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Definition: Diva |
DivaNoun1. A distinguished female operatic singer; a female operatic star. Source: WordNet 1.7.1 Copyright © 2001 by Princeton University. All rights reserved. |
Date "diva" was first used in popular English literature: sometime before 1588. (references) |
Etymology: Diva \Di"va\ (d[=e]"v[.a]), noun; Italian plural Dive(d[=e]"v[=a]). [Italian, properly fem. of divo divine, Latin divus.]. (references) |
(From Wikipedia, the free Encyclopedia)
Diva is the Latin and Italian word for "goddess", the feminine form of the Latin word divus (= "god").Time Magazine observed in its 21 October 2002 issue: "By definition, a diva is a rampaging female ego redeemed only in part by a lovely voice." The word was originally used of great female opera singers, almost always sopranos (like Maria Callas), but is now used to describe any female celebrity, whether a female singer, movie actress, or athlete.
There are many women who are world famous divas, among them Madonna, Cher, Britney Spears, and among athletes, Lisa Leslie and Brandi Chastain.
A less-used Italian word, Divo, describes male super stars. Diva is also the title the first in a series of novels by mystery author Dellacorta. There is also a film based on the novel.
Source: adapted by the editor from Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia under a copyleft GNU Free Documentation License (GFDL) from the article "Diva."
| The following table is compiled from various sources, across various languages. When English abbreviations or acronyms come from a non-English source, this is noted. | |||
| Entry | Source | Expression | Field |
DIVA | English | Digital Video Autotracker | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |||
Synonym: DivaSynonym: prima donna (n). (additional references) |
Crosswords: Diva |
| English words defined with "diva": sail, sweep. (references) |
| Non-English Usage: "Diva" is also a word in the following languages with English translations in parentheses. French (diva), German (diva, screen goddess), Italian (diva), Latin (diva, goddess), Portuguese (diva, ottoman), Serbo-Croatian (diva), Spanish (diva, primadonna), Swedish (diva). |
| Domain | Usage | |
Screenplays | Viva la Diva! (Power Rangers Turbo; writing credit: Brett Born; Shell Danielson) I am not some Hollywood diva! I do my own hair (Get Well Soon; writing credit: Justin McCarthy) The top diva in the house is Minnie (The Osbournes; writing credit: Liliana Abud; Jaime García Estrada) | |
Lyrics | Diva with clout (You Gets No Love; performing artist: Faith Evans) Puertorican diva, from la isla bonita (Feelin' So Good; performing artist: Jennifer Lopez) | |
Movie/TV Titles | La Diva (1974) Casta diva (1954) Diva (1952) Vanshacha Diva (1950) Casta diva (1935) | |
Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | ||
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Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
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| "Diva" by Edwin Bontje Commentary: "She sure is...." | "Diva in the desert 6" by Lily Rosen Commentary: "Dead see." |
Source: photographs selected by the editor, with permission from the photographers. | |
| "Diva" is generally used as a noun (singular) -- approximately 64.00% of the time. "Diva" is used about 50 times out of a sample of 100 million words spoken or written in English. Its rank is based on over 700,000 words used in the English language. Some parts-of-speech are not covered due to the samples used by the British National Corpus. (note: percents less than one-hundredth of one percent have been omitted) |
| Parts of Speech | Percent | Usage per 100 Million Words | Rank in English |
| Noun (singular) | 64% | 32 | 61,292 |
| Noun (proper) | 36% | 18 | 82,615 |
| Total | 100.00% | 50 | N/A |
Source: compiled by the editor from several corpora; see credits.
| Hyphenated Usage | |
Beginning with "diva": diva-like. | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |
| The following statistics estimate the number of searches per day across the major English-language search engines as identified by various trade publications. Hyperlinks lead to commercial use of the expression at Amazon.com. |
| Expression | Frequency per Day | Expression | Frequency per Day |
diva starz | 1,233 | diva doll maker | 39 |
diva | 982 | don diva magazine | 36 |
diva star | 781 | diva girl | 34 |
diva starz.com | 663 | diva maker | 34 |
diva stars.com | 418 | diva don | 34 |
diva wwe | 262 | scarlet diva | 33 |
diva star.com | 218 | born diva | 33 |
com diva star | 183 | diva lehmann | 33 |
diva quiz | 172 | diva hotel san francisco | 32 |
com diva starz | 145 | diva pic | 32 |
diva pic wwe | 115 | diva spa | 31 |
diva doll | 106 | diva nude pic wwe | 31 |
diva hotel | 63 | diva ivy queen | 30 |
surf diva | 52 | destruction diva | 29 |
diva nude wwe | 47 | diva montreal spa | 24 |
diva picture wwe | 42 | diva isdn modem | 23 |
diva fierce | 40 | diva starz game | 23 |
diva search wwe | 40 | diva game star | 22 |
wwf diva | 40 | diva show | 21 |
dance diva | 40 | diva dollmaker | 21 |
asian diva | 21 | ||
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references; see credits. | |||
| Language | Translations for "diva"; alternative meanings/domain in parentheses. | |
Albanian | primadonë (prima donna), këngëtare opere me famë. (various references) | |
Arabic | مغنية رئيسية في الإوبرا, بريمادونا. (various references) | |
Bulgarian | богиня (goddess), примадона (prima donna). (various references) | |
Czech | operní zpìvaèka. (various references) | |
French | diva, grande cantatrice. (various references) | |
German | diva (screen goddess). (various references) | |
Greek | ντίβα, πρώτη αοιδόσ μελοδράματοσ. (various references) | |
Hebrew | פרימדונה (prima donna). (various references) | |
Hungarian | díva, énekesnõ (singer, songstress). (various references) | |
Italian | diva. (various references) | |
Pig Latin | ivaday.(various references) | |
Portuguese | diva (ottoman), prima-dona (prima donna). (various references) | |
Romanian | divã (star), cântãreaţã (singer, siren, vocalist). (various references) | |
Russian | примадонна (prima donna). (various references) | |
Serbo-Croatian | diva. (various references) | |
Spanish | diva (primadonna). (various references) | |
Swedish | diva. (various references) | |
Turkish | primadonna (premiere, prima donna). (various references) | |
Ukrainian | примадонна (prima donna), дива. (various references) | |
Vietnamese | nữ danh ca. (various references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various translation references. | ||
| Language | Period | Translations |
| Latin | 500 BCE-Modern | diva. (various references) |
| Italian | 900-Modern | diva. (various references) |
| Source: compiled by the editor from various references. | ||
Derivations | |
Words beginning with "diva": divagate, divagated, divagates, divagating, divagation, divagations, divalent, divan, divans, divaricate, divaricated, divaricates, divaricating, divarication, divarications, divas. (additional references) | |
Words containing "diva": khedival. (additional references) | |
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"Diva" is suggested in spellcheckers for the following: Adiuva, civa, daiv, daiva, dav, dava, Davao, davar, Davda, dave, davi, deav, Devar, deve, devia, Devra, Dhivehi, Dhiyab, diab, diah, diaj, diao, diax, diba, dica, difa, diga, diha, dija, dilap, dima, dina, dira, dival, Divali, divam, divat, divi, divia, Divo, Divoky, divox, divs, divv, diwa, dixa, Diyab, Djika, dova, drva, duva, duval, Duvaz, dv, dva, Dvina, dvta, Dvu, Dwipa, Dyba, Dyka, dyv, Dyve, Edgiva, idba, miva, ndia, oiva, Piva, Tikva, tiva. (additional references) | |
| Source: compiled by the editor, based on several corpora (additional references). | |
| # of Phoneme Matches | Pronunciation | Word(s) rhyming with "diva" (pronounced dē"vu) |
| 3 | -ē" v u | Geneva, Shiva, Viva, yeshiva. |
Source: compiled by the editor (additional references); see credits. | ||
Scrabble® Enable2K-Verified Anagrams | |
Direct Anagrams: avid. | |
| Words within the letters "a-d-i-v" | |
-1 letter: aid, via. | |
-2 letters: ad, ai, id. | |
| Words containing the letters "a-d-i-v" | |
+1 letter: avoid, davit, divan, divas, pavid, valid, vapid, viand. | |
+2 letters: advice, advise, avidin, avidly, avoids, dative, davies, davits, divans, gravid, invade, navaid, vailed, varied, vialed, viands, visaed, visard, vizard, waived. | |
+3 letters: advices, advised, advisee, adviser, advises, advisor, anviled, arrived, availed, aviated, avidins, avidity, avodire, avoided, avoider, caviled, datival, datives, deaving, deviant, deviate, devisal, diluvia, disavow, dissave, evading, glaived, gravida, impavid, invaded, invader, invades, invalid, naevoid, navaids, ovoidal, ravined, rivaled, savvied, valgoid, validly, vanadic, vapidly, vedalia, viaduct, vialled, visaged, visards, vistaed, vizards. | |
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