diva

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdiːvə/
• Rhymes: -iːvə

diva (plural dive or divas)

1. Any female celebrity, usually a well known singer or actress. [from the 19th c.]
2. 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

• diva-ish
• divo (“a male diva”)

• Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
• “diva” in Douglas Harper, Online Etymology Dictionary, 2001–2019.

• AIVD, Adiv, Vida, avid

From Italian diva (“goddess”).

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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 le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• vida

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

diva f (plural dive)

1. (acting) A star (female, especially a singer or actress)

   Synonym: dea (informal)

2. (poetic) A goddess

   Synonym: dea

• divo (masculine)

• davi

dīva

1. nominative feminine singular of dīvus
2. nominative neuter plural of dīvus
3. accusative neuter plural of dīvus
4. vocative feminine singular of dīvus
5. nominative neuter plural of dīvus

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

diva

1. Feminine singular of adjective divo.

diva f (plural divas)

1. diva

• deus

• IPA^(key): /ˈdiba/, [ˈd̪iβa]

diva

1. Feminine singular of adjective divo.

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

1. diva