name · noun · verb · 4 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot
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Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation:/ˈvaɪəl/
Received-Pronunciation:/ˈvaɪl/
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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