viola
意味一覧 (2件)
ヴィオラ
解説 Definition
弦楽器の一種で、バイオリンよりも低い音を出します。交響楽団や室内楽で重要な役割を担います。
A viola is a string instrument that looks like a violin but is slightly larger and has a lower, deeper sound. It is commonly played in orchestras, chamber music, and other classical music settings. The word refers to the instrument, not the person playing it.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
viola は violin と綴りも音も近く、同じ弦楽器ファミリーの中で覚えると定着しやすい語です。violin より少し大きく、cello より小さく、音域は中低音に寄ります。play the viola, viola section, viola player のような表現でよく出ます。orchestra, chamber music, tone など音楽の語と一緒なら、花ではなく弓で弾く楽器を指すと考えましょう。
Remember `viola` through `violin`, because the words look and sound related. A viola is a larger, lower-voiced relative of the violin. Useful phrases are `play the viola`, `viola section`, and `viola player`. In music contexts, it means the string instrument played with a bow.
例文
She plays the viola in the orchestra.
彼女はオーケストラでビオラを演奏しています。
The viola's warm tone adds depth to the music.
ビオラの温かみのある音は音楽に深さを加えます。
The viola is larger than a violin but smaller than a cello.
ビオラはバイオリンより大きく、チェロより小さいです。
スミレ属植物
(意味 2)解説 Definition
viola はスミレ属の植物を指す名詞で、violet や pansy など、庭や鉢植えで育てられる小さな花を含みます。園芸や植物図鑑の文脈で使われ、花色や品種、育て方を説明するときによく出ます。
A viola is a plant in the violet family, including small flowers such as violets and pansies. It is often used in gardening and plant guides when people talk about flower colors, different varieties, or how to grow them. The word usually refers to the plant itself rather than just the color.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
parfait は French dessert の文脈で出やすい語です。語源は perfect と同じ流れにあり、「きれいに仕上げた冷たいデザート」と結びつけると覚えやすくなります。ice cream より料理名らしく、dessert より具体的です。クリーム、卵、砂糖、果物を使って冷やし固める、なめらかなフランス風の冷菓を思い浮かべましょう。
Think of viola as a flower word close to violet. Both words come from the same root, so it is easy to connect viola with small purple garden flowers. Picture a pot of colorful violas growing in cool weather to help fix the meaning in your mind.
例文
This viola grows well in a small pot on the balcony.
このスミレ属植物はベランダの小さな鉢でもよく育ちます。
The garden center sells several kinds of viola in purple, yellow, and white.
園芸店では紫、黄色、白のいろいろなスミレ属植物を売っています。
According to the plant guide, each viola prefers cool weather and moist soil.
植物図鑑によると、それぞれのスミレ属植物は涼しい気候と湿った土を好みます。
viola の語源・成り立ち Etymology
viola はイタリア語 viola から英語に入り、さらに中世ラテン語 vitula「弦楽器」とされる語にさかのぼります。violin や viol も同根で、もともと弓で鳴らす弦楽器の一族名だったので、ヴィオラがそのまま楽器名になったわけです。
Viola came into English from Italian "viola." It belongs to the same family as "viol" and "violin," from medieval Latin forms referring to stringed instruments. The family name for bowed string instruments gradually became the name of this particular instrument.
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