diva

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See also: díva, divã, Diva, and дива

English

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”).

Pronunciation

  • (UK) IPA(key): /ˈdiːvə/
  • Audio (Southern England)(file)
  • Audio (US)(file)
  • Rhymes: -iːvə

Noun

diva (plural dive or divas)

  1. Any female celebrity, usually a well known singer or actress.
  2. (slang, derogatory, informal) An individual who may be considered or who considers herself (or by extension, himself) much more important than others, has high expectations of others and who is extremely demanding and fussy when it comes to personal privileges.

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Translations

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References

  • Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
  • Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “diva”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

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Catalan

Etymology

From Latin dīva (“goddess”).

Pronunciation

Noun

diva f (plural dives, masculine divo)

  1. (obsolete) goddess
    Synonym: deessa
  2. diva

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Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian diva (“goddess”), from Latin diva, feminine form of divus.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdi.vaː/
  • Audio(file)
  • Hyphenation: di‧va

Noun

diva f (plural diva's, diminutive divaatje n)

  1. A diva.

French

Etymology

From Italian, from Latin, the feminine form of dīvus (“divine one; deified mortal”).

Pronunciation

Noun

diva f (plural divas)

  1. a diva

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Italian

Etymology

From Latin, the feminine form of divus (“divine one; notably deified mortal”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdi.va/
  • Rhymes: -iva
  • Hyphenation: dì‧va

Noun

diva f (plural dive)

  1. (acting) a star (female, especially a singer or actress)
    Synonym: (informal) dea
  2. (poetic) a goddess
    Synonym: dea

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Latin

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

From Old Latin deivā, from Proto-Italic *deiwā (“goddess”), feminine of *deiwos (“god”), from Proto-Indo-European *deywós (“god”) (whence dīvus and deus). See also dea.

Noun

dīva f (genitive dīvae, masculine dīvus); first declension

  1. goddess, deity
Declension

First-declension noun.

Case Singular Plural
Nominative dīva dīvae
Genitive dīvae dīvārum
Dative dīvae dīvīs
Accusative dīvam dīvās
Ablative dīvā dīvīs
Vocative dīva dīvae
Descendants
  • Catalan: diva
  • Italian: diva (see there for further descendants)

Etymology 2

Noun

diva

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of dīvum (“sky, open air”)

Etymology 3

Adjective

dīva

  1. inflection of dīvus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Adjective

dīvā

  1. ablative feminine singular of dīvus

References

  • “diva”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “diva”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
  • “diva”, in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857), A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Italian diva.

Pronunciation

Noun

diva f (definite singular divaa, indefinite plural divaer, definite plural divaene)

  1. a diva

Inflection

Historical inflection of diva
indefinite singular definite singular indefinite plural definite plural
1982 diva f diva, divaa divaer divaene
2012 (current) diva f divaa divaer divaene

Forms in italics are currently considered non-standard. Forms in were official, but considered second-tier.

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Portuguese

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

 
 

Adjective

diva

  1. feminine singular of divo

Noun

diva f (plural divas)

  1. diva
  2. a role model, someone to be looked up to
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Etymology 2

Verb

diva

  1. inflection of divar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ديبا (diba), from Persian دیبا (dêbâ).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /dǐːʋa/
  • Hyphenation: di‧va

Noun

díva f (Cyrillic spelling ди́ва)

  1. Alternative form of díba (“gold-damascened silk brocade”)

References

Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdiba/
  • Rhymes: -iba
  • Syllabification: di‧va

Noun

diva f (plural divas, masculine divo, masculine plural divos)

  1. diva

Adjective

diva

  1. feminine singular of divo

Further reading

Swedish

Noun

diva c

  1. a diva, a prima donna (famous person with annoying manners)
    Vilken jäkla diva
    What a bloody diva

Declension

Declension of diva 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative diva divan divor divorna
Genitive divas divans divors divornas

References

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian diva (“diva, goddess”), from Latin dīva (“goddess”), female of dīvus (“divine, divine one; notably a deified mortal”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈdi.va/
  • Hyphenation: di‧va

Noun

diva (definite accusative divayı, plural divalar)

  1. diva (female celebrity)

Further reading

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