# diva
## 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: /ˈdiː.və/
* Audio (Southern England):(file)
* Audio (US):(file)
* Rhymes: -iːvə
* Hyphenation: di‧va

### Noun

diva (plural divas or dive)
* Any female celebrity, usually a well known singer or actress. [from the 19th c.]
* (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
* (Internet slang) A person who slays.
    Who is this DIVA 💜.

#### Derived terms

* divadom
* divaesque
* diva house
* diva-ish
* divaism
* divalike
* divo

#### Translations

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### References

* Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
* Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “diva”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

### Anagrams

* AIVD, Adiv, Vida, avid

## Catalan
### Etymology

From Latin dīva (“goddess”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈdi.βə]
* IPA: (Balearic) [ˈdi.və]
* IPA: (Valencia) [ˈdi.va]

### Noun

diva f (plural dives, masculine divo)
* (obsolete) goddess
    Synonym: deessa
* diva

### Further reading

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

## Dutch
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

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

### Noun

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

## French
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /di.va/

### Noun

diva f (plural divas)
* a diva

### Further reading

* “diva”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* vida

## Italian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdi.va/
* Rhymes: -iva
* Hyphenation: dì‧va

### Noun

diva f (plural dive)
* (acting) a star (female, especially a singer or actress)
    Synonym: (informal) dea
* (poetic) a goddess
    Synonym: dea

#### Related terms

* divo (masculine)

#### Descendants

* → Catalan: diva
* → Chinese: 迪娃 (díwá), 迪瓦 (díwǎ)
* → Dutch: diva
* → English: diva
* → Finnish: diiva
* → French: diva
* → German: Diva
* → Hungarian: díva
* → Japanese: ディーバ (dība), ディーヴァ (dīva)
* → Polish: diwa
* → Portuguese: diva
* → Russian: ди́ва (díva)
* → Spanish: diva
* → Swedish: diva
* → Turkish: diva

### Anagrams

* davi

## Latin
### Pronunciation

* dīva: (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈdiː.u̯a/, [ˈd̪iːu̯ä]
* dīva: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈdi.va/, [ˈd̪iːvä]
* dīvā: (Classical Latin) IPA: /ˈdiː.u̯aː/, [ˈd̪iːu̯äː]
* dīvā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA: /ˈdi.va/, [ˈd̪iːvä]

### 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
* goddess, deity

##### Declension

First-declension noun.

##### Descendants

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

### Etymology 2
#### Noun

diva
* nominative/accusative/vocative plural of dīvum (“sky, open air”)

### Etymology 3
#### Adjective

dīva
* inflection of dīvus:
** nominative/vocative feminine singular
** nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

#### Adjective

dīvā
* 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

* IPA: /ˈdiːʋɑ/

### Noun

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

#### Inflection

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

### References

* “diva” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdi.va/
* Rhymes: -iva
* Syllabification: di‧va

### Etymology 1

(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'”).

#### Noun

diva f
* (Internet slang) prostitute
    Synonyms: see Thesaurus:prostytutka

##### Declension
### Etymology 2
#### Noun

diva f
* Alternative spelling of diwa

### Further reading

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

## Portuguese
### Etymology 1
#### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈd͡ʒi.vɐ/
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈd͡ʒi.vɐ/
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈd͡ʒi.va/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈdi.vɐ/
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈdi.vɐ/
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈdi.bɐ/ [ˈdi.βɐ]
* Rhymes: -ivɐ
* Hyphenation: di‧va

#### Adjective

diva
* feminine singular of divo

#### Noun

diva f (plural divas, masculine divo, masculine plural divos)
* diva (female deity, goddess)
* role model (someone to be looked up to)

##### Related terms

* deus

### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Verb

diva
* inflection of divar:
** third-person singular present indicative
** second-person singular imperative

### Further reading

* “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

## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /dǐːʋa/
* Hyphenation: di‧va

### Noun

díva f (Cyrillic spelling ди́ва)
* Alternative form of díba (“gold-damascened silk brocade”)

### References

* 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

## Slovak
### Etymology

Borrowed from Italian diva.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈdiva]
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### Noun

diva f
* diva (female celebrity)

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “diva”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Spanish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdiba/ [ˈd̪i.β̞a]
* Rhymes: -iba
* Syllabification: di‧va

### Noun

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

### Adjective

diva
* feminine singular of divo

### Further reading

* “divo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 2024 December 10

## Swedish
### Noun

diva c
* a diva, a prima donna (famous person with annoying manners)
    Vilken jäkla divaWhat a bloody diva

#### Declension
### References

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

## Turkish
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈdi.va/
* Hyphenation: di‧va

### Noun

diva (definite accusative divayı, plural divalar)
* diva (female celebrity)

### Further reading

* “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