Meanings
interjection
alternative voila · alternative wallah
- voila; ta-da, presto; lo and behold
They were mammoth but if you turned down a random corner then, whallah!—there might be an arts & crafts show.
2011 November 13, James Altucher, “10 Things Entrepreneurs Don’t Learn in College”, in TechCruch1 more example
People back East always thought it was a simple matter: a property, a star, a director — and whallah — a picture.
1984, Josh Greenfield, The Return of Mister Hollywood, Doubleday, →ISBN, page 23
Origin
- Frenchvoilà
- Englishwhallah
French voilà pronunciation respelling
More words from French
Full word history & related roots →Cite this entry
APA
whallah. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 4, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whallah
MLA
“whallah.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whallah. Accessed November 4, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “whallah,” accessed November 4, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/whallah.
Source: whallah on Wiktionary, CC BY-SA 4.0.