vial

See also: Vial and viäl

English

Etymology

From Middle English vial, viole, a variant of fiole, phiole, phial (small bowl or cup for liquids, etc.; flask) [and other forms]:[1] see further at phial.[2] Doublet of phiale.

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈvaɪəl/
  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈvaɪəl/, /ˈvaɪl/
  • (file)
  • Homophone: vile (one GA pronunciation)
  • Rhymes: -aɪəl, (one GA pronunciation) -aɪl
  • Hyphenation: vi‧al

Noun

vial (plural vials)

  1. A glass vessel or bottle, especially a small tube-shaped bottle used to store medicine, perfume or other chemicals.
    Synonym: phial

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Verb

vial (third-person singular simple present vials, present participle vialling or (US) vialing, simple past and past participle vialled or (US) vialed)

  1. (transitive) To keep or put (something, especially a liquid) in, or as if in, a vial (noun sense).
    Synonym: phial

References

  1. fīōle, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007.
  2. vial, n.”, in OED Online Paid subscription required, Oxford, Oxfordshire: Oxford University Press, July 2023; vial, n.”, in Lexico, Dictionary.com; Oxford University Press, 2019–2022.

Further reading

Anagrams

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvjal/

Noun

vial m (plural viaj)

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Spanish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbjal/ [ˈbjal]
  • Rhymes: -al
  • Syllabification: vial

Etymology 1

vía + -al

Adjective

vial m or f (masculine and feminine plural viales)

  1. (relational) road, highway

Noun

vial m (plural viales)

  1. avenue

Etymology 2

Borrowed from English vial.

Noun

vial m (plural viales)

  1. vial

Further reading

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