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vial

name · noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈvaɪəl/
  • Received-Pronunciation: /ˈvaɪl/
  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • homophone: vile (one GA pronunciation)
  • rhymes with -aɪəl
  • rhymes with (one GA pronunciation) -aɪl
  • CMU ARPABET: V AY1 AH0 L Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

name

Meaning 1

A surname.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

A glass or plastic vessel or bottle, especially a small tube-shaped bottle used to store medicine, perfume or other chemicals.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: phial

Antonyms: none provided

3

verb

Meaning 3

To keep or put (something, especially a liquid) in, or as if in, a vial (noun sense).

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: transitive

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: phial

Antonyms: none provided

4

noun

Meaning 4

a small bottle that contains a drug (especially a sealed sterile container for injection by needle)

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: phial, ampule, ampul, ampoule

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: bottle

History

Etymology

From Middle English vial, viole, a variant of fiole, phiole, phial (“small bowl or cup for liquids, etc.; flask”) [and other forms]: see further at phial. Doublet of phiale.

Across languages

Translations

65 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: أُنبوب — small tube-shaped bottle used to store a chemical
  • Assyrian Neo-Aramaic: ܩܵܪܘܼܪܵܐ (qārūrā) — small tube-shaped bottle used to store a chemical
  • Armenian: սրվակ (srvak) — small tube-shaped bottle used to store a chemical
  • Belarusian: флако́н (flakón) — small tube-shaped bottle used to store a chemical
  • Belarusian: пля́шачка (pljášačka) — small tube-shaped bottle used to store a chemical
  • Belarusian: бутэ́лечка (butélječka) — small tube-shaped bottle used to store a chemical
  • Belarusian: ду́тка (dútka) — small tube-shaped bottle used to store a chemical
  • Bulgarian: шише́нце (šišénce) — small tube-shaped bottle used to store a chemical
  • Bulgarian: флако́н (flakón) — small tube-shaped bottle used to store a chemical
  • Catalan: fiola — small tube-shaped bottle used to store a chemical
  • Czech: fióla — small tube-shaped bottle used to store a chemical
  • Czech: lahvička — small tube-shaped bottle used to store a chemical
  • Dutch: fiool — small tube-shaped bottle used to store a chemical
  • Dutch: medcijnfles — small tube-shaped bottle used to store a chemical
  • Esperanto: fiolo — small tube-shaped bottle used to store a chemical
  • Esperanto: boteleto — small tube-shaped bottle used to store a chemical
  • Estonian: viaal — small tube-shaped bottle used to store a chemical
  • Finnish: lääkepullo — small tube-shaped bottle used to store a chemical
  • Finnish: näytepullo — small tube-shaped bottle used to store a chemical
  • Finnish: pikkupullo — small tube-shaped bottle used to store a chemical
  • French: fiole — small tube-shaped bottle used to store a chemical
  • Georgian: შუშა (šuša) — small tube-shaped bottle used to store a chemical
  • Georgian: ბოთლი (botli) — small tube-shaped bottle used to store a chemical
  • Georgian: ფლაკონი (plaḳoni) — small tube-shaped bottle used to store a chemical
  • German: Phiole — small tube-shaped bottle used to store a chemical
  • Greek: αμπούλα (ampoúla) — small tube-shaped bottle used to store a chemical
  • Hindi: शीशी (śīśī) — small tube-shaped bottle used to store a chemical
  • Hungarian: fiola — small tube-shaped bottle used to store a chemical
  • Hungarian: üvegcse — small tube-shaped bottle used to store a chemical
  • Ido: fialo — small tube-shaped bottle used to store a chemical
  • Irish: fial — small tube-shaped bottle used to store a chemical
  • Italian: fiala — small tube-shaped bottle used to store a chemical
  • Japanese: 小瓶 (kobin) — small tube-shaped bottle used to store a chemical
  • Japanese: 薬瓶 (kusuribin) — small tube-shaped bottle used to store a chemical
  • Japanese: バイアル (baiaru) — small tube-shaped bottle used to store a chemical
  • Korean: 유리병 (yuribyeong) — small tube-shaped bottle used to store a chemical
  • Korean: 약병 (yakbyeong) — small tube-shaped bottle used to store a chemical
  • Korean: 바이알 (baial) — small tube-shaped bottle used to store a chemical
  • Latin: fiola — small tube-shaped bottle used to store a chemical
  • Macedonian: ши́шенце (šíšence) — small tube-shaped bottle used to store a chemical
  • Marathi: शिशी (śiśī) — small tube-shaped bottle used to store a chemical
  • Marathi: शीशी (śīśī) — small tube-shaped bottle used to store a chemical
  • Middle English: fiole — small tube-shaped bottle used to store a chemical
  • Iranian Persian: وِیال (viyâl) — small tube-shaped bottle used to store a chemical
  • Polish: fiolka — small tube-shaped bottle used to store a chemical
  • Portuguese: frasco — small tube-shaped bottle used to store a chemical
  • Romanian: fiolă — small tube-shaped bottle used to store a chemical
  • Russian: буты́лочка (butýločka) — small tube-shaped bottle used to store a chemical
  • Russian: пузырёк (puzyrjók) — small tube-shaped bottle used to store a chemical
  • Russian: флако́н (flakón) — small tube-shaped bottle used to store a chemical
  • Russian: скля́нка (skljánka) — small tube-shaped bottle used to store a chemical
  • Slovak: fľaštička — small tube-shaped bottle used to store a chemical
  • Slovak: liekovka — small tube-shaped bottle used to store a chemical
  • Slovene: fiola — small tube-shaped bottle used to store a chemical
  • Spanish: frasco — small tube-shaped bottle used to store a chemical
  • Spanish: vial — small tube-shaped bottle used to store a chemical
  • Swahili: chupa — small tube-shaped bottle used to store a chemical
  • Tagalog: redoma — small tube-shaped bottle used to store a chemical
  • Turkish: viyal — small tube-shaped bottle used to store a chemical
  • Ukrainian: флако́н (flakón) — small tube-shaped bottle used to store a chemical
  • Ukrainian: пля́шечка (pljášečka) — small tube-shaped bottle used to store a chemical
  • Urdu: شِیشی (śīśī) — small tube-shaped bottle used to store a chemical
  • Vietnamese: lọ — small tube-shaped bottle used to store a chemical
  • Vietnamese: lọ nhỏ — small tube-shaped bottle used to store a chemical
  • Welsh: ffiol — small tube-shaped bottle used to store a chemical