villa

B2 Topic:House & Home

US /ˈvɪlə/ See IPA manual

Freq #4911

Meanings

1

noun
A large, comfortable house, often in the countryside or by the sea and used for holidays.

They rented a villa on the coast for the summer.
2

noun
A country house in ancient Rome, with its surrounding farm buildings.

Archaeologists uncovered a Roman villa near the river.

Thesaurus

Word family

Forms villas

Related forms dacha

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian villa, from Latin vīlla (“country house”). Doublet of vill and ville.

*weyḱ- Proto-Indo-European villa Italian vīlla Latin

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# villa

**Type:** Word
**Level:** B2
**Part of speech:** noun
**IPA (US):** /ˈvɪlə/
**Frequency rank:** 4911

## Meanings
1. A large, comfortable house, often in the countryside or by the sea and used for holidays.
2. A country house in ancient Rome, with its surrounding farm buildings.

## Examples
- They rented a villa on the coast for the summer.
- Archaeologists uncovered a Roman villa near the river.

## Related Forms
- dacha

## Roots and Affixes
- Root: *weyḱ-
- Root: villa
- Root: vīlla

## Etymology
Borrowed from Italian villa, from Latin vīlla (“country house”). Doublet of vill and ville.

## AI Etymology
Villa is borrowed from Italian villa, from Latin vīlla (“country house”). Doublet of vill and ville. Important historical forms include Proto-Indo-European *weyḱ-, Italian villa, and Latin vīlla. In present-day use, it can mean a large, comfortable house, often in the countryside or by the sea and used for holidays, or a country house in ancient Rome, with its surrounding farm buildings. Related words include dacha.

## Topics
- House & Home

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