"diva" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /ˈdiː.və/ [UK] Audio: LL-Q1860 (eng)-Vealhurl-diva.wav , LL-Q1860 (eng)-Wodencafe-diva.wav Forms: divas [plural], dive [plural]
Rhymes: -iːvə Etymology: From Italian diva (“diva, goddess”), from Latin dīva (“goddess”), female of dīvus (“divine, divine one; notably a deified mortal”), from Old Latin deivā, from Proto-Italic *deiwā (“goddess”), feminine of *deiwos (“god”), from Proto-Indo-European *deywós (“god”). Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*dyew-}}, {{bor|en|it|diva|t=diva, goddess}} Italian diva (“diva, goddess”), {{der|en|la|dīva|t=goddess}} Latin dīva (“goddess”), {{der|en|itc-ola|deivā}} Old Latin deivā, {{der|en|itc-pro|*deiwā||goddess}} Proto-Italic *deiwā (“goddess”), {{der|en|ine-pro|*deywós||god}} Proto-Indo-European *deywós (“god”) Head templates: {{en-noun|s|dive}} diva (plural divas or dive)
  1. Any female celebrity, usually a well known singer or actress. Categories (topical): Female people Translations (female celebrity): diva [feminine] (Catalan), 迪娃 (díwá) (Chinese Mandarin), 迪瓦 (díwǎ) (Chinese Mandarin), 女名 (nǚmíng) (Chinese Mandarin), 歌后 (gēhòu) (english: singing queen) (Chinese Mandarin), diva [feminine] (Dutch), diiva (Finnish), diva [feminine] (French), Diva [feminine] (German), díva (Hungarian), diva [feminine] (Italian), ディーバ (dība) (Japanese), ディーヴァ (dīva) (Japanese), 歌姫 (utahime) (english: singing queen) (alt: うたひめ) (Japanese), 디바 (diba) (Korean), خواننده زن (xânande-ye zan) (Persian), diwa [feminine] (Polish), diva [feminine] (Portuguese), ди́ва (díva) [feminine] (Russian), diva [feminine] (Spanish), diva [common-gender] (Swedish), diva (Turkish), ди́ва (dýva) [feminine] (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-diva-en-noun-qr7ewVFP Disambiguation of Female people: 77 23 Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, Entries with translation boxes, Terms with Catalan translations, Terms with Dutch translations, Terms with Finnish translations, Terms with French translations, Terms with German translations, Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Italian translations, Terms with Japanese translations, Terms with Korean translations, Terms with Mandarin translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Polish translations, Terms with Portuguese translations, Terms with Russian translations, Terms with Spanish translations, Terms with Swedish translations, Terms with Turkish translations, Terms with Ukrainian translations Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 59 41 Disambiguation of Entries with translation boxes: 66 34 Disambiguation of Terms with Catalan translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Dutch translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with Finnish translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with French translations: 67 33 Disambiguation of Terms with German translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Italian translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Japanese translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Korean translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Mandarin translations: 71 29 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Polish translations: 61 39 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Russian translations: 70 30 Disambiguation of Terms with Spanish translations: 68 32 Disambiguation of Terms with Swedish translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Turkish translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of Terms with Ukrainian translations: 63 37 Disambiguation of 'female celebrity': 89 11
  2. (slang, derogatory, informal) A person who may be considered or who considers themself much more important than others, has high expectations of others, and who is extremely demanding and fussy when it comes to personal privileges. Tags: derogatory, informal, slang Categories (topical): Personality Synonyms: prima donna Translations (person who considers herself much more important than others): diva [feminine] (Dutch), prima-donna (Dutch), diiva (Finnish), diva [feminine] (French), Diva [feminine] (German), díva (Hungarian), diva [feminine] (Portuguese), diva [feminine] (Spanish), diva [common-gender] (Swedish)
    Sense id: en-diva-en-noun-hruYf1cg Disambiguation of Personality: 31 69 Categories (other): Terms with Hungarian translations, Terms with Persian translations, Terms with Portuguese translations Disambiguation of Terms with Hungarian translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of Terms with Persian translations: 51 49 Disambiguation of Terms with Portuguese translations: 52 48 Disambiguation of 'person who considers herself much more important than others': 13 87
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Derived forms: divadom, divaesque, diva house, diva-ish, divaism, divalike, divo

Inflected forms

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    {
      "word": "divalike"
    },
    {
      "word": "divo"
    }
  ],
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    {
      "args": {
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        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*dyew-"
      },
      "expansion": "",
      "name": "root"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "it",
        "3": "diva",
        "t": "diva, goddess"
      },
      "expansion": "Italian diva (“diva, goddess”)",
      "name": "bor"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "la",
        "3": "dīva",
        "t": "goddess"
      },
      "expansion": "Latin dīva (“goddess”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "itc-ola",
        "3": "deivā"
      },
      "expansion": "Old Latin deivā",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "itc-pro",
        "3": "*deiwā",
        "4": "",
        "5": "goddess"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Italic *deiwā (“goddess”)",
      "name": "der"
    },
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "en",
        "2": "ine-pro",
        "3": "*deywós",
        "4": "",
        "5": "god"
      },
      "expansion": "Proto-Indo-European *deywós (“god”)",
      "name": "der"
    }
  ],
  "etymology_text": "From Italian diva (“diva, goddess”), from Latin dīva (“goddess”), female of dīvus (“divine, divine one; notably a deified mortal”), from Old Latin deivā, from Proto-Italic *deiwā (“goddess”), feminine of *deiwos (“god”), from Proto-Indo-European *deywós (“god”).",
  "forms": [
    {
      "form": "divas",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    },
    {
      "form": "dive",
      "tags": [
        "plural"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "head_templates": [
    {
      "args": {
        "1": "s",
        "2": "dive"
      },
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      "name": "en-noun"
    }
  ],
  "hyphenation": [
    "di‧va"
  ],
  "lang": "English",
  "lang_code": "en",
  "pos": "noun",
  "senses": [
    {
      "glosses": [
        "Any female celebrity, usually a well known singer or actress."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "celebrity",
          "celebrity"
        ]
      ]
    },
    {
      "categories": [
        "English derogatory terms",
        "English informal terms",
        "English slang"
      ],
      "glosses": [
        "A person who may be considered or who considers themself much more important than others, has high expectations of others, and who is extremely demanding and fussy when it comes to personal privileges."
      ],
      "links": [
        [
          "derogatory",
          "derogatory"
        ],
        [
          "consider",
          "consider"
        ],
        [
          "important",
          "important"
        ],
        [
          "high",
          "high"
        ],
        [
          "expectation",
          "expectation"
        ],
        [
          "extremely",
          "extremely"
        ],
        [
          "demanding",
          "demanding"
        ],
        [
          "fussy",
          "fussy"
        ],
        [
          "personal",
          "personal"
        ],
        [
          "privilege",
          "privilege"
        ]
      ],
      "raw_glosses": [
        "(slang, derogatory, informal) A person who may be considered or who considers themself much more important than others, has high expectations of others, and who is extremely demanding and fussy when it comes to personal privileges."
      ],
      "synonyms": [
        {
          "word": "prima donna"
        }
      ],
      "tags": [
        "derogatory",
        "informal",
        "slang"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/ˈdiː.və/",
      "tags": [
        "UK"
      ]
    },
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    },
    {
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    },
    {
      "rhymes": "-iːvə"
    }
  ],
  "translations": [
    {
      "code": "ca",
      "lang": "Catalan",
      "sense": "female celebrity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "diva"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "díwá",
      "sense": "female celebrity",
      "word": "迪娃"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "díwǎ",
      "sense": "female celebrity",
      "word": "迪瓦"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "nǚmíng",
      "sense": "female celebrity",
      "word": "女名"
    },
    {
      "code": "cmn",
      "english": "singing queen",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "gēhòu",
      "sense": "female celebrity",
      "word": "歌后"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "female celebrity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "diva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "female celebrity",
      "word": "diiva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "female celebrity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "diva"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "female celebrity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Diva"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "female celebrity",
      "word": "díva"
    },
    {
      "code": "it",
      "lang": "Italian",
      "sense": "female celebrity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "diva"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "dība",
      "sense": "female celebrity",
      "word": "ディーバ"
    },
    {
      "code": "ja",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "dīva",
      "sense": "female celebrity",
      "word": "ディーヴァ"
    },
    {
      "alt": "うたひめ",
      "code": "ja",
      "english": "singing queen",
      "lang": "Japanese",
      "roman": "utahime",
      "sense": "female celebrity",
      "word": "歌姫"
    },
    {
      "code": "ko",
      "lang": "Korean",
      "roman": "diba",
      "sense": "female celebrity",
      "word": "디바"
    },
    {
      "code": "fa",
      "lang": "Persian",
      "roman": "xânande-ye zan",
      "sense": "female celebrity",
      "word": "خواننده زن"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "female celebrity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "diwa"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "female celebrity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "diva"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "díva",
      "sense": "female celebrity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ди́ва"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "female celebrity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "diva"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "female celebrity",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "diva"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "female celebrity",
      "word": "diva"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "dýva",
      "sense": "female celebrity",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "ди́ва"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "person who considers herself much more important than others",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "diva"
    },
    {
      "code": "nl",
      "lang": "Dutch",
      "sense": "person who considers herself much more important than others",
      "word": "prima-donna"
    },
    {
      "code": "fi",
      "lang": "Finnish",
      "sense": "person who considers herself much more important than others",
      "word": "diiva"
    },
    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "person who considers herself much more important than others",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "diva"
    },
    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person who considers herself much more important than others",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "Diva"
    },
    {
      "code": "hu",
      "lang": "Hungarian",
      "sense": "person who considers herself much more important than others",
      "word": "díva"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "person who considers herself much more important than others",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "diva"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "person who considers herself much more important than others",
      "tags": [
        "feminine"
      ],
      "word": "diva"
    },
    {
      "code": "sv",
      "lang": "Swedish",
      "sense": "person who considers herself much more important than others",
      "tags": [
        "common-gender"
      ],
      "word": "diva"
    }
  ],
  "word": "diva"
}

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