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viva voce

/ˈvaɪvə ˈvoʊt͡ʃɪ/

viva voce adjective: done by word of mouth.

Adjective

viva voce (not comparable)

  1. Done by word of mouth.

Adverb

viva voce (not comparable)

  1. By word of mouth.

Noun

viva voce

  1. An oral examination.

viva voce meaning in Tamil, Urdu, Bengali and Kannada

viva voce in Tamil

வாய்மொழி, வாய்மொழியில்

viva voce in Urdu

بول کر, زبانی

viva voce in Bengali

মৌখিকভাবে সম্পন্ন, মৌখিকভাবে, মৌখিক পরীক্ষা

viva voce in Kannada

ಬಾಯೊರೆ, ಮೌಖಿಕ ಪರೀಕ್ಷೆ

Forms of viva voce

alternative formvivâ voce

Origin of viva voce

From Latin vīvā (“living”) and vōce (“voice”) (ablative of vōx).

Questions about viva voce

What does viva voce mean?
Viva voce means done by word of mouth.
What is viva voce in Tamil?
Viva voce in Tamil is வாய்மொழி, வாய்மொழியில். See Viva voce meaning in Tamil.
What part of speech is viva voce?
Viva voce can be an adjective, an adverb or a noun.
How do you pronounce viva voce?
Viva voce is pronounced /ˈvaɪvə ˈvoʊt͡ʃɪ/.

Words near viva voce in the dictionary

  1. viures
  2. viuva
  3. viuvas
  4. viv
  5. viva
  6. viva voce
  7. Vivaan
  8. vivace
  9. vivaces
  10. vivacious
  11. vivaciously

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Adapted from Wiktionary: viva voce (page history and authors); viva voce (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); viva voce (Urdu Wiktionary) (page history and authors); viva voce (Bengali Wiktionary) (page history and authors); viva voce (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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