diva

From Italian diva (“diva, goddess”), from Latin dīva (“goddess”), female of dīvus (“divine, divine one; notably a deified mortal”), from Old Latin deivā, from Proto-Italic *deiwā (“goddess”), feminine of *deiwos (“god”), from Proto-Indo-European *deywós (“god”).

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈdiː.və/

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• Rhymes: -iːvə
• Hyphenation: di‧va

diva (plural divas or dive)

1. Any female celebrity, usually a well known singer or actress. [from the 19th c.]
2. (slang, derogatory, informal) A person with an inflated sense of self, who has high expectations of others, and who is extremely demanding and fussy when it comes to personal privileges.

   Synonym: prima donna

3. (Internet slang) A person who slays in a confident and feminine manner.

   Who is this DIVA 💜.

• “diva” in Webster’s Seventh New Collegiate Dictionary: Based on Webster’s Third New International Dictionary, 7th edition, Springfield, Mass.: G[eorge] & C[harles] Merriam, 1963 (1967 printing), →OCLC.
• Douglas Harper (2001–2025) “diva”, in Online Etymology Dictionary.

• AIVD, Adiv, Vida, avid

From Latin dīva (“goddess”).

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈdi.βə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈdi.və]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈdi.va]

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

1. (obsolete) goddess

   Synonym: deessa

2. diva

• “diva”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

Borrowed from Italian diva (“goddess”), from Latin diva, feminine form of divus.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdi.vaː/

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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 Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

• vida

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈdi.va/
• Rhymes: -iva
• Hyphenation: dì‧va

diva f (plural dive)

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

   Synonym: (informal) dea

2. (poetic) a goddess

   Synonym: dea

• divo (masculine)

• davi

• dīva: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈdiː.wa]
• dīva: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈd̪iː.va]
• dīvā: (Classical Latin) IPA^(key): [ˈdiː.waː]
• dīvā: (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): [ˈd̪iː.va]

From Old Latin deivā, from Proto-Italic *deiwā (“goddess”), feminine of *deiwos (“god”), from Proto-Indo-European *deywós (“god”) (whence dīvus and deus). See also dea.

dīva f (genitive dīvae, masculine dīvus); first declension

1. goddess, deity

First-declension noun.

• Catalan: diva
• Italian: diva (see there for further descendants)
• Spanish: diva

diva

1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of dīvum (“sky, open air”)

dīva

1. inflection of dīvus:
   1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
   2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

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

From Italian diva.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdiːʋɑ/

diva f (definite singular divaa, indefinite plural divaer, definite plural divaene)

1. a diva

• “diva” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

• IPA^(key): /ˈdi.va/
• Rhymes: -iva
• Syllabification: di‧va

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium. Particularly: “its relation to 'diwa' and/or 'dziw(k)a'”).

diva f

1. (Internet slang) prostitute

   Synonyms: see Thesaurus:prostytutka

diva f

1. alternative spelling of diwa

• diva in Narodowy Fotokorpus Języka Polskiego
• diva in miejski.pl

• Rhymes: -ivɐ
• Hyphenation: di‧va

diva

1. feminine singular of divo

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

1. diva (female deity, goddess)
2. diva (female celebrity)
3. role model (someone to be looked up to)

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

diva

1. inflection of divar:
   1. third-person singular present indicative
   2. second-person singular imperative

• “diva”, in Dicionário Aulete Digital (in Portuguese), Rio de Janeiro: Lexikon Editora Digital, 2008–2025
• “diva”, in Dicio – Dicionário Online de Português (in Portuguese), São Paulo: 7Graus, 2009–2025
• “diva”, in Dicionário inFormal (in Portuguese), 2006–2025
• “diva”, in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2025
• “diva”, in Michaelis Dicionário Brasileiro da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), São Paulo: Editora Melhoramentos, 2015–2025
• “diva”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025

Borrowed from Ottoman Turkish ديبا (diba), from Persian دیبا (dêbâ).

• IPA^(key): /dǐːʋa/
• Hyphenation: di‧va

díva f (Cyrillic spelling ди́ва)

1. alternative form of díba (“gold-damascened silk brocade”)

• Đuro Daničić, Matija Valjavac, Pero Budmani, editor (1884–1886), “díva”, in Rječnik hrvatskoga ili srpskoga jezika‎^[1] (in Serbo-Croatian), volume 2, Zagreb: JAZU, page 418

Borrowed from Italian diva.

• IPA^(key): [ˈdiva]

diva f

1. diva (female celebrity)

• “diva”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

• IPA^(key): /ˈdiba/ [ˈd̪i.β̞a]
• Rhymes: -iba
• Syllabification: di‧va

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

1. diva

diva

1. feminine singular of divo

• “divo”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 10 December 2024

diva c

1. a diva, a prima donna (famous person with annoying manners)

   Vilken jäkla diva

   What a bloody diva

• diva in Svensk ordbok (SO)
• diva in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
• diva in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈdi.va/
• Hyphenation: di‧va

diva (definite accusative divayı, plural divalar)

1. diva (female celebrity)

• “diva”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–) “diva”, in Nişanyan Sözlük
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “diva”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 1, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 1203