diva
noun/ˈdiːvə/
/ˈdiːvə/
- a famous woman singer, especially an opera singer
- the great diva Maria Callas
- pop divas like Beyoncé
Oxford Collocations DictionaryDiva is used after these nouns:- pop
- a person who is difficult to please and demands a lot of attention
- He was a real diva as a conductor, but not as a friend.
- She yells, she's over the top. She's a diva!
Word Originlate 19th cent.: via Italian from Latin, literally ‘goddess’.
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