via

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English

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvaɪə/, /ˈviː.ə/
• Rhymes: -aɪə, -iːə

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin via (“road”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-. Possible 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 (“by the way (of)”), 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.

Derived terms

• via-satellite

Translations

Interjection

via

1. (obsolete) Away! Be off!

Anagrams

• A-IV, AIV, AVI, Avi, IVA, Iva, Vai, avi, avi-, vai

Bavarian

Numeral

via

1. Alternative spelling of vier (“four”)

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin via.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈbi.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈvi.ə]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈvi.a]
• Rhymes: -ia

Noun

via f (plural vies)

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

   Synonym: via fèrria

4. channel

Derived terms

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, 2025.
• “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.

Danish

Etymology

From Latin via.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈviːæ/, /ˈviæ/

Preposition

via

1. via; by way of; passing through.

2. via, by means of, using.

Synonyms

• (passing through): over, gennem
• (by means of): ved hjælp af, gennem

References

• “via” in Den Danske Ordbog

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈvi.aː/
• Hyphenation: via

Preposition

via

1. via, through, by way of

   Synonym: langs

2. by (means of); using (a medium)

   Synonym: per

Derived terms

• via via (“using various intermediaries”)

Esperanto

Etymology

From vi +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

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

Determiner

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

1. (possessive) your, yours

See also

Fijian

Etymology

From Proto-Central Pacific *via, from Proto-Oceanic *piʀaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *biʀaq (compare Malay birah), from Proto-Austronesian *biʀaq.

Noun

via

1. alocasia

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin viā, the ablative of via (“road, way”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋiɑ/, [ˈʋiɑ̝]
• Rhymes: -iɑ
• Syllabification^(key): vi‧a
• Hyphenation^(key): via

Adverb

via

1. via

   Synonym: kautta

Further reading

• “via”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎^[2] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 2023-07-04

Anagrams

• AVI, avi, iva, vai

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

Inherited from Latin vīta.

Noun

via f (plural vies) (ORB, broad)

1. life

References

• vie in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
• via in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

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 Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Verb

via

1. (reintegrationist norm) first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of ver

German

Etymology

Ultimately from Latin viā, the ablative of via (“road, way”). Cognate with English via, Danish via, Dutch via, Norwegian Bokmål via.

Pronunciation

Preposition

via [with accusative]

1. via, by way of

   Synonym: über

2. by way of, by means of

   Synonyms: durch, mittels, mithilfe von

Related terms

• Via

Further reading

• “via” in Duden online
• “via” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Italian

Etymology

From Latin via.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvi.a/
• Rhymes: -ia
• Hyphenation: vì‧a

Noun

via f (plural vie)

1. street, path

   Synonym: strada

2. way, route
3. means (to an end)
4. tract (in the body)

   per via orale ― orally (literally, “through oral tract”)

5. start (of a race)

Derived terms

Related terms

• viario

Adverb

via

1. away
2. out

Further reading

• via¹ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
• via² in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Anagrams

• -avi, -iva, IVA, Iva, avi, vai

Latin

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯i.a/, [ˈu̯iä]
• (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.a/, [ˈviːä]

Noun

via f (genitive viae); first declension

1. road, street, path

   Synonym: platea

2. highway

   Antonym: sēmita

3. way, method, manner, mode
4. the right way
5. (figuratively) journey, course, route

   Synonym: iter

Declension

First-declension noun.

Synonyms

• (road): iter

Hyponyms

• via agrāria (“lane”)

Derived terms

Related terms

• bivium
• triviālis

Descendants

References

Further reading

• “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 with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
• via in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
• Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎^[3], 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

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology 1

From Latin via.

Preposition

via

1. via

Etymology 2

Alternative forms

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

Verb

via

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

References

• “via” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology 1

From Latin via.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈʋiː.ɑ/

Preposition

via

1. via

Etymology 2

From earlier form vigja, from Old Norse vígja, from Proto-Germanic *wīhijaną.

Alternative forms

• vie (e-infinitive)
• vigja (non-standard since 1938)

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /²ʋiː.ɑ/

Verb

via (present tense vier, past tense vigde, supine vigd or vigt, past participle vigd, present participle viande, imperative vi)

1. (transitive) to dedicate, commit
2. (transitive) to consecrate, to hallow
3. (transitive) to wed

Derived terms

• ektevia
• innvia
• prestevia

Related terms

• ve
• vigsel, vigsle

References

• “via” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Anagrams

• avi, vai

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -iɐ
• Hyphenation: vi‧a

Etymology 1

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

Noun

via f (plural vias)

1. a way; a path

   Synonym: caminho

2. (rail transport) gauge (distance between the rails of a railway)

   Synonym: bitola

3. medium (means or channel by which an aim is achieved)

   Synonyms: meio, veículo

4. an example of a document

Derived terms

Related terms

Etymology 2

Learned 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

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

via

1. first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of ver

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, 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 conjugation

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
• viabil

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”)

Romansch

Alternative forms

• veia (Sutsilvan, Surmiran)

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

Swedish

Preposition

via

1. via, over, by, through

Anagrams

• IVA, avi