viola
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
viola1 /vɪˈəʊlə/
▶noun an instrument of the violin family, larger than the violin and tuned a fifth lower.
Concise Oxford English Dictionary © 2008 Oxford University Press:
viola2 /ˈvʌɪələ/
▶noun a plant of a genus that includes the pansies and violets. [Genus Viola: many species.]
– origin mod. L., from L., lit. ‘violet’.
'viola' also found in these Oxford entries:
alto clef
- bass viol
- dog violet
- gamba
- heartsease
- pansy
- string quartet
- sweet violet
- viol
- violaceous
- viola da braccio
- viola da gamba
- viola d'amore
- violet
- violin
- violist
- violone
