diva

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”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdiː.və/

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• Rhymes: -iːvə
• Hyphenation: di‧va

diva (plural divas or dive)

1. Any female celebrity, usually a well known singer or actress.
2. (slang, derogatory, informal) A person with an inflated sense of self, who has high expectations of others, and who is extremely demanding and fussy when it comes to personal privileges.

   Synonym: prima donna

3. (Internet slang) A person who slays in a confident and feminine manner.

   Who is this DIVA 💜.

• “diva” in Webster’s Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary: Based on Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, 7th edition, Springfield, Mass.: G & C Merriam, 1963 (1967 printing), →OCLC.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “diva”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

• AIVD, Adiv, Vida, avid

From Latin dīva (“goddess”).

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diva f (plural dives, masculine divo)

1. (obsolete) goddess

   Synonym: deessa

2. diva

• “diva”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies , 2007 April

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈdi.vaː/

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• Hyphenation: di‧va

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

1. a diva

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

• IPA^(key): /di.va/

diva f (plural divas)

1. a diva

• “diva”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé , 2012.

• vida

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

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

diva f (plural dive)

1. (acting) a star (female, especially a singer or actress)

   Synonym: (informal) dea

2. (poetic) a goddess

   Synonym: dea

• divo (masculine)

• davi

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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.

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

1. goddess, deity

First-declension noun.

• Catalan: diva
• Italian: diva (see there for further descendants)
• Spanish: diva

diva

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

dīva

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

dīvā

1. ablative feminine singular of dīvus

• “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

From Italian diva.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdiːʋɑ/

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

1. a diva

• “diva” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdi.va/
• Rhymes: -iva
• Syllabification: di‧va

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “its relation to 'diwa' and/or 'dziw(k)a'”).

diva f

1. (Internet slang) prostitute

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:prostytutka

diva f

1. Alternative spelling of diwa

• diva in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
• diva in miejski.pl

• Rhymes: -ivɐ
• Hyphenation: di‧va

diva

1. feminine singular of divo

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

1. diva (female deity, goddess)
2. role model (someone to be looked up to)

• deus

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

diva

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

• “diva”, in iDicionário Aulete (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “diva”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), Porto: 7Graus, 2009–2025
• “diva”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “diva”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “diva”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “diva”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

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

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

díva f (Cyrillic spelling ди́ва)

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

• Đuro Daničić, Matija Valjavac, Pero Budmani, editor (1884–1886), “díva”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika‎ (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 2, Zagreb: JAZU, page 418

Borrowed from Italian diva.

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diva f

1. diva (female celebrity)

• “diva”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

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

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

1. diva

diva

1. feminine singular of divo

• “divo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy , 2024 December 10

diva c

1. a diva, a prima donna (famous person with annoying manners)

   Vilken jäkla diva

   What a bloody diva

• diva in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• diva in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• diva in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

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

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

diva (definite accusative divayı, plural divalar)

1. diva (female celebrity)

• “diva”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “diva”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “diva”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1203