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[edit] English

[edit] Pronunciation

IPA: /vɒljuːm/
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[edit] Etymology

From Old French volume.

[edit] Noun

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Singular
volume

Plural
volumes

volume (plural volumes)

A unit of three dimensional measure of space that comprises a length, a width and a height. It is measured in units of cubic centimeters in metric, cubic inches or cubic feet in English measurement. (The room is 9x12x8, so its volume is 864 cubic feet.)
Strength of sound. Measured in decibels. (Please turn down the volume on the stereo.)
The issues of a periodical over a period of one year. (I looked at this week's copy of the magazine. It was volume 23, issue 45.)
A single book of a publication issued in multi-book format, such as an encyclopedia. (The letter "G" was found in volume 4.)
A synonym for quantity. (The volume of ticket sales decreased this week.)
(economics) The total supply of money in circulation or, less frequently, total amount of credit extended, within a specified national market or worldwide.
(computing) An accessible storage area with a single file system, typically resident on a single partition of a hard disk.

[edit] See also

book
tome

cubic distance

Customary: ounces, pints, quarts, gallons, cubic inches (in³), cubic feet, cubic yards, cubic miles
Metric: mililiters, liters, cubic meters (m³), cubic centimeters ("cc") (cm³)

sound

Universal: bels, decibels
Metric: millipascals (mPa)

[edit] Derived terms

voluminous

[edit] Translations

unit of three dimensional measure that consists of a length, a width and a height

Armenian: ծավալ hy(hy) (çaval)
Bulgarian: обем bg(bg) m.
Chinese:

Mandarin: 容積 cmn(cmn), 容积 cmn(cmn) (róngjī), 體積 cmn(cmn), 体积 cmn(cmn) (tǐjī)
Czech: objem cs(cs) m.
Dutch: volume nl(nl) n., inhoud nl(nl) m.
Esperanto: volumeno eo(eo)
Finnish: tilavuus fi(fi)
French: volume fr(fr) m.
Galician: volume gl(gl) m.
German: Volumen de(de) n.
Greek: όγκος el(el) m.
Hebrew: נפח he(he) m.
Hungarian: térfogat hu(hu)
Interlingua: volumine

Italian: volume it(it) m.
Japanese: 体積 ja(ja) (たいせき, taiseki)
Macedonian: волумен mk(mk) (vólumen) m., зафатнина mk(mk) (zafátnina) f.
Polish: objętość pl(pl) f.
Portuguese: volume pt(pt) m.
Romanian: volum n.
Russian: объём ru(ru) (ob″jóm) m.
Serbian: zapremina sr(sr) m.
Slovak: objem sk(sk) m.
Slovene: prostornina sl(sl) f., volumen sl(sl) m.
Spanish: volumen es(es) m.
Swedish: volym sv(sv) c.
Telugu: ఘనపరిమాణం te(te) (ghanaparimaanam)
Turkish: hacim tr(tr)

strength of sound

Armenian: բարձրություն hy(hy) (barjrut’yun)
Bulgarian: сила (на звук) f.
Czech: hlasitost cs(cs) f.
Dutch: volume nl(nl) n.
Finnish: äänenvoimakkuus fi(fi)
French: volume fr(fr) m.
German: Lautstärke f.
Hebrew: עוצמת קול f.
Hungarian: hangerő hu(hu)
Interlingua: volumine
Italian: volume it(it) m.

Japanese: 音量 (おんりょう, onryou), 声量 (せいりょう, seiryou)
Macedonian: јачина mk(mk) (jáčina) f., гласност mk(mk) (glásnost) f.
Polish: głośność pl(pl) f.
Portuguese: volume pt(pt) m.
Romanian: volum n.
Russian: громкость ru(ru) (grómkost') f.
Slovak: sila sk(sk) f.
Slovene: glasnost sl(sl) f.
Spanish: volumen es(es) m.
Swedish: volym c., ljudvolym c.
Turkish: ses tr(tr)

issues of a periodical over a period of one year

Armenian: հատոր hy(hy) (hator)
Bulgarian: година bg(bg) f.
Finnish: vuosikerta fi(fi)
Galician: volume gl(gl) m.
German: Jahrgang de(de) m.
Hungarian: évfolyam hu(hu)
Italian: volume it(it) m.

Macedonian: година mk(mk) (gódina) f.
Polish: rocznik m.
Slovak: ročník m.
Slovene: letnik m.
Spanish: volumen es(es) m.
Telugu: సంపుటి te(te) (samputi)

single book of a publication issued in multi-book format, such as an encyclopedia

Armenian: հատոր hy(hy) (hator)
Bulgarian: том bg(bg) m.
Chinese:

Mandarin: 卷 cmn(cmn) (juàn)
Czech: svazek cs(cs) m.
Finnish: kirja fi(fi), nide fi(fi), volyymi fi(fi), osa fi(fi)
French: volume fr(fr) m.
Galician: volume gl(gl) m.
German: Band de(de) m.
Hungarian: kötet hu(hu)
Italian: volume it(it) m.

Japanese: 巻 ja(ja) (かん, kan)
Macedonian: том mk(mk) (tom) m.
Polish: tom pl(pl) m.
Russian: том ru(ru) (tom) m.
Serbian: svezak m.
Slovak: zväzok m.
Slovene: zvezek sl(sl) m., knjiga sl(sl) f.
Spanish: volumen es(es) m.
Swedish: volym sv(sv) c., band sv(sv) n.
Turkish: cilt tr(tr)

synonym for quantity

Armenian: ծավալ hy(hy) (çaval)
Finnish: määrä fi(fi)
French: volume fr(fr) m.
Hungarian: volumen hu(hu)

Italian: volume it(it) m.
Macedonian: обем mk(mk) (óbem) m.
Spanish: volumen es(es) m.
Swedish: volym sv(sv) c.

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Arabic: الحجم
Malay: isipadu, jilid

[edit] Dutch

Dutch Wikipedia has an article on:

Volume

Wikipedia ^nl

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volume n. (plural volumen or volumes)

volume

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IPA: /vɔ.lym/, SAMPA: /vO.lym/

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From Latin volumen.

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volume m. (plural volumes)

volume

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volume m. (plural volumes)

volume (quantity of space)
volume (single book of a published work)

[edit] Italian

[edit] Noun

volume m. (plural volumi)

volume

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volume

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