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Definitions for Viola

[1] a four-stringed musical instrument of the violin family, slightly larger than the violin; a tenor or alto violin.
[2] a labial organ stop of eight-foot or four-foot pitch, giving tones of a penetrating stringlike quality.
[3] any plant of the genus Viola, especially a cultivated variety. Compare pansy(def 1) , violet(defs 1, 2) .
[4] a pansy, V. cornuta, cultivated as a garden plant.
[5] a female given name.
[6] 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
[7] any of various instruments of the viol family, such as the viola da gamba
[8] 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 See also violet (def. 1), pansy (def. 1)

Words nearby Viola

vinylidene group, vinylidene resin, vinylite, vinylstyrene, viol, viola, viola clef, viola d'amore, viola da braccio, viola da gamba, violable

Origin of Viola

21400–50; late Middle English: violet < Latin: violet

Words that may be confused with Viola

viola, voilà

Word origin for Viola

C15: from Latin: violet