# via
## English
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈvaɪə/, /ˈviː.ə/
* Audio (UK):(file)
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -aɪə, -iːə

### 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)
* 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.

##### Derived terms

* via affirmativa
* Via Crucis
* Via Dolorosa
* Via Egnatia
* via ferrata
* via glareata
* Via Lactea
* via media
* via munita
* via negativa
* via terrena

##### Related terms

* viaticum
* viator

### Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin viā (“by the way (of)”), ablative singular of via (“way, road”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰ-.

#### Alternative forms

* viâ

#### 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.
** 2012 December 1, “An internet of airborne things”, in The Economist‎, volume 405, number 8813, 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.
** 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: […]

##### Derived terms

* via-satellite

##### Translations
#### Interjection

via
* (obsolete) Away! Be off!

### Anagrams

* A-IV, AIV, AVI, Avi, IVA, Iva, Vai, avi, avi-, vai

## Bavarian
### Numeral

via
* Alternative spelling of vier (“four”)

## Catalan
### Etymology

From Latin via.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈbi.ə]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ˈvi.ə]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈvi.a]
* Rhymes: -ia

### 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

* vianant
* viari

### Preposition

via
* via, by way of

### Further reading

* “via” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
* “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

From Latin via.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈviːæ/, /ˈviæ/

### 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 smartphoneThe 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

## 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: /ˈvi.aː/
* Audio:(file)
* Hyphenation: via

### Preposition

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

#### Derived terms

* via via (“using various intermediaries”)

## Esperanto
### Etymology

From vi +‎ -a.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈvia]
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ia
* Hyphenation: vi‧a

### Determiner

via (accusative singular vian, plural viaj, accusative plural viajn)
* (possessive) your, yours

### See also

| | | Singular | Singular | Singular | Plural | Plural | Plural |
| | | Nominative | Accusative | Possessive | Nominative | Accusative | Possessive |
| First person | First person | mi | min | mia | ni | nin | nia |
| Second person | Formal | vi | vin | via | vi | vin | via |
| Second person | Familiar$^1$ | ci | cin | cia | vi | vin | via |
| Third person | Masculine | li | lin | lia | ili iŝi$^3$ | ilin iŝin$^3$ | ilia iŝia$^3$ |
| Third person | Feminine | ŝi | ŝin | ŝia | ili iŝi$^3$ | ilin iŝin$^3$ | ilia iŝia$^3$ |
| Third person | Neuter | ĝi | ĝin | ĝia | ili iŝi$^3$ | ilin iŝin$^3$ | ilia iŝia$^3$ |
| Third person | Gender-neutral$^2$ | ri ŝli | rin ŝlin | ria ŝlia | ili iŝi$^3$ | ilin iŝin$^3$ | ilia iŝia$^3$ |
| Third person | Reflexive | si | sin | sia | si | sin | sia |
| Indefinite | Indefinite | oni | onin | onia | oni | onin | onia |
| Notes ||||||||
| $^1$ 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. ||||||||

## 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
* alocasia

## Finnish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʋiɑ/, [ˈʋiɑ̝]
* Rhymes: -iɑ
* Hyphenation: via

### Adverb

via
* via
    Synonym: kautta

### 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 2023-07-04

### Anagrams

* AVI, avi, iva, vai

## Franco-Provençal
### Etymology

Inherited from Latin vīta.

### Noun

via f (plural vies) (ORB, broad)
* 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: /vja/
* Audio:(file)

### Preposition

via
* via, through, by way of

### 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

* Audio:(file)

### Preposition

via [with accusative]
* via, by way of
    Synonym: über
* by way of, by means of
    Synonyms: durch, mittels, mithilfe von

#### Related terms

* Via

### Further reading

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

## Italian
### Etymology

From Latin via.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈvi.a/
* Audio:(file)
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ia
* Hyphenation: vì‧a

### 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
* ferrovia
* in via provvisoria
* sviare
* tramvia
* via libera
* via via
* viabile
* viale
* viavai
* vie aeree
* viottolo
* viuzza

#### Related terms

* viario

### Adverb

via
* away
* out

### Further reading

* via$^1$ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
* via$^2$ in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

### Anagrams

* -avi, -iva, IVA, Iva, avi, vai

## Latin
### Etymology

* From Proto-Italic *wijā, from Proto-Indo-European *wih₁eh₂-, from *weyh₁- (“to pursue, be strong”). Cognate with Lithuanian vyti (“to pursue”). See also vīs, invītus, invītō, Ancient Greek οἶμος (oîmos).
* Or perhaps from Proto-Indo-European *weǵʰyeh₂-, from *weǵʰ- (whence vehō and English way). This hypothesis is rejected by De Vaan.

### Pronunciation

* (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈu̯i.a/, [ˈu̯iä]
* (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈvi.a/, [ˈviːä]

### Noun

via f (genitive viae); first declension
* road, street, path
    Synonym: platea
* highway
    Antonym: sēmita
* way, method, manner, mode
* the right way
* (figuratively) journey, course, route
    Synonym: iter
** 405 CE, Jerome, Vulgate Proverbs.30.19:viam aquilae in caelō viam colubrī super petram viam nāvis in mediō marī et viam virī in adulēscentulāThe way of an eagle in the air, the way of a serpent upon a rock, the way of a ship in the midst of the sea, and the way of a man in youth. (Douay-Rheims trans., Challoner rev.; 1752 CE)

#### Declension

First-declension noun.

#### Synonyms

* (road): iter

#### Hyponyms

* via agrāria (“lane”)

#### Derived terms

* āvius
* bivius
* dēvius
* invius
* obviō
* obvius
* pervius
* praevius
* quadrivium
* trivium
* viālis
* viārius
* viāticus
* viō

#### Related terms

* bivium
* triviālis

#### Descendants

* → Albanian: vijë
* Catalan: via
* → Dutch: via
* → English: via
* Franco-Provençal: voué
* French: voie, via
* Galician: vía
* Istriot: veîa
* Italian: via
* Piedmontese: via
* Portuguese: via
* Romanian: via
* Romansch: via, veia
* Sicilian: via
* Spanish: vía
* → Swedish: via

### References

* ↑ De Vaan, Michiel (2008) “via”, in Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill, →ISBN, pages 673-4
* ↑ Edward A. Roberts, Bárbara Pastor, Diccionario etimológico indoeuropeo de la lengua española, Alianza Editorial 2009, →ISBN

### Further reading

* “via”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
* “via”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
* "via", in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition with additions by D. P. Carpenterius, Adelungius and others, edited by Léopold Favre, 1883–1887)
* via in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.
* Carl Meißner, Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book‎, London: Macmillan and Co. the country-house stands near the road: villa tangit viam the road is the same length: tantundem viae est to pave a road: viam sternere (silice, saxo) to make a gravel path: substruere viam glarea (Liv. 41. 27) a street, a made road: via strata a well-trodden, much-frequented way: via trita to make a road: viam munire to open a route: viam patefacere, aperire to cut one's way (through the enemies' ranks): ferro viam facere (per confertos hostes) to obstruct a road; to close a route: viam intercludere a road leads somewhere: via fert, ducit aliquo to set out on a journey: in viam se dare to set out on a journey: viae se committere to enter upon a route; to take a road: viam ingredi, inire (also metaphorically) to turn aside from the right way; to deviate: de via declinare, deflectere (also metaphorically) make way for any one: (de via) decedere alicui to set out by the Appian road: Appia via proficisci to direct a person who has lost his way: erranti viam monstrare to continue one's journey, pursue one's course: viam persequi (also metaphorically) to accomplish a long journey: longam viam conficere weary with travelling; way-worn: fessus de via in a straight line: recta (regione, via); in directum to bring a person back to the right way: in viam reducere aliquem to return to the right way: in viam redire to enter upon a career: viam vitae ingredi (Flacc. 42. 105) to give a scientific explanation of a thing: artificio et via tradere aliquid to proceed, carry on a discussion logically: ratione et via, via et ratione progredi, disputare (Or. 33. 116) to walk in the ways of virtue: viam virtutis ingredi (Off. 1. 32. 118) to receive tenders for the construction of temples, highroads: locare aedes, vias faciendas (Phil. 9. 7. 16)
* “via”, in Harry Thurston Peck, editor (1898), Harper's Dictionary of Classical Antiquities, New York: Harper & Brothers
* Pokorny, Julius (1959) Indogermanisches etymologisches Wörterbuch [Indo-European Etymological Dictionary] (in German), Bern, München: Francke Verlag

## Norwegian Bokmål
### Etymology 1

From Latin via.

#### Preposition

via
* via

### Etymology 2
#### Alternative forms

* viet
* vigde, vidde (simple past)
* vigd, vidd (past participle)

#### Verb

via
* inflection of vie:
** simple past
** past participle

### References

* “via” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

## Norwegian Nynorsk
### Etymology 1

From Latin via.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈʋiː.ɑ/

#### Preposition

via
* via

### Etymology 2

From earlier form vigja, from Old Norse vígja, from Proto-Germanic *wīhijaną.

#### Alternative forms

* vie (e-infinitive)
* vigja (non-standard since 1938)

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /²ʋiː.ɑ/

#### Verb

via (present tense vier, past tense vigde, supine vigd or vigt, past participle vigd, present participle viande, imperative vi)
* (transitive) to dedicate, commit
* (transitive) to consecrate, to hallow
* (transitive) to wed

##### Derived terms

* ektevia
* innvia
* prestevia

##### Related terms

* ve
* vigsel, vigsle

### References

* “via” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

### Anagrams

* avi, vai

## Portuguese
### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈvi.ɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈvi.ɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈvi.a/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈvi.ɐ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈvi.ɐ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈbi.ɐ/
* Rhymes: -iɐ
* Hyphenation: vi‧a

### Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese via, from Latin via (“road”), which see for details.

#### Noun

via f (plural vias)
* a way; a path
    Synonym: caminho
* (rail transport) gauge (distance between the rails of a railway)
    Synonym: bitola
* medium (means or channel by which an aim is achieved)
    Synonyms: meio, veículo
* an example of a document

##### Derived terms

* por via de regra
* via de salvação
* via do paraíso
* via executiva
* via férrea
* via pública
* via purgativa
* via-sacra

##### Related terms

* Via Láctea
* viação
* viaduto
* viário
* viável
* viela

### Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Latin viā (“by way of”).

#### Preposition

via
* via (by way of; passing through)
* via (by means of; using a medium)

#### Noun

via f (plural vias)
* (historical) via (road built by the ancient Romans)

### Etymology 3

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

via
* first/third-person singular imperfect indicative of ver

## Romanian
### Etymology 1

Borrowed from French and Latin via.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈvi.a/

#### Preposition

via (+accusative)
* via, by

### Etymology 2

From an older form vie, from Latin vīvere, from Proto-Italic *gʷīwō, from Proto-Indo-European *gʷíh₃weti (“to live, be alive”).

#### Alternative forms

* vie — regional, archaic

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /viˈa/

#### Verb

a via (third-person singular present viază, past participle viat) 1st conjugation
* (rare) to have life; to live, exist
* (of intangibles, such as emotions and beliefs) to endure

##### Synonyms

* dăinui
* dura
* exista
* fi
* trăi
* viețui

##### Derived terms

* viere

##### Related terms

* învia
* viabil

### Etymology 3

Form of the adjective viu.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈvi.a/

#### Adjective

via
* definite feminine singular nominative/accusative of viu (“live, alive”)

### Etymology 4

Form of the noun vie.

#### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈvi.a/

#### Noun

via
* definite singular nominative/accusative of vie (“the vineyard”)

## Romansch
### Alternative forms

* veia (Sutsilvan, Surmiran)

### Etymology

From Latin via.

### Noun

via f (plural vias)
* (Rumantsch Grischun, Sursilvan, Puter, Vallader) road, street; way

#### Synonyms

* (Rumantsch Grischun, Sutsilvan: road, street) strada

## Swedish
### Preposition

via
* via, over, by, through

### Anagrams

* IVA, avi