun

Viola

A female given name from Latin

A town in Arkansas

A town in Delaware

A village in Illinois

A city in Kansas

A hamlet in New York

A town in Tennessee

A village in Wisconsin

Anagrams

• Ivalo, oliva, voila, voilà, volia

Source: Wiktionary

Vi"o*la, n. Etym: [L., a violet. See Violet.] (Bot.)

Definition: A genus of polypetalous herbaceous plants, including all kinds of violets.

Vi"o*la, n. Etym: [It. See Viol.] (Mus.)

Definition: An instrument in form and use resembling the violin, but larger, and a fifth lower in compass. Viola da braccio Etym: [It., viol for the arm], the tenor viol, or viola, a fifth lower than the violin. Its part is written in the alto clef, hence it is sometimes called the alto.

– Viola da gamba Etym: [It., viol for the leg], an instrument resembling the viola, but larger, and held between the knees. It is now rarely used.

– Viola da spalla Etym: [It., viol for the shoulder], an instrument formerly used, resembling the viola, and intermediate in size between the viola and the viola da gamba.

– Viola di amore Etym: [It., viol of love: cf. F. viole d'amour], a viol, larger than the viola, having catgut strings upon, and brass or steel wires under, the keyboard. These, sounding sympathetically with the strings, yield a peculiarly soft and silvery sound. It is now seldom used.

Source: Webster’s Unabridged Dictionary 1913 Edition