viola

Other forms of viola

plural

violas·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about viola

What does viola mean?

viola means "any of the numerous plants of the genus Viola". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in viola?

viola has 3 syllables: vi-o-la. The stress falls on "o". In IPA it is /vaɪˈoʊlə/.

What is another word for viola?

Close synonyms include genus Viola. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is viola a common word?

viola is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with viola?

3 words rhyme with viola. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.