Via in Scrabble Dictionary

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Definitions and meaning of via

via

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvaɪə/, /ˈvi.ə/

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin via (“road”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-. Doublet of way. The sense in electronics is also explained as vertical interconnect access.

Noun

via (plural vias or viae)

1. A main road or highway, especially in ancient Rome. (Mainly used in set phrases, below.)
2. (electronics) A small hole in a printed circuit board filled with metal which connects two or more layers.

Derived terms

Related terms

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin viā, ablative singular of via (“way, road”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-.

Alternative forms

• viâ

Preposition

via

1. By way of; passing through.

2. By (means of); using.

Translations

Interjection

via

1. (obsolete) Away! Be off!

Anagrams

• A-IV, Avi, IVA, Iva, Vai, avi-, vai

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin viā.

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.ə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈbi.ə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.a/
• Rhymes: -ia

Noun

via f (plural vies)

1. lane
2. way, path
3. railway track
4. channel

Synonyms

• (railway track): via fèrria

Derived terms

• autovia
• ferrovia
• Via Làctia

Related terms

• vianant
• viari

Preposition

via

1. via, by way of

Further reading

• “via” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “via” in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana.
• “via” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “via” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin viā, the ablative of via (“road, way”), of uncertain origin, plausibly cognate with vehere (“to conduct”). Entered Dutch in the Latin phrase per via de (“by way of”), after the Portuguese por via de.

Pronunciation

Preposition

via

1. via, through, by way of
2. by (means of); using (a medium).

Synonyms

• (through (by way of)): langs
• (by (means of)): per

Derived terms

• via via (“using various intermediaries”)

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Esperanto

Etymology

From vi +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvia/
• Hyphenation: vi‧a
• Rhymes: -ia
• Audio:

Determiner

via (accusative singular vian, plural viaj, accusative plural viajn)

1. (possessive) your, yours

See also

• cia

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Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Oceanic [Term?], from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *biʀaq (compare Malay birah), from Proto-Austronesian [Term?].

Noun

via

1. alocasia

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Finnish

Adverb

via

1. via

Anagrams

• AVI, avi, iva, vai

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Franco-Provençal

Etymology

From Latin vīta.

Noun

via f (plural vies)

1. life

Related terms

• vivre

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French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin viā, the ablative of via (“road, way”), of uncertain origin, plausibly cognate with vehō (“convey”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vja/

Preposition

via

1. via, through, by way of.

Further reading

• “via” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin via.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvi.a/
• Hyphenation: vìa

Noun

via f (plural vie)

1. road, street, path
2. way, route
3. means (to an end)
4. tract (in the body)
5. start (of a race)

Synonyms

• (street, road, etc.): strada

Derived terms

Related terms

Adverb

via

1. away
2. out

Preposition

via da

1. away from

Interjection

via!

1. come on!
2. go away!

Anagrams

• avi
• IVA
• vai

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Latin

Etymology

• From Proto-Italic *wijā, from Proto-Indo-European *wih₁eh₂-, from *weyh₁- (“to pursue, be strong”). Cognate with Lithuanian vyti (“to pursuit”). See also vīs, invītus, invītō, Ancient Greek οἶμος (oîmos).
• Or perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰyeh₂-, from *weǵʰ- (whence vehō), hypothesis rejected by De Vaan.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈwi.a/
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.a/, [ˈviː.a]
• (Vulgar) IPA^(key): /ˈβi.a/, [ˈbj.a]

Noun

via f (genitive viae); first declension

1. road, street or path
2. way, method, manner
3. the right way

Declension

First-declension noun.

Synonyms

• (road): iter

Derived terms

Related terms

• bivium
• triviālis

Descendants

References

• via in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• via in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• via in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)
• via in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[2], London: Macmillan and Co.
• via in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898) Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Bern, München: Francke Verlag

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Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Latin via

Preposition

via

1. via

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

• viet
• (simple past): vigde, vidde
• (past participle): vigd, vidd

Verb

via

1. inflection of vie:
   1. simple past
   2. past participle

References

• “via” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

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Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin via

Preposition

via

1. via

References

• “via” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Portugal, Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.ɐ/
• Hyphenation: vi‧a

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese via, from Latin via (“road”), which see for details.

Noun

via f (plural vias)

1. a way; a path
2. (rail transport) gauge (distance between the rails of a railway)
3. medium (means or channel by which an aim is achieved)
4. an example of a document

Synonyms

• (path): caminho
• (gauge): bitola
• (medium): meio, veículo

Derived terms

Related terms

Etymology 2

Borrowing from Latin viā (“by way of”).

Preposition

via

1. via (by way of; passing through)
2. via (by means of; using a medium)

Noun

via f (plural vias)

1. (historical) via (road built by the ancient Romans)

Etymology 3

Inflected form of ver (“to see”).

Verb

via

1. First-person singular (eu) imperfect indicative of ver
2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) imperfect indicative of ver

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Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French and Latin via.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvi.a/

Preposition

via (+accusative)

1. via, by

Etymology 2

From an older form vie, from Latin vīvere, present active infinitive of vīvō, from Proto-Italic *gʷīwō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti (“to live, be alive”).

Alternative forms

• vie (regional, archaic)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /viˈa/

Verb

a via (third-person singular present viază, past participle viat) 1st conj.

1. (rare) to have life; to live, exist
2. (of intangibles, such as emotions and beliefs) to endure

Conjugation

Synonyms

• dăinui
• dura
• exista
• fi
• trăi
• viețui

Derived terms

• viere

Related terms

• învia

Etymology 3

Form of the adjective viu.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvi.a/

Adjective

via

1. definite feminine singular nominative/accusative of viu (“live, alive”)

Etymology 4

Form of the noun vie.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvi.a/

Noun

via

1. definite singular nominative/accusative of vie (“the vineyard”)

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Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) veia

Etymology

From Latin via.

Noun

via f (plural vias)

1. (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Puter, Vallader) road, street; way

Synonyms

• (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan: road, street) strada

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Swedish

Preposition

via

1. via, over, by, through

Anagrams

• avi

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