different between primadonna vs diva
primadonna
English
Noun
primadonna (plural primadonnas)
- Alternative spelling of prima donna
Italian
Noun
primadonna f (plural primedonne)
- Alternative form of prima donna
Norwegian Nynorsk
Etymology
prima +? donna. From Italian prima donna (literally “first lady”).
Noun
primadonna f (definite singular primadonnaa, indefinite plural primadonnaer, definite plural primadonnaene)
- prima donna
References
- “primadonna” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Polish
Etymology
From Italian prima donna (“first lady”).
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /pr?i.ma?d?n.na/
Noun
primadonna f
- (opera) prima donna
Declension
Further reading
- primadonna in Wielki s?ownik j?zyka polskiego, Instytut J?zyka Polskiego PAN
- primadonna in Polish dictionaries at PWN
primadonna From the web:
- what primadonna meaning
- primadonna what does it mean
- what's a primadonna girl
- what does primadonna mean in english
- what is primadonna girl mean
- what does primadonna refer to
- what is primadonna cheese
- what does primadonna mean in spanish
diva
English
Etymology
From Italian diva (“diva, goddess”), from Latin d?va (“goddess”), female of d?vus (“divine, divine one; notably a deified mortal”).
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /?di?v?/
- Rhymes: -i?v?
Noun
diva (plural dive or divas)
- Any female celebrity, usually a well known singer or actress. [from the 19th c.]
- 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.
Synonyms
- (self-important person): prima donna
Derived terms
- diva-ish
- divo (“a male diva”)
Translations
References
- Webster's Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary, Springfield, Massachusetts, G.&C. Merriam Co., 1967
- Douglas Harper (2001–2021) , “diva”, in Online Etymology Dictionary
Anagrams
- AIVD, Adiv, Vida, avid
Dutch
Etymology
Borrowed from Italian diva (“goddess”), from Latin diva, feminine form of divus.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?di.va?/
- Hyphenation: di?va
Noun
diva f (plural diva's, diminutive divaatje n)
- A diva.
French
Etymology
From Italian, from Latin, the feminine form of d?vus (“divine one; deified mortal”)
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /di.va/
Noun
diva f (plural divas)
- A diva
Further reading
- “diva” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Anagrams
- vida
Italian
Etymology
From Latin, the feminine form of divus (“divine one; notably deified mortal”).
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)
Anagrams
- davi
Latin
Adjective
d?va
- nominative feminine singular of d?vus
- nominative neuter plural of d?vus
- accusative neuter plural of d?vus
- vocative feminine singular of d?vus
- nominative neuter plural of d?vus
Adjective
d?v?
- ablative feminine singular of d?vus
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(key): /?di???/ (example of pronunciation)
Noun
diva f (definite singular divaa, indefinite plural divaer, definite plural divaene)
- a diva
Inflection
References
- “diva” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.
Portuguese
Pronunciation
- (Brazil) IPA(key): /?d??i.va/
Adjective
diva
- feminine singular of divo
Noun
diva f (plural divas)
- diva
- a role model, someone to be looked up to
Related terms
- deus
Spanish
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?diba/, [?d?i.??a]
Adjective
diva
- feminine singular of divo
Noun
diva f (plural divas, masculine divo, masculine plural divos)
- diva
diva From the web:
- what diva means
- what diva cup is right for me
- what diva cup size am i
- what diva are you
- what diva am i
- what divalproex is prescribed for
- what divalent cation is required
- what divas are single
you may also like
- primadonna vs diva
- primadonna vs stagy
- primadonna vs actressy
- primadonna vs pretentious
- wander vs stary
- spary vs stary
- snary vs stary
- stary vs stray
- starry vs stary
- starly vs stary
- starn vs stary
- stary vs stare
- stagy vs stary
- scrimpy vs stinted
- short vs stinted
- insubstantial vs stinted
- slender vs stinted
- scant vs stinted
- inadequate vs stinted
- little vs stinted