voilà

UK/vwæˈlɑː/UK/vwɑːˈlɑː/UK/vwʌˈlɑː/US/(v)wɑˈlɑ/

interjection

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

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Meanings

interjection

alternative voila · alternative nonstandard wallah · alternative nonstandard whalah

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

    Synonyms: lo

Synonyms & antonyms

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

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Origin

  1. Frenchvoilà
  2. Frenchvoilà
  3. Englishvoilà

Unadapted borrowing from French voilà.

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Translations

Catalan justa la fusta, això mateix
  • justa la fustabehold!
  • això mateixbehold!
  • ara m’agradesbehold!
  • Àngela Mariabehold!
Chinese Cantonese 睇
  • 睇 (tai²)behold!
Chinese Mandarin 瞧
  • 瞧 (qiáo)behold!
Dutch voilà
  • voilàbehold!
Esperanto jen
  • jenbehold!
Finnish noin, kas tässä
  • noinbehold!
  • kas tässäbehold!
  • no niinbehold!
  • avotbehold!
French voilà
  • voilàbehold!
German voilà
  • voilàbehold!
Hungarian voálá, íme
  • voálábehold!
  • ímebehold!
  • tessékbehold!
Latin ecce
  • eccebehold!
Latvian lūk, āre
  • lūkbehold!
  • ārebehold!
  • rebehold!
Polish oto, ot
  • otobehold!
  • otbehold!
  • voilàbehold!
Portuguese eis
  • eisbehold!
Romanian iată
  • iatăbehold!
Russian вуаля́, на
  • вуаля́ (vualjá)behold!
  • на (na)behold!
Spanish he ahí, he aquí
  • he ahíbehold!
  • he aquíbehold!
  • helo ahíbehold!
  • helo aquíbehold!
  • vualábehold!
  • voilàbehold!
  • voilábehold!
Turkish işte
  • iştebehold!
Cite this entry
APA

voilà. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/voil%C3%A0

MLA

“voilà.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/voil%C3%A0. Accessed November 5, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “voilà,” accessed November 5, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/voil%C3%A0.

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