| The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language: Fourth Edition. 2000. |
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| SYLLABICATION: | voi·là |
| PRONUNCIATION: |  vwä-lä |
| INTERJECTION: | Used to call attention to or express satisfaction with a thing shown or accomplished: Mix the ingredients, chill, and—voilà!—a light, tasty dessert. | | ETYMOLOGY: | French : voi, second person sing. imperative of voir, to see (from Old French; see voyeur) + là, there (from Old French la, lai, probably from Latin ill c, by that way ( ill, ablative sing. feminine of ille, that; see al-1 in Appendix I + -ce, deictic particle).
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