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See also: Via, vía, viâ, and vỉa

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

via (plural vias or viae)

  1. A main road or highway, especially in ancient Rome. (Mainly used in set phrases, below.)
  2. (electronics) A small hole in a printed circuit board filled with metal which connects two or more layers.
  3. (electronics) An electrical connection which connects two or more layers on a printed circuit board or an integrated circuit.
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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

  1. By way of; passing through.
    They drove from New York to Los Angeles via Omaha.
    You can enter the building via the western gate.
  2. 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.
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Interjection

via

  1. (obsolete) Away! Be off!

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Bavarian

Numeral

via

  1. alternative spelling of vier (“four”)

Catalan

Etymology

From Latin via.

Pronunciation

Noun

via f (plural vies)

  1. lane
  2. way, path
  3. railway track
    Synonym: via fèrria
  4. channel

Derived terms

Preposition

via

  1. via, by way of

Further reading

Danish

Etymology

From Latin via.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈviːæ/, /ˈviæ/

Preposition

via

  1. via; by way of; passing through.
    Familien kørte til Aalborg via Aarhus.
    The family drove to Aalborg via Aarhus.
  2. via, by means of, using.
    Bestillingen kan betales via smartphone
    The order can be paid for via smartphone

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References

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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

  • IPA(key): /ˈvi.aː/
  • Audio:(file)
  • Hyphenation: via

Preposition

via

  1. via, through, by way of
    Synonym: langs
  2. by (means of); using (a medium)
    Synonym: per

Derived terms

  • via via (“using various intermediaries”)
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Esperanto

Etymology

From vi +‎ -a.

Pronunciation

Determiner

via (accusative singular vian, plural viaj, accusative plural viajn)

  1. (possessive) your, yours

See also

More information singular, plural ...

1 The second person familiar pronouns are archaic.

2 The proposed gender-neutral third-person singular pronouns ri (rin, ria) and ŝli (ŝlin, ŝlia) are not widely used.

3 The proposed third-person feminine plural pronoun iŝi (iŝin, iŝia) is not widely used.

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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

  1. alocasia

Finnish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin viā, the ablative of via (“road, way”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋiɑ/, [ˈʋiɑ̝]
  • Rhymes: -iɑ
  • Syllabification(key): vi‧a
  • Hyphenation(key): via

Adverb

via

  1. via
    Synonym: kautta

Further reading

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Franco-Provençal

Etymology

Inherited from Latin vīta.

Noun

via f (plural vies) (ORB, broad)

  1. life

References

  • vie in DicoFranPro: Dictionnaire Français/Francoprovençal – on dicofranpro.llm.umontreal.ca
  • via in Lo trèsor Arpitan – on arpitan.eu

French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin viā, the ablative of via (“road, way”), of uncertain origin, plausibly cognate with vehō (“convey”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vja/
  • Audio (France (Vosges)):(file)
  • Audio (France (Vosges)):(file)

Preposition

via

  1. via, through, by way of

Further reading

Galician

Verb

via

  1. (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]

  1. via, by way of
    Synonym: über
  2. by way of, by means of
    Synonyms: durch, mittels, mithilfe von

Further reading

  • “via” in Duden online
  • “via” in Digitales Wörterbuch der deutschen Sprache

Italian

Etymology

From Latin via.

Pronunciation

Noun

via f (plural vie)

  1. street, path
    Synonym: strada
  2. way, route
  3. means (to an end)
  4. tract (in the body)
    per via orale ― orally (literally, “through oral tract”)
  5. start (of a race)

Derived terms

Adverb

via

  1. away
  2. out

Further reading

  • via1 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
  • via2 in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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