via

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• /ˈvaɪə/
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• /ˈviː.ə/
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• rhymes with -aɪə
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• rhymes with -iːə
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• CMU ARPABET: V AY1 AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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• CMU ARPABET 2: V IY1 AH0 Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.
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Borrowed from Latin viā (“by the way (of)”), ablative singular of via (“way, road”), from Proto-Indo-European *weǵh-. Compare typologically Polish drogą, Russian путём (putjóm).

Borrowed from Latin via (“road”), possibly from Proto-Indo-European *weǵh-. Possible doublet of way. The sense in electronics is also explained as vertical interconnect access.

104 source translations are retained for this English entry.

• Finnish: läpivientirengas — small hole in a printed circuit board
• Finnish: läpivienti — electrical connection between two or more layers
• Arabic: بِوَاسِطَة (biwāsiṭa) — by way of
• Arabic: عَن طَرِيق (ʕan ṭarīq) — by way of
• Bashkir: аша (aşa) — by way of
• Bulgarian: през (prez) — by way of
• Chinese Mandarin: 經由 /经由 (jīngyóu) — by way of
• Chinese Mandarin: 通過 /通过 (tōngguò) — by way of
• Czech: přes — by way of
• Danish: via — by way of
• Danish: langs — by way of
• Danish: over — by way of
• Danish: gennem — by way of
• Dutch: via — by way of
• Dutch: langs — by way of
• Estonian: kaudu — by way of
• Finnish: kautta — by way of
• French: via — by way of
• Georgian: -ით (-it) — by way of
• Georgian: საშუალებით (sašualebit) — by way of
• German: über — by way of
• German: durch — by way of
• German: via — by way of
• Hebrew: דֶּרֶךְ (dérekh) — by way of
• Indonesian: via — by way of
• Indonesian: melalui — by way of
• Indonesian: lewat — by way of
• Japanese: ...経由で — by way of
• Japanese: ...経て (...hete) — by way of
• Macedonian: преку (preku) — by way of
• Malay: melalui — by way of
• Māori: mā — by way of
• Norwegian Bokmål: via — by way of
• Norwegian Nynorsk: via — by way of
• Polish: via — by way of
• Polish: drogą — by way of
• Polish: przez — by way of
• Portuguese: via — by way of
• Romanian: via — by way of
• Russian: че́рез (čérez) — by way of
• Russian: сквозь (skvozʹ) — by way of
• Russian: посре́дством (posrédstvom) — by way of
• Scottish Gaelic: taobh — by way of
• Serbo-Croatian: preko — by way of
• Slovene: via — by way of
• Spanish: vía — by way of
• Spanish: por — by way of
• Swedish: via — by way of
• Swedish: över — by way of
• Swedish: genom — by way of
• Telugu: వయా (vayā) — by way of
• Urdu: بَراہ (barāh) — by way of
• Arabic: بِـ (bi-) — by (means of); using (a medium)
• Bashkir: аша (aşa) — by (means of); using (a medium)
• Bulgarian: посредством (posredstvom) — by (means of); using (a medium)
• Catalan: mitjançant — by (means of); using (a medium)
• Catalan: per mitjà — by (means of); using (a medium)
• Chinese Mandarin: 通過 /通过 (tōngguò) — by (means of); using (a medium)
• Czech: pomocí — by (means of); using (a medium)
• Danish: per — by (means of); using (a medium)
• Danish: via — by (means of); using (a medium)
• Dutch: via — by (means of); using (a medium)
• Dutch: per — by (means of); using (a medium)
• Esperanto: per — by (means of); using (a medium)
• Finnish: -lla (adessiivi) — by (means of); using (a medium)
• Finnish: -itse — by (means of); using (a medium)
• Finnish: kautta — by (means of); using (a medium)
• French: via — by (means of); using (a medium)
• Georgian: საშუალებით (sašualebit) — by (means of); using (a medium)
• Georgian: გავლით (gavlit) — by (means of); using (a medium)
• Georgian: დახმარებით (daxmarebit) — by (means of); using (a medium)
• German: per — by (means of); using (a medium)
• German: mittels — by (means of); using (a medium)
• German: vermittels — by (means of); using (a medium)
• German: via — by (means of); using (a medium)
• German: durch — by (means of); using (a medium)
• German: über — by (means of); using (a medium)
• Italian: via — by (means of); using (a medium)
• Italian: per — by (means of); using (a medium)
• Japanese: ...で (...de) — by (means of); using (a medium)
• Japanese: ...によって (...ni yotte) — by (means of); using (a medium)
• Macedonian: преку (preku) — by (means of); using (a medium)
• Malay: melalui — by (means of); using (a medium)
• Māori: mā — by (means of); using (a medium)
• Norwegian Bokmål: via — by (means of); using (a medium)
• Norwegian Nynorsk: via — by (means of); using (a medium)
• Polish: via — by (means of); using (a medium)
• Polish: drogą — by (means of); using (a medium)
• Polish: przez — by (means of); using (a medium)
• Portuguese: via — by (means of); using (a medium)
• Romanian: via — by (means of); using (a medium)
• Romanian: prin — by (means of); using (a medium)
• Russian: посре́дством (posrédstvom) — by (means of); using (a medium)
• Russian: с по́мощью (s pómoščʹju) — by (means of); using (a medium)
• Russian: че́рез (čérez) — by (means of); using (a medium)
• Russian: по (po) — by (means of); using (a medium)
• Russian: путём (putjóm) — by (means of); using (a medium)
• Spanish: por — by (means of); using (a medium)
• Spanish: a través de — by (means of); using (a medium)
• Spanish: por medio de — by (means of); using (a medium)
• Spanish: mediante — by (means of); using (a medium)
• Spanish: vía — by (means of); using (a medium)
• Swedish: per — by (means of); using (a medium)
• Swedish: via — by (means of); using (a medium)