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diva
English
Etymology
From Italian diva (“diva, goddess”), from Latin d?va (“goddess”), female of d?vus (“divine, divine one; notably a deified mortal”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?di?v?/
- Rhymes: -i?v?
Noun
diva (plural dive or divas)
- Any female celebrity, usually a well known singer or actress. [from the 19th c.]
- A person who may be considered or who considers herself (or by extension himself) much more important than others, has high expectations of others and who is extremely demanding and fussy when it comes to personal privileges.
Synonyms
- (self-important person): prima donna
Derived terms
- diva-ish
- divo (“a male diva”)
Translations
References
- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “diva”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Anagrams
- AIVD, Adiv, Vida, avid
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian diva (“goddess”), from Latin diva, feminine form of divus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?di.va?/
- Hyphenation: di?va
Noun
diva f (plural diva's, diminutive divaatje n)
- A diva.
French
Etymology
From Italian, from Latin, the feminine form of d?vus (“divine one; deified mortal”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di.va/
Noun
diva f (plural divas)
- A diva
Further reading
- “diva” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- vida
Italian
Etymology
From Latin, the feminine form of divus (“divine one; notably deified mortal”).
Noun
diva f (plural dive)
- (acting) A star (female, especially a singer or actress)
- Synonym: (informal) dea
- (poetic) A goddess
- Synonym: dea
Related terms
- divo (masculine)
Anagrams
- davi
Latin
Adjective
d?va
- nominative feminine singular of d?vus
- nominative neuter plural of d?vus
- accusative neuter plural of d?vus
- vocative feminine singular of d?vus
- nominative neuter plural of d?vus
Adjective
d?v?
- ablative feminine singular of d?vus
References
- diva in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- diva in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
- diva in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
From Italian diva.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?di???/ (example of pronunciation)
Noun
diva f (definite singular divaa, indefinite plural divaer, definite plural divaene)
- a diva
Inflection
References
- “diva” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /?d??i.va/
Adjective
diva
- feminine singular of divo
Noun
diva f (plural divas)
- diva
- a role model, someone to be looked up to
Related terms
- deus
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?diba/, [?d?i.??a]
Adjective
diva
- feminine singular of divo
Noun
diva f (plural divas, masculine divo, masculine plural divos)
- diva
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dika
English
Etymology
Native West African name.
Noun
dika (uncountable)
- A West African food made from the almond-like seeds of Irvingia gabonensis.
Anagrams
- kadi, kaid
Esperanto
Etymology
From German dick.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?dika/
- Hyphenation: di?ka
- Rhymes: -ika
Adjective
dika (accusative singular dikan, plural dikaj, accusative plural dikajn)
- thick
- fat
Antonyms
- maldika
Ido
Etymology
From Esperanto dika, from English thick, German dick, ultimately from Proto-Germanic *þekuz, from Proto-Indo-European *tegus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?di.ka/
Adjective
dika
- thick
Antonyms
- dina
Serbo-Croatian
Etymology 1
Perhaps Latin (bene)dicti? (“blessing”), from the language of Church liturgy.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d??ka/
- Hyphenation: di?ka
Noun
díka f (Cyrillic spelling ?????)
- pride
- fame, glory, honor
- (obsolete) darling
Declension
Etymology 2
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /d?ka/
- Hyphenation: di?ka
Noun
dìka f (Cyrillic spelling ????)
- Alternative form of dìkka
Declension
Etymology 3
From a Bantu language.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /dîka/
- Hyphenation: di?ka
Noun
d?ka f (Cyrillic spelling ?????)
- dika (African food made from the almond-like seeds of the Irvingia gabonensis syn. Irvingia barteri)
Declension
References
- “dika” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal
- “dika” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal
- “dika” in Hrvatski jezi?ni portal
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