Tikibu: pronunciation dictionary with use examples

Word: diva
IPA transcription: [d'ivÉ™]
noun meaning of the word
  • Synonyms: prima_donna, diva
    Meaning: a distinguished female operatic singer; a female operatic star
Usage examples
  • Diva was no coward.
  • "Good morning," said Diva.
  • "Got a cellar-full," said Diva.
  • Not been hoarding food, too, dear Diva?
  • "A small pot of ginger then, please," said Diva recklessly.
  • Diva's head looked out like a cuckoo in a clock preparing to chime the hour.
  • "Diva, you've not been hoarding, have you?" asked Miss Mapp with great anxiety.
  • Diva managed to beat most of them down again, but two fluttered out of the window.
  • Miss Mapp appeared to recollect, and smiled as far back as her wisdom-teeth. (Diva couldn't do that.)
  • She only knew that they were little pink roses, and that they had fluttered out of Diva's window. . . .