See viola in All languages combined, or Wiktionary
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},
{
"rhymes": "-ɔla"
}
],
"word": "viola"
}
{
"categories": [
"Italian 3-syllable words",
"Italian entries with incorrect language header",
"Italian links with ignored alt parameters",
"Italian non-lemma forms",
"Italian terms with IPA pronunciation",
"Italian verb forms",
"Pages with 15 entries",
"Pages with entries",
"Rhymes:Italian/iola",
"Rhymes:Italian/iola/3 syllables",
"es:Musical instruments",
"it:Flowers",
"it:Malpighiales order plants",
"it:Purples"
],
"etymology_number": 3,
"head_templates": [
{
"args": {
"1": "it",
"2": "verb form"
},
"expansion": "viola",
"name": "head"
}
],
"hyphenation": [
"vì‧o‧la"
],
"hyphenations": [
{
"parts": [
"vì‧o‧la"
]
}
],
"lang": "Italian",
"lang_code": "it",
"pos": "verb",
"senses": [
{
"form_of": [
{
"word": "violare"
}
],
"glosses": [
"inflection of violare:",
"third-person singular present indicative"
],
"links": [
[
"violare",
"violare#Italian"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"indicative",
"present",
"singular",
"third-person"
]
},
{
"form_of": [
{
"word": "violare"
}
],
"glosses": [
"inflection of violare:",
"second-person singular imperative"
],
"links": [
[
"violare",
"violare#Italian"
]
],
"tags": [
"form-of",
"imperative",
"second-person",
"singular"
]
}
],
"sounds": [
{
"ipa": "/ˈvi.o.la/"
},
{
"rhymes": "-iola"
}
],
"word": "viola"
}
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