"voilà" meaning in English

See voilà in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Interjection

IPA: /vwæˈlɑː/ [UK], /vwɑːˈlɑː/ [UK], /vwʌˈlɑː/ [UK], /(v)wɑˈlɑ/ [US] Audio: En-us-voilà.ogg
Etymology: Borrowed from French voilà. Etymology templates: {{bor+|en|fr|voilà}} Borrowed from French voilà Head templates: {{en-interj}} voilà
  1. Lo, there it is; see here; ta-da; presto; behold! Synonyms: lo, voila, wallah [misspelling], whalah [misspelling] Translations (behold!): أهو (ʔahu) [Egyptian-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), أهي (ʔahe) [Egyptian-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), أهم (ʔahum) [Egyptian-Arabic, plural] (Arabic), أهو (ahō) [Hijazi-Arabic, masculine] (Arabic), أهي (ahē) [Hijazi-Arabic, feminine] (Arabic), أهم (ahum) [Hijazi-Arabic, plural] (Arabic), justa la fusta (Catalan), això mateix (Catalan), ara m’agrades (Catalan), Àngela Maria (Catalan), (tai²) (Chinese Cantonese), (qiáo) (Chinese Mandarin), voilà (Dutch), jen (Esperanto), noin (Finnish), kas tässä (Finnish), no niin (Finnish), avot (Finnish), voilà (French), velaí (Galician), velaquí (Galician), eis (Galician), voilà (German), voálá (Hungarian), íme (Hungarian), tessék (Hungarian), ecce (Latin), lūk (Latvian), āre (Latvian), re (Latvian), oto (Polish), ot (Polish), voilà (Polish), eis (Portuguese), iată (Romanian), вуаля́ (vualjá) (Russian), на (na) (Russian), he ahí (Spanish), he aquí (Spanish), helo ahí (Spanish), helo aquí (Spanish), vualá (Spanish), voilà (Spanish), voilá (Spanish), işte (Turkish)

Alternative forms

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    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "behold!",
      "word": "āre"
    },
    {
      "code": "lv",
      "lang": "Latvian",
      "sense": "behold!",
      "word": "re"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "behold!",
      "word": "oto"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "behold!",
      "word": "ot"
    },
    {
      "code": "pl",
      "lang": "Polish",
      "sense": "behold!",
      "word": "voilà"
    },
    {
      "code": "pt",
      "lang": "Portuguese",
      "sense": "behold!",
      "word": "eis"
    },
    {
      "code": "ro",
      "lang": "Romanian",
      "sense": "behold!",
      "word": "iată"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "vualjá",
      "sense": "behold!",
      "word": "вуаля́"
    },
    {
      "code": "ru",
      "lang": "Russian",
      "roman": "na",
      "sense": "behold!",
      "word": "на"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "behold!",
      "word": "he ahí"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "behold!",
      "word": "he aquí"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "behold!",
      "word": "helo ahí"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "behold!",
      "word": "helo aquí"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "behold!",
      "word": "vualá"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "behold!",
      "word": "voilà"
    },
    {
      "code": "es",
      "lang": "Spanish",
      "sense": "behold!",
      "word": "voilá"
    },
    {
      "code": "tr",
      "lang": "Turkish",
      "sense": "behold!",
      "word": "işte"
    }
  ],
  "word": "voilà"
}

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