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# viola

«viola» in Mova's school dictionary: **a string instrument like a violin but a little bigger…** — its meaning for a pupil, its sense in the lessons and examples, with 1 sentence of Mova's corpora that use it.

### part of speech

noun (a viola, violas)

### meaning for a pupil

1) A viola is a string instrument like a violin but a little bigger, with a deeper, warmer sound; it is played with a bow and held under the chin. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/viola/#m1)

2) A viola is also a small garden flower, like a little pansy. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/viola/#m2)

3) Viola is a girl's name, as in Shakespeare's «Twelfth Night» (a name). [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/viola/#m3)

### sense in the lessons

In music lessons it is part of the string family: violin, viola, cello, double bass, from highest to lowest. Viola music is written in a special alto clef. In gardening and science, violas are easy plants for school gardens. Phrases: «play the viola», «viola section», «viola and violin».

### examples

- I play the viola in the school orchestra. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/viola/#x1)
- The viola is a bit bigger than the violin and sounds deeper. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/viola/#x2)
- Viola players read music in the alto clef. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/viola/#x3)
- We planted purple violas in the school garden. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/viola/#x4)
- In the string family, the viola sits between the violin and the cello. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/viola/#x5)
- Viola is the heroine of a play by Shakespeare. [tree →](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/viola/#x6)

### note

Countable. The instrument is usually said «vee-OH-la»; the flower is often «VY-oh-la». Do not confuse with «violin» or «viol» (an older instrument).

### In the corpora

- [In the string family bigger instruments play lower: from highest to lowest they are violin, viola, cello and double bass.](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/school/arts/41-olympiad-music-puzzles/10/)

### Trees and pragmatics

[Every meaning and example of «viola» parsed by Mova](https://md.mova.elamur.ai/free/en/corpora/dictionaries/school/V/viola/), each sentence with its dependency tree and frames.