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): /ˈdiːvə/

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• Rhymes: -iːvə

diva (plural dive or divas)

1. Any female celebrity, usually a well known singer or actress. [from the 19th c.]
2. (slang, derogatory, informal) A person who may be considered or who considers herself (or by extension, himself) much more important than others, has high expectations of others, and who is extremely demanding and fussy when it comes to personal privileges.

• (self-important person): prima donna

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
• Douglas Harper (2001–2024) “diva”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

• AIVD, Adiv, Vida, avid

From Latin dīva (“goddess”).

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈdi.βə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈdi.və]
• IPA^(key): (Valencian) [ˈdi.va]

diva f (plural dives, masculine divo)

1. (obsolete) goddess

   Synonym: deessa

2. diva

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

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 [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 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

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

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)

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.

diva

1. feminine singular of divo

diva f (plural divas)

1. diva
2. a role model, someone to be looked up to

• deus

diva

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

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈdiba/ [ˈd̪i.β̞a]
• 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, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014

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