viool
Dutch (Brabantic)
/viˈjoːl/
noun
Definitions
- (musical instruments) A violin, a popular musical string instrument of the soprano range.
Etymology
Borrowed from Middle French viole derived from Latin vitula (young cow, calf).
Origin
Latin
vitula
Gloss
young cow, calf
Concept
Semantic Field
Animals
Ontological Category
Person/Thing
Emoji
Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- viol English
- vitella Latin
- vitula Latin
- alto Italian
- alt Dutch, Flemish
- altviolist Dutch, Flemish
- altviool Dutch, Flemish
- bouwer Dutch, Flemish
- kloot Dutch, Flemish
- klootviool Dutch, Flemish
- knie Dutch, Flemish
- knieviool Dutch, Flemish
- violist Dutch, Flemish
- vioolbouwer Dutch, Flemish
- viooltje Dutch, Flemish
- Viola Spanish, Castilian
- fiþele Old English
- viol Old French
- fidula Old High German
- viool Afrikaans
- viole Middle French
- viola Old Occitan