English

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

• viaticum
• viator

Etymology 2

Borrowing from Latin viā, ablative singular of via ‎(“way, road”).

Alternative forms

• viâ

Preposition

via

1. By way of; passing through.

   They drove from New York to Los Angeles via Omaha.‎

   You can enter the building via the western gate.‎

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

   I'll send you the information via e-mail.‎

   • 2012 December 1, “An internet of airborne things”, in The Economist, volume 405, number 8813, page 3 (Technology Quarterly):

     A farmer could place an order for a new tractor part by text message and pay for it by mobile money-transfer. A supplier many miles away would then take the part to the local matternet station for airborne dispatch via drone.

3. As per (a mathematical equation).
   • 2005, Enrico Forestieri (ed.), “Capacity Bounds For MIMO Poisson Channels With Intersymbol Interference, Appendix C”, in Optical Communication Theory and Techniques, ISBN 0387231323, page 44:

     Under the assumptions of Proposition 5 the entropies h(τ) and H(k) are related via the following equation: […]‎

Translations

Anagrams

• Iva, IVA
• vai, Vai

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin viā.

Pronunciation

• Rhymes: -ia

Noun

via f ‎(plural vies)

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

Synonyms

• (railway track): via fèrria

Derived terms

• Via Làctia

Preposition

via

1. via, by way of

Dutch

Pronunciation

Etymology

Borrowing 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.

Preposition

via

1. via, through, by way of
2. by (means of); using (a medium).

Synonyms

• (through (by way of)): langs
• (by (means of)): per

Derived terms

• via via ‎(“using various intermediaries”)

Esperanto

Etymology

From Esperanto second-person pronoun vi + possessive ending -a.

Determiner

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

1. (possessive) your, yours

See also

• cia

Fijian

Etymology

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

Noun

via

1. alocasia

Finnish

Adverb

via

1. via

Anagrams

• iva
• vai

Franco-Provençal

Etymology

From Latin vīta.

Noun

via f ‎(plural vies)

1. life

Related terms

• vivre

French

Etymology

Borrowing from Latin viā, the ablative of via ‎(“road, way”), of uncertain origin, plausibly cognate with vehō ‎(“convey”).

Preposition

via

1. via, through, by way of.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin via.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvia/, [ˈviː.a]
• Hyphenation: vì‧a

Noun

via f ‎(plural vie)

1. road, street, path
2. way, route
3. means (to an end)
4. tract (in the body)
5. start (of a race)

Synonyms

• (street, road, etc.): strada

Derived terms

Related terms

Adverb

via

1. away
2. out

Preposition

via da

1. away from

Interjection

via!

1. come on!
2. go away!

Anagrams

• avi
• IVA
• vai

Latin

Etymology

• From Proto-Italic *wijā, from Proto-Indo-European *wih₁eh₂-.^[1], from *weyh₁- ‎(“to pursue, be strong”). Cognate with Lithuanian vyti ‎(“to pursuit”). See also vīs, invītus, invītō, Ancient Greek ἵημι ‎(híēmi), οἶμος ‎(oîmos).
• Or perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰyeh₂-, from *weǵʰ- (whence vehō)^[2], hypothesis rejected by De Vaan.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈwi.a/

Noun

via f ‎(genitive viae); first declension

1. road, street or path
2. way, method, manner
3. the right way

Inflection

First declension.

Synonyms

• (road): iter

Derived terms

Related terms

• bivium
• triviālis

Descendants

References

• 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, 1883–1887)
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “via”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • the country-house stands near the road: villa tangit viam
    
  • the road is the same length: tantundem viae est
    
  • to pave a road: viam sternere (silice, saxo)
    
  • to make a gravel path: substruere viam glarea (Liv. 41. 27)
    
  • a street, a made road: via strata
    
  • a well-trodden, much-frequented way: via trita
    
  • to make a road: viam munire
    
  • to open a route: viam patefacere, aperire
    
  • to cut one's way (through the enemies' ranks): ferro viam facere (per confertos hostes)
    
  • to obstruct a road; to close a route: viam intercludere
    
  • a road leads somewhere: via fert, ducit aliquo
    
  • to set out on a journey: in viam se dare
    
  • to set out on a journey: viae se committere
    
  • to enter upon a route; to take a road: viam ingredi, inire (also metaphorically)
    
  • to turn aside from the right way; to deviate: de via declinare, deflectere (also metaphorically)
    
  • make way for any one: (de via) decedere alicui
    
  • to set out by the Appian road: Appia via proficisci
    
  • to direct a person who has lost his way: erranti viam monstrare
    
  • to continue one's journey, pursue one's course: viam persequi (also metaphorically)
    
  • to accomplish a long journey: longam viam conficere
    
  • weary with travelling; way-worn: fessus de via
    
  • in a straight line: recta (regione, via); in directum
    
  • to bring a person back to the right way: in viam reducere aliquem
    
  • to return to the right way: in viam redire
    
  • to enter upon a career: viam vitae ingredi (Flacc. 42. 105)
    
  • to give a scientific explanation of a thing: artificio et via tradere aliquid
    
  • to proceed, carry on a discussion logically: ratione et via, via et ratione progredi, disputare (Or. 33. 116)
    
  • to walk in the ways of virtue: viam virtutis ingredi (Off. 1. 32. 118)
    
  • to receive tenders for the construction of temples, highroads: locare aedes, vias faciendas (Phil. 9. 7. 16)
    
• 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

1. ↑ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill
2. ↑ Edward A. Roberts, Bárbara Pastor, Diccionario etimológico indoeuropeo de la lengua española, Alianza Editorial 2009, ISBN 978-84-206-5252-8

Norwegian Bokmål

Alternative forms

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

Verb

via

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.a/, /ˈvi.ɐ/
• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvi.ɐ/
• Hyphenation: vi‧a

Etymology 1

From Old Portuguese via, from Latin via ‎(“road”). See Latin via for details.

Noun

via f (plural vias)

1. a way; a path
2. (rail transport) gauge (distance between the rails of a railway)
3. medium (means or channel by which an aim is achieved)
4. an example of a document

Synonyms

• (path): caminho
• (gauge): bitola
• (medium): meio, veículo

Derived terms

Related terms

Etymology 2

Directly from Latin via ‎(“road”).

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

Inflected form of ver ‎(“to see”).

Verb

via

1. First-person singular (eu) imperfect indicative of ver
2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você^?) imperfect indicative of ver

Romanian

Etymology 1

Borrowing from French and Latin via.

Preposition

via ‎(+accusative)

1. via, by

Etymology 2

From an older form vie, from Latin vīvere, present active infinitive of vīvō, from Proto-Italic *gʷīwō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti ‎(“to live, be alive”).

Alternative forms

• vie (regional, archaic)

Verb

a via ‎(third-person singular present viază, past participle viat) 1st conj.

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

Etymology 3

Form of the adjective viu.

Adjective

via

1. inflection of viu ‎(“live, alive”):
   1. definite feminine singular nominative
   2. definite feminine singular accusative

Etymology 4

Form of the noun vie.

Noun

via

1. inflection of vie ‎(“the vineyard”):
   1. definite singular nominative
   2. definite singular accusative

Romansch

Alternative forms

• (Sutsilvan, Surmiran) veia

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