vila
/ˈviːlə/noun
vila is a noun meaning “A type of female nature spirit in Slavic mythology, similar in some ways to a fairy or nymph” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-I-L-A and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 2 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data, counting Vila, the name). The plural of vila is vilas or vile.
What does vila mean?
noun
- 1
A type of female nature spirit in Slavic mythology, similar in some ways to a fairy or nymph.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce vila?
- US /ˈviːlə/
Vila has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: En-au-vila.ogg, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
Forms of vila
- vilas plural
- vile plural
- veela
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is vila?
Vila appears about once in every 2 million words in written English, the 40,703rd most frequent word form in the list. The list counts every capitalisation together, so this includes Vila, the name.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does vila come from?
Borrowed from Serbo-Croatian víla and Slovene vila.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).