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English
Pronunciation
Etymology 1
Borrowed from Latin via (“road”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-. Possible doublet of way. The sense in electronics is also explained as vertical interconnect access.
Noun
- A main road or highway, especially in ancient Rome. (Mainly used in set phrases, below.)
- (electronics) A small hole in a printed circuit board filled with metal which connects two or more layers.
- (electronics) An electrical connection which connects two or more layers on a printed circuit board or an integrated circuit.
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Translations
small hole in a printed circuit board
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electrical connection between two or more layers
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Etymology 2
Borrowed from Latin viā (“by the way (of)”), ablative singular of via (“way, road”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-.
Alternative forms
Preposition
via
- By way of; passing through.
- They drove from New York to Los Angeles via Omaha.
- You can enter the building via the western gate.
- By (means of); using.
- I'll send you the information via e-mail.
- 2005, “Capacity Bounds For MIMO Poisson Channels With Intersymbol Interference, Appendix C”, in Enrico Forestieri, editor, Optical Communication Theory and Techniques, →ISBN, page 44:
- Under the assumptions of Proposition 5 the entropies h(τ) and H(k) are related via the following equation: […]
- 2012 December 1, “An internet of airborne things”, in The Economist, volume 405, number 8813, archived from the original on 11 March 2023, page 3 (Technology Quarterly):
- A farmer could place an order for a new tractor part by text message and pay for it by mobile money-transfer. A supplier many miles away would then take the part to the local matternet station for airborne dispatch via drone.
- 2017 February 10, Rosie Gray, “Behind the Internet's Anti-Democracy Movement”, in The Atlantic, archived from the original on 10 January 2020:
- White House chief strategist Steve Bannon has been in contact via intermediaries with Curtis Yarvin, Politico Magazine reported this week.
Derived terms
Translations
by way of
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by (means of); using (a medium)
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Interjection
via
- (obsolete) Away! Be off!
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Bavarian
Numeral
via
- alternative spelling of vier (“four”)
Catalan
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
via f (plural vies)
- lane
- way, path
- railway track
- Synonym: via fèrria
- channel
Derived terms
- autovia
- fer via
- ferrovia
- via aèria
- via ampla
- via d'aigua
- via doble
- via fluvial
- Via Làctia
- via morta
- via pública
- via terrestre
Related terms
Preposition
via
Further reading
- “via”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007
- “via”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
- “via” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
- “via” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
Danish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Preposition
via
- via; by way of; passing through.
- Familien kørte til Aalborg via Aarhus.
- The family drove to Aalborg via Aarhus.
- via, by means of, using.
- Bestillingen kan betales via smartphone
- The order can be paid for via smartphone
Synonyms
- (passing through): over, gennem
- (by means of): ved hjælp af, gennem
References
- “via” in Den Danske Ordbog
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Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin viā, the ablative of via (“road, way”), of uncertain origin, plausibly cognate with vehere (“to conduct”). Entered Dutch in the Latin phrase per via de (“by way of”), after the Portuguese por via de.
Pronunciation
Preposition
via
Derived terms
- via via (“using various intermediaries”)
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Esperanto
Etymology
Pronunciation
Determiner
via (accusative singular vian, plural viaj, accusative plural viajn)
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Fijian
Etymology
From Proto-Central Pacific *via, from Proto-Oceanic *piʀaq, from Proto-Malayo-Polynesian *biʀaq (compare Malay birah), from Proto-Austronesian *biʀaq.
Noun
via
Finnish
Etymology
Pronunciation
Adverb
via
Further reading
- “via”, in Kielitoimiston sanakirja [Dictionary of Contemporary Finnish] (in Finnish) (online dictionary, continuously updated), Kotimaisten kielten keskuksen verkkojulkaisuja 35, Helsinki: Kotimaisten kielten tutkimuskeskus (Institute for the Languages of Finland), 2004–, retrieved 4 July 2023
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Franco-Provençal
Etymology
Noun
via f (plural vies) (ORB, broad)
References
French
Etymology
Borrowed from Latin viā, the ablative of via (“road, way”), of uncertain origin, plausibly cognate with vehō (“convey”).
Pronunciation
Preposition
via
Further reading
- “via”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician
Verb
via
- (reintegrationist norm) first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of ver
German
Etymology
Ultimately from Latin viā, the ablative of via (“road, way”). Cognate with English via, Danish via, Dutch via, Norwegian Bokmål via.
Pronunciation
Preposition
via [with accusative]
Related terms
Further reading
Italian
Etymology
Pronunciation
Noun
via f (plural vie)
- street, path
- Synonym: strada
- way, route
- means (to an end)
- tract (in the body)
- per via orale ― orally (literally, “through oral tract”)
- start (of a race)
Derived terms
- andare via
- dare il via a
- dare il via libera a
- ferrovia
- in via provvisoria
- sviare
- tramvia
- via libera
- via via
- viabile
- viale
- viavai
- vie aeree
- viottolo
- viuzza
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Adverb
via
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Latin
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