viela

== Galician == === Etymology === Attested since circa 1350. From Via (“way”) +‎ -ela. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [biˈɛlɐ] === Noun === viela f (plural vielas) (dated) alley (narrow street or passageway) Synonyms: congostra, quella, ruela ditch skylight === References === Seoane, Ernesto Xosé González; Granja, María Álvarez de la; Agrelo, Ana Isabel Boullón (2006–2022), “viela”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval [Dictionary of dictionaries of Medieval Galician] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Barreiro, Xavier Varela; Guinovart, Xavier Gómez (2006–2018), “viela”, in Corpus Xelmírez: corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval [Corpus Xelmírez: linguistic corpus of Medieval Galicia] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, editor (2006–2013), “viela”, in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega [Dictionary of Dictionaries of the Galician language] (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Antón Luís Santamarina Fernández, Ernesto Xosé González Seoane, María Álvarez de la Granja, editors (2003–2018), “viela”, in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega Rosario Álvarez Blanco, editor (2014–2024), “viela”, in Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués (in Galician), Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega, →ISSN == Latvian == === Pronunciation === === Noun === viela f (4th declension) (physics, chemistry) matter, substance; material viela pārdomām ― food for thought ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== cietviela izejviela olbaltumviela == Lithuanian == === Etymology === From Proto-Indo-European *weh₁y- (“to weave”) + *lā-. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vʲiəˈɫɐ/ === Noun === vielà f (plural viẽlos) stress pattern 4 wire cord ==== Declension ==== === References === Smoczyński, Wojciech (2007), “viela”, in Słownik etymologiczny języka litewskiego [Etymological Dictionary of the Lithuanian Language]‎[1] (in Polish), Vilnius: Vilnius University == Portuguese == === Pronunciation === Homophone: (Northern Portugal) biela Hyphenation: vi‧e‧la === Etymology 1 === From via (“way”) +‎ -ela. ==== Noun ==== viela f (plural vielas) alley (narrow street or passageway) Synonyms: beco, quelha, ruela, travessa, viela ===== Derived terms ===== vielazinha (diminutive) === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from French vielle (“vielle; hurdy-gurdy”). ==== Noun ==== viela f (plural vielas) (music) vielle (medieval stringed instrument similar to a violin) ===== Derived terms ===== viela de roda === Etymology 3 === Borrowed from French bielle (“connecting rod”). ==== Noun ==== viela f (plural vielas) an iron piece of a mill wheel === Further reading === “viela”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2026 “viela”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2026