villa

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvɪlə/ (South Asia) IPA(key): /ˈvɪllɑ/ Rhymes: -ɪlə === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from Italian villa, from Latin vīlla (“country house”). Doublet of vill and ville. ==== Noun ==== villa (plural villas) A house, often larger and more expensive than average, in the countryside or on the coast, often used as a retreat. (UK) A family house, often semi-detached in Victorian or Edwardian style, in a middle class street. (Nigeria, slang) One’s village or ancestral homeland. ===== Derived terms ===== Lake Villa Villa Grove ===== Translations ===== ==== See also ==== dacha === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Latin vīlla (“country house”). Doublet of vill and ville. ==== Noun ==== villa (plural villae) (Ancient Rome) A country house, with farm buildings around a courtyard. === Anagrams === Viall == Danish == === Etymology === Via Italian villa, from Latin villa. === Pronunciation === === Noun === villa c (singular definite villaen, plural indefinite villaer) a villa (detached house with garden around, intended for living, often larger, individually built, older house) ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === “villa” in Den Danske Ordbog == Dutch == === Etymology === Borrowed from Latin vīlla. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvi.laː/ === Noun === villa f (plural villa's, diminutive villaatje n) mansion (large, (normally) expensive, sumptuous house) Synonym: landhuis ==== Derived terms ==== vakantievilla villasubsidie villawijk zomervilla == Faroese == === Etymology === Related to the adjectives vill (“lost”) and villur (“wild”), from Old Norse villr. See also Swedish villa (“to cause someone to lose one's way”), vill (“lost”). === Noun === villa f (genitive singular villu, plural villur) aberration mistake, error ==== Declension ==== ==== Synonyms ==== (mistake): mistak, feilur, brek, lýti, brongl === Verb === villa (third person singular past indicative vilti, third person plural past indicative viltu, supine vilt) to stray, to get astray to err ==== Conjugation ==== == Finnish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈʋilːɑ/, [ˈʋilːɑ̝] Rhymes: -ilːɑ Syllabification(key): vil‧la Hyphenation(key): vil‧la === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Finnic *villa (compare Estonian vill), borrowed from Proto-Baltic *wílˀnāˀ (compare Lithuanian vi̇̀lna, Polish wełna), from Proto-Indo-European *h₂wĺ̥h₁neh₂ (compare English wool, French laine). ==== Noun ==== villa wool ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== ==== Further reading ==== “1. villa”, 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 1 July 2023 === Etymology 2 === From Italian villa. ==== Noun ==== villa (rare) synonym of huvila (“villa”) ===== Usage notes ===== Not often used except in the proper names of private houses (e.g. Villa Mairea, Villa Elfvik). ===== Declension ===== ==== Further reading ==== “2. villa”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish]‎[3] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 1 July 2023 === Anagrams === valli == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian villa. Doublet of ville. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vi.la/ === Noun === villa f (plural villas) villa house in the country ==== Synonyms ==== maison de campagne ==== Descendants ==== → Persian: ویلا (vilâ) === Further reading === “villa”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Hungarian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈvilːɒ] Hyphenation: vil‧la Rhymes: -lɒ === Etymology 1 === From a Slavic language. Compare Serbo-Croatian vile. ==== Noun ==== villa (plural villák) fork Coordinate terms: kés, kanál, evőpálcika ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From Italian villa, from Latin vīlla (“country house”). ==== Noun ==== villa (plural villák) villa (a house, larger and more expensive than average) ===== Declension ===== === Further reading === (fork): villa in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN. (villa (large house)): villa in Géza Bárczi, László Országh, et al., editors, A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára [The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language] (ÉrtSz.), Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN. == Icelandic == === Etymology 1 === Related to sense 3 (“to lead astray”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈvɪtla/ Rhymes: -ɪtla ==== Noun ==== villa f (genitive singular villu, nominative plural villur) a mistake, an error Synonym: skekkja (f) heresy Synonym: villutrú (f) ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== villugjarn === Etymology 2 === Borrowed from Latin villa (“villa, estate, large country residence”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈvɪlːa/ Rhymes: -ɪlːa ==== Noun ==== villa f (genitive singular villu, nominative plural villur) villa Synonyms: einbýlishús (n), setur (n), sveitasetur (n) ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 3 === Related to the adjectives vill (“lost”) and villur (“wild”), from Old Norse villr. See also Swedish villa (“to cause someone to lose one's way”), vill (“lost”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈvɪtla/ Rhymes: -ɪtla ==== Verb ==== villa (weak verb, third-person singular past indicative villti, supine villt) to misguide, to lead astray, to deceive [with dative] Synonym: blekkja ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== == Ingrian == === Etymology === From Proto-Finnic *villa. Cognates include Finnish villa and Estonian vill. === Pronunciation === (Ala-Laukaa) IPA(key): /ˈʋilːɑ/, [ˈʋiɫː] (Soikkola) IPA(key): /ˈʋilːɑ/, [ˈʋiɫːɑ] Rhymes: -ilː, -ilːɑ Hyphenation: vil‧la === Noun === villa wool ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === Ruben E. Nirvi (1971), Inkeroismurteiden Sanakirja, Helsinki: Suomalais-Ugrilainen Seura, page 667 == Italian == === Etymology === From Latin vīlla (“country house”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvil.la/ Rhymes: -illa Hyphenation: vìl‧la === Noun === villa f (plural ville) mansion detached house, residence country house, villa (archaic): countryside farm village, small town (poetic) city, town ==== Derived terms ==== villa comunale ==== Descendants ==== → Greek: βίλα (víla) → Polish: willa → Turkish: villa === Anagrams === valli == Latin == === Alternative forms === veilla (Republican Latin) vēlla (dialectal monophthongisation outcome) === Etymology === From Proto-Italic *weikslā, a nominal from Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ- (“settlement”) with an instrument/concrete-noun deverbal suffix *-slo- also found in pālus, vēlum. Related to vīcus (“row of houses; village”), vīcīnus (“neighbour”). === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈwiːl.la] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈvil.la] === Noun === vīlla f (genitive vīllae); first declension country house; villa estate, farm (Medieval Latin) a city ==== Declension ==== First-declension noun. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== === References === === Further reading === “villa”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879), A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press “villa”, in Gaffiot, Félix (1934), Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette. "villa", in Charles du Fresne du Cange, Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887) Carl Meißner; Henry William Auden (1894), Latin Phrase-Book‎[15], London: Macmillan and Co. == Latvian == === Etymology 1 === From Italian villa. ==== Noun ==== villa f (4th declension) villa ===== Declension ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== villa f (4th declension) (dialectal) wool ===== Declension ===== == Norwegian Bokmål == === Etymology === From Italian villa and Latin villa. === Noun === villa m (definite singular villaen, indefinite plural villaer, definite plural villaene) a villa, large detached house === References === “villa” in The Bokmål Dictionary. == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Etymology === From Italian villa and Latin villa. === Noun === villa m (definite singular villaen, indefinite plural villaer or villaar, definite plural villaene or villaane) a villa, large detached house === References === “villa” in The Nynorsk Dictionary. == Portuguese == === Noun === villa f (plural villas) pre-reform spelling (used until 1943 in Brazil and 1911 in Portugal) of vila == Spanish == === Etymology === From Latin villa. === Pronunciation === Syllabification: vi‧lla === Noun === villa f (plural villas) small town villa settlement with a minimum of five thousand inhabitants (bigger than a town but smaller than a city) that has asked for the title officially; previously, this title was granted by the king (Paraguay, Rioplatense) ellipsis of villa miseria (“slum”) ==== Derived terms ==== === Further reading === “villa”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025 == Swedish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /²vɪla/ === Etymology 1 === From Italian villa, from Latin villa. ==== Noun ==== villa c a villa, a house (free-standing family house of any size but the very smallest) (Finland) a summerhouse ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === From vill (“lost”) +‎ -a. ==== Verb ==== villa (present villar, preterite villade, supine villat, imperative villa) (transitive, dated) to confuse, to mislead (cause someone to feel lost or to go astray) ===== Conjugation ===== ===== Derived terms ===== förvilla villa bort ==== Noun ==== villa c (dated) an incorrect perception Synonyms: förvirring, inbillning, villfarelse ===== Declension ===== ===== Derived terms ===== === References === “villa”, in Svenska Akademiens ordböcker [Dictionaries of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish) == Turkish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Italian villa. === Noun === villa (definite accusative villayı, plural villalar) mansion house in the country, villa ==== Declension ====