vault

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Contents 1 English 1.1 Pronunciation 1.2 Etymology 1 1.2.1 Noun 1.2.1.1 Derived terms 1.2.1.2 Translations 1.2.2 Verb 1.3 Etymology 2 1.3.1 Verb 1.3.1.1 Derived terms 1.3.1.2 Translations 1.3.2 Noun 1.3.2.1 Translations 1.3.3 See also

[edit] English

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[edit] Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /vɒlt/, /vɔ:lt/, SAMPA: /vQlt/, /vO:lt/
• (US) IPA: /vɑlt/, /vɔlt/, SAMPA: /vAlt/, /vOlt/
•  Audio (US)^{help, file}
• Rhymes: -ɔːlt, Rhymes: -ɒlt
• Homophones: volt (in some accents)

[edit] Etymology 1

From Old French volte (modern voûte), from Vulgar Latin volvita, an a regularization of voluta (cf. modern volute (“‘spire’”)), the past participle of volvere (“‘roll, turn’”).

[edit] Noun

vault (plural vaults)

1. An arched structure of masonry, forming a ceiling or canopy.
2. A structure resembling a vault, especially (poetic) that formed by the sky.
   • 1985, God said, ‘Let there be a vault through the middle of the waters to divide the waters in two.’ — Genesis 1:6 (New Jerusalem Bible)
3. A secure, enclosed area, especially an underground room used for burial, or to store valuables, wine etc.

   The bank kept their money safe in a large vault.

   Family members had been buried in the vault for centuries.

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cloister vault compound vault cross vault decapartite vault dodecapartite vault domical vault groin vault

oblique vault octopartite vault panel vault polygonal vault quadripartite vault quinquepartite vault ribbed vault

segmental vault septempartite vault sexpartite vault star vault stilted vault tripartite vault Welsh vault

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[edit] Verb

to vault (third-person singular simple present vaults, present participle vaulting, simple past and past participle vaulted)

1. (transitive) To build as, or cover with a vault.

[edit] Etymology 2

From Middle French volter (“‘to turn or spin around; to frolic’”), borrowed from Italian voltare, itself from a Vulgar Latin frequentative form of Latin volvere; later assimilated to Etymology 1, above.

[edit] Verb

to vault (third-person singular simple present vaults, present participle vaulting, simple past and past participle vaulted)

1. (ambitransitive) To jump or leap over.

   The fugitive vaulted over the fence to escape.

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• vaulter
• vaulting

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[edit] Noun

vault (plural vaults)

1. An act of vaulting; a leap or jump.
2. (gymnastics) An event in gymanstics performed on a vaulting horse.

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[edit] See also

• pole vault
• vaulting horse