noun
villa
VIH-luh
noun
1
A large, comfortable house in the countryside or by the coast, often used as a holiday home.
"They rented a villa in Tuscany for two weeks."
"The couple dreamed of retiring to a villa overlooking the sea."
2
A detached or semi-detached house in a residential street, especially one built in a Victorian or Edwardian style.
"The suburb was lined with redbrick villas from the 1890s."
How to Use Villa
Learner’s notesIn plain EnglishA house that sounds a bit grander than an ordinary house — either a holiday home abroad or an older-style suburban house.
Common pairings
a rented villa
a seaside villa
a Victorian villa
Word Forms
villas plural, villae plural
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Etymology
From Italian villa, going back to Latin vīlla, "country house."