Standard Lemma guide

voilà

intj · 1 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

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  • UK: /vwæˈlɑː/
  • UK: /vwɑːˈlɑː/
  • UK: /vwʌˈlɑː/
  • US: /(v)wɑˈlɑ/
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  • General-American: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.

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intj

Meaning 1

Lo, there it is; ta-da; presto; behold!

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

History

Etymology

Borrowed from French voilà.

Across languages

Translations

45 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Arabic: أهو (ʔahu) — behold!
  • Arabic: أهي (ʔahe) — behold!
  • Arabic: أهم (ʔahum) — behold!
  • Arabic: أهو (ahō) — behold!
  • Arabic: أهي (ahē) — behold!
  • Arabic: أهم (ahum) — behold!
  • Catalan: justa la fusta — behold!
  • Catalan: això mateix — behold!
  • Catalan: ara m’agrades — behold!
  • Catalan: Àngela Maria — behold!
  • Chinese Cantonese: 睇 (tai2) — behold!
  • Chinese Mandarin: 瞧 (qiáo) — behold!
  • Dutch: voilà — behold!
  • Esperanto: jen — behold!
  • Finnish: noin — behold!
  • Finnish: kas tässä — behold!
  • Finnish: no niin — behold!
  • Finnish: avot — behold!
  • French: voilà — behold!
  • Galician: velaí — behold!
  • Galician: velaquí — behold!
  • Galician: eis — behold!
  • German: voilà — behold!
  • Hungarian: voálá — behold!
  • Hungarian: íme — behold!
  • Hungarian: tessék — behold!
  • Latin: ecce — behold!
  • Latvian: lūk — behold!
  • Latvian: āre — behold!
  • Latvian: re — behold!
  • Polish: oto — behold!
  • Polish: ot — behold!
  • Polish: voilà — behold!
  • Portuguese: eis — behold!
  • Romanian: iată — behold!
  • Russian: вуаля́ (vualjá) — behold!
  • Russian: на (na) — behold!
  • Spanish: he ahí — behold!
  • Spanish: he aquí — behold!
  • Spanish: helo ahí — behold!
  • Spanish: helo aquí — behold!
  • Spanish: vualá — behold!
  • Spanish: voilà — behold!
  • Spanish: voilá — behold!
  • Turkish: işte — behold!