viola
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- noun
- /viˈoʊlə/
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viola
- She gently played her viola in the orchestra, producing a beautiful, rich sound.
- play the viola
- viola and cello
- double viola
Examples
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What did you play, the violin or the viola?
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Peter and Wendy Moes are among the leading contemporary American makers of cellos, violins, and violas.
Academic text (1994) -
I think she had been going out with the viola player.
Fiction book (1996) -
That viola cannot handle the melody.
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I switched to the viola to have a better chance at an orchestra.
Fiction book (1994) -
Now, Gretel, pack your viola and go down to the car.
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I dream about one day playing a very good Stradivarius viola, even if for only one song.
Fiction book (1995) -
Their mother, who played viola in chamber-music groups on the West Coast, had never remarried.
Fiction book (1995) -
The participants were high school students enrolled in an orchestra program who played violin, viola, cello, or double bass.
Academic text (2015) -
That's why he was switching to the viola at twenty-four; there were more openings for the viola.
Fiction book (1994)
Compounds
- Specialized
A tall wild flower with white petals marked by purple streaks that grows in North American woods
- Specialized
A small wild violet from Europe and Asia with thin leafy stems and blue or lilac flowers
- Specialized
A sign on the five music lines that shows middle C on the third line, used for viola music
- Specialized
A small wild pansy with pale creamy or light purple flowers that grows in fields
- Specialized
A small wild violet with white flowers, purple lines, short stems, and a sweet smell
- Specialized
A small violet with purple or white sweet smelling flowers often grown in gardens
- Specialized
A violet with large pale blue or purple flowers like a pansy that grows in eastern North America
- Specialized
A small wild violet with soft hairy leaves and yellow flowers with purple veins
- Archaic
A low string instrument that you play with a bow, like a cello, used in Renaissance and Baroque music
- Specialized
A small violet plant from the Pacific coast of North America with white petals tinged with yellow and deep purple
Small wild violet that grows in woods and hedges with heart-shaped leaves and purple flowers
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Surface Forms
Etymology
Viola for the instrument comes from Italian viola, a name used for members of the string family and closely related to the word violin, so a viola is like a larger, deeper-sounding cousin of the violin.