Tom knows how to play the viola.
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Viola
//vaɪˈoʊlə//
Synonyms for "viola" (99 found)
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Related words (49)
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4 entriesRelated terms
6 entriesat location
5 entriescreated by
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5 entriesetymologically related_to
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13 entriespart of
1 entriesrelated to
22 entriesShowing 16 of 22 words.
used for
12 entriesTranslations
99 translations across 53 languages.
Afrikaans
4 entries- altviool noun (music: stringed instrument of the violin family)
- viola noun (music: stringed instrument of the violin family)
- violet noun (botany: any of several flowering plants)
- viooltjie noun (botany: any of several flowering plants)
Armenian
2 entries- ալտ noun (music: stringed instrument of the violin family)
- ջութ noun (music: stringed instrument of the violin family)
Basque
1 entries- biola noun (music: stringed instrument of the violin family)
Brazilian Portuguese
1 entries- violeta noun (music: stringed instrument of the violin family)
Bulgarian
2 entries- виола noun (music: stringed instrument of the violin family)
- теменуга noun (botany: any of several flowering plants)
Catalan
2 entries- viola noun (botany: any of several flowering plants)
- viola noun (music: stringed instrument of the violin family)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 中提琴 noun (music: stringed instrument of the violin family)
Czech
4 entries- Viola name (female given name)
- viola noun (music: stringed instrument of the violin family)
- viola noun (music: organ stop)
- violka noun (botany: any of several flowering plants)
Danish
2 entries- Viola name (female given name)
- bratsch noun (music: stringed instrument of the violin family)
Dutch
1 entries- altviool noun (music: stringed instrument of the violin family)
Esperanto
1 entries- aldviolono noun (music: stringed instrument of the violin family)
Estonian
1 entries- vioola noun (music: stringed instrument of the violin family)
European Portuguese
1 entries- viola d'arco noun (music: stringed instrument of the violin family)
Faroese
2 entries- blákolla noun (botany: any of several flowering plants)
- bratsj noun (music: stringed instrument of the violin family)
Finnish
4 entries- Viola name (female given name)
- alttoviulu noun (music: stringed instrument of the violin family)
- orvokki noun (botany: any of several flowering plants)
- viola noun (music: Brazilian 10-string guitar)
French
2 entries- alto noun (music: stringed instrument of the violin family)
- violon alto noun (music: stringed instrument of the violin family)
Georgian
1 entries- ალტი noun (music: stringed instrument of the violin family)
German
3 entries- Altgeige noun (music: stringed instrument of the violin family)
- Bratsche noun (music: stringed instrument of the violin family)
- Viola noun (music: stringed instrument of the violin family)
Greek
2 entries- βιόλα noun (botany: any of several flowering plants)
- βιόλα noun (music: stringed instrument of the violin family)
Hawaiian
1 entries- Waiola name (female given name)
Hungarian
4 entries- brácsa noun (music: stringed instrument of the violin family)
- ibolya noun (botany: any of several flowering plants)
- mélyhegedű noun (music: stringed instrument of the violin family)
- árvácska noun (botany: any of several flowering plants)
Icelandic
2 entries- lágfiðla noun (music: stringed instrument of the violin family)
- víóla noun (music: stringed instrument of the violin family)
Ido
1 entries- alto noun (music: stringed instrument of the violin family)
Indonesian
1 entries- viola noun (music: stringed instrument of the violin family)
Irish
1 entries- vióla noun (music: stringed instrument of the violin family)
Italian
3 entries- Viola name (female given name)
- viola noun (botany: any of several flowering plants)
- viola noun (music: stringed instrument of the violin family)
Japanese
2 entries- ビオラ noun (music: stringed instrument of the violin family)
- ヴィオラ noun (music: stringed instrument of the violin family)
Korean
1 entries- 비올라 noun (music: stringed instrument of the violin family)
Latin
1 entries- vitula noun (music: stringed instrument of the violin family)
Macedonian
3 entries- вио́ла noun (music: stringed instrument of the violin family)
- темјанушка noun (botany: any of several flowering plants)
- љубичица noun (botany: any of several flowering plants)
Malay
1 entries- biola noun (music: stringed instrument of the violin family)
Mirandese
1 entries- biola noun (music: stringed instrument of the violin family)
Māori
3 entries- tiora noun (botany: any of several flowering plants)
- tiora noun (music: stringed instrument of the violin family)
- waiora noun (music: stringed instrument of the violin family)
Occitan
1 entries- violon alto noun (music: stringed instrument of the violin family)
Persian
2 entries- آلتو noun (music: stringed instrument of the violin family)
- ویولا noun (music: stringed instrument of the violin family)
Polish
3 entries- altówka noun (music: stringed instrument of the violin family)
- fiołek noun (botany: any of several flowering plants)
- wiola noun (music: stringed instrument of the violin family)
Portuguese
3 entries- viola noun (music: stringed instrument of the violin family)
- viola noun (music: Brazilian 10-string guitar)
- violeta noun (botany: any of several flowering plants)
Quechua
1 entries- wiyula noun (music: stringed instrument of the violin family)
Romanian
4 entries- alto noun (music: stringed instrument of the violin family)
- toporaș noun (botany: any of several flowering plants)
- violă noun (botany: any of several flowering plants)
- violă noun (music: stringed instrument of the violin family)
Russian
3 entries- альт noun (music: stringed instrument of the violin family)
- альт noun (music: organ stop)
- фиа́лка noun (botany: any of several flowering plants)
Scots
1 entries- viola noun (music: stringed instrument of the violin family)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- ailt noun (music: stringed instrument of the violin family)
- ailt-fhidheall noun (music: stringed instrument of the violin family)
- goirmean-searradh noun (botany: any of several flowering plants)
Spanish
2 entries- viola noun (music: stringed instrument of the violin family)
- violeta noun (botany: any of several flowering plants)
Swahili
1 entries- viola noun (music: stringed instrument of the violin family)
Swedish
4 entries- Viola name (female given name)
- altfiol noun (music: stringed instrument of the violin family)
- viol noun (botany: any of several flowering plants)
- viola noun (music: stringed instrument of the violin family)
Tagalog
1 entries- biyola noun (music: stringed instrument of the violin family)
Turkish
1 entries- viyola noun (music: stringed instrument of the violin family)
Ukrainian
1 entries- альт noun (music: stringed instrument of the violin family)
Uyghur
1 entries- ئالىت noun (music: stringed instrument of the violin family)
Uzbek
1 entries- alt noun (music: stringed instrument of the violin family)
Vietnamese
1 entries- viola noun (music: stringed instrument of the violin family)
West-Frisian
1 entries- altfioele noun (music: stringed instrument of the violin family)
Yiddish
1 entries- וויאָלע noun (music: stringed instrument of the violin family)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
I've heard you play the viola and you're not very good, are you?
Source: tatoeba (2050707)
This isn't a violin. It's a viola.
Source: tatoeba (2540427)
Can you play the viola, too, or do you only play violin?
Source: tatoeba (3901742)
Showing 4 of 15 available sentences.
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