"viole" meaning in English

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Noun

Etymology: From Italian viole. Etymology templates: {{bor|en|it|viole}} Italian viole Head templates: {{head|en|noun form}} viole
  1. plural of viola (“stringed instrument”) Tags: form-of, plural, uncommon Form of: viola (extra: stringed instrument)
    Sense id: en-viole-en-noun-En5t7SJz Categories (other): English plurals in -e with singular in -a, English entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 95 5
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 2

Verb

Forms: violes [present, singular, third-person], violing [participle, present], violed [participle, past], violed [past]
Etymology: From Middle English vyole, from either Middle French violer or Latin violāre. Compare violate. Etymology templates: {{inherited|en|enm|vyole}} Middle English vyole, {{derived|en|frm|violer}} Middle French violer, {{derived|en|la|violāre}} Latin violāre, {{m|en|violate}} violate Head templates: {{en-verb}} viole (third-person singular simple present violes, present participle violing, simple past and past participle violed)
  1. To violate, especially to rape. Tags: obsolete, transitive
    Sense id: en-viole-en-verb-47vXj0sG
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Etymology number: 1

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