voila
/vwæˈlɑː/interjection
voila is an interjection meaning “Alternative spelling of voilà” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-O-I-L-A and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 1 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does voila mean?
interjection
- 1
Alternative spelling of voilà.
interjection
- 1
Lo, there it is; ta-da; presto; behold!
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce voila?
- UK /vwæˈlɑː/
- UK /vwɑːˈlɑː/
- UK /vwʌˈlɑː/
Voila 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-us-voilà.ogg, LL-Q1860_(eng)-Naomi_Persephone_Amethyst_(NaomiAmethyst)-voilà.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
How common is voila?
Voila appears about once in every 1 million words in written English, the 31,549th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Voila in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense behold!:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | voilà |
| German | voilà |
| Portuguese | eis |
| Spanish | he ahí, he aquí, helo ahí, helo aquí, vualá, voilà |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does voila come from?
Borrowed from French voilà.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).