volume

English

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Alternative forms

• vol. (abbreviation)

Etymology

From Old French volume, from Latin volūmen (“book, roll”), from volvō (“roll, turn about”).

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA: /ˈvɒl.juːm/, /ˈvɒl.jʊm/
• (US) IPA: /ˈvɑl.jum/, /ˈvɑl.jəm/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

Noun

volume (plural volumes)

1. 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.

2. Strength of sound. Measured in decibels.

   Please turn down the volume on the stereo.

3. 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.

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

   The letter "G" was found in volume 4.

5. Quantity.

   The volume of ticket sales decreased this week.

6. (economics) The total supply of money in circulation or, less frequently, total amount of credit extended, within a specified national market or worldwide.
7. (computing) An accessible storage area with a single file system, typically resident on a single partition of a hard disk.

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)

Derived terms

• voluminous

Translations

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

• Armenian: ծավալ (hy) (çaval)
• Bulgarian: обем (bg) (obem) m
• Catalan: volum (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 容積 (cmn), 容积 (cmn) (róngjī), 體積 (cmn), 体积 (cmn) (tǐjī)

• Czech: objem (cs) m
• Dutch: volume (nl) n, inhoud (nl) m
• Esperanto: volumeno (eo)
• Finnish: tilavuus (fi)
• French: volume (fr) m
• Galician: volume (gl) m
• German: Volumen (de) n
• Greek: όγκος (el) (ógkos) m
• Haitian Creole: volim
• Hebrew: נפח (he) m
• Hungarian: térfogat (hu)

• Interlingua: volumine (ia)
• Italian: volume (it) m
• Japanese: 体積 (ja) (たいせき, taiseki)
• Macedonian: волумен (mk) (vólumen) m, зафатнина (mk) (zafátnina) f
• Malay: isipadu (ms)
• Persian: حجم (fa) (hajm)
• Polish: objętość (pl) f
• Portuguese: volume (pt) m
• Romanian: volum (ro) n
• Russian: объём (ru) (obʺjóm) m
• Serbo-Croatian: zapremina (sh) m
• Slovak: objem (sk) m
• Slovene: prostornina (sl) f, volumen (sl) m
• Spanish: volumen (es) m
• Swedish: volym (sv) c
• Telugu: ఘనపరిమాణం (te) (ghanaparimaanam)
• Turkish: hacim (tr)

strength of sound

• Armenian: բարձրություն (hy) (barjrut’yun)
• Bulgarian: сила (bg) (sila) f (на звук)
• Catalan: volum (ca) m
• Czech: hlasitost (cs) f
• Dutch: volume (nl) n
• Finnish: äänenvoimakkuus (fi)
• French: volume (fr) m
• German: Lautstärke (de) f
• Greek: ένταση (el) (éntasi) f
• Hebrew: עוצמת קול (he) f
• Hungarian: hangerő (hu)
• Interlingua: volumine
• Italian: volume (it) m

• Japanese: 音量 (ja) (おんりょう, onryou), 声量 (ja) (せいりょう, seiryou)
• Macedonian: јачина (mk) (jáčina) f, гласност (mk) (glásnost) f
• Malay: kelantangan (ms)
• Persian: صدا (fa) (sedâ)
• Polish: głośność (pl) f
• Portuguese: volume (pt) m
• Romanian: volum (ro) n
• Russian: громкость (ru) (grómkostʹ) f
• Slovak: sila (sk) f
• Slovene: glasnost (sl) f
• Spanish: volumen (es) m
• Swedish: volym (sv) c, ljudvolym (sv) c, ljudstyrka (sv) c
• Turkish: ses (tr)

issues of a periodical over a period of one year

• Armenian: հատոր (hy) (hator)
• Bulgarian: година (bg) (godina) f
• Catalan: volum (ca) m
• Finnish: vuosikerta (fi)
• Galician: volume (gl) m
• German: Jahrgang (de) m
• Greek: έτος (el) (étos) n, χρόνος (el) (chrónos) m
• Hungarian: évfolyam (hu)
• Irish: imleabhar (ga) m

• Italian: volume (it) m
• Macedonian: година (mk) (gódina) f
• Persian: دوره (fa) (doure)
• Polish: rocznik (pl) m
• Russian: том (ru) (tom) m, номер (ru) (nómer) m, книга (ru) (kníga) f
• Slovak: ročník (sk) m
• Slovene: letnik (sl) m
• Spanish: volumen (es) m
• Telugu: సంపుటి (te) (samputi)

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

• Armenian: հատոր (hy) (hator)
• Bulgarian: том (bg) (tom) m
• Catalan: volum (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 卷 (cmn) (juàn)

• Czech: svazek (cs) m
• Esperanto: volumo (eo)
• Finnish: kirja (fi), nide (fi), volyymi (fi), osa (fi)
• French: volume (fr) m
• Galician: volume (gl) m
• German: Band (de) m
• Greek: τόμος (el) (tómos) m
• Hungarian: kötet (hu)
• Irish: imleabhar (ga) m

• Italian: volume (it) m
• Japanese: 巻 (ja) (かん, kan)
• Korean: 권 (ko) (gwon) (卷 (ko))
• Macedonian: том (mk) (tom) m
• Malay: jilid (ms)
• Persian: جلد (fa) (jeld)
• Polish: tom (pl) m
• Russian: том (ru) (tom) m, книга (ru) (kniga) f
• Serbo-Croatian: svezak (sh) m, свезак (sh) m
• Slovak: zväzok (sk) m
• Slovene: zvezek (sl) m, knjiga (sl) f
• Spanish: volumen (es) m
• Swedish: volym (sv) c, band (sv) n
• Turkish: cilt (tr)

synonym for quantity

• Armenian: ծավալ (hy) (çaval)
• Catalan: volum (ca) m
• Finnish: määrä (fi)
• French: volume (fr) m
• Greek: όγκος (el) (ógkos) m, κυβισμός (el) (kyvismós) m
• Hungarian: volumen (hu)

• Italian: volume (it) m
• Macedonian: обем (mk) (óbem) m
• Romanian: volum (ro) n
• Spanish: volumen (es) m
• Swedish: volym (sv) c

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Translations to be checked

• Arabic: الحجم (ar)

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Dutch

Wikipedia ^nl

Noun

volume n (plural volumen or volumes, diminutive volumetje)

1. volume

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French

Etymology

From Latin volūmen.

Pronunciation

• IPA: /vɔ.lym/, X-SAMPA: /vO.lym/

• audio

  (file)

Noun

volume m (plural volumes)

1. volume

Related terms

• volumétrique
• volumineux

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Galician

Etymology

From Latin volūmen (“a book, roll”).

Noun

volume m (plural volumes)

1. volume (quantity of space)
2. volume (single book of a published work)

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Italian

Noun

volume m (plural volumi)

1. volume

Related terms

• volumenometro
• volumetria
• volumetrico
• voluminosità
• voluminoso

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Old French

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin volūmen (“a book, roll”).

Noun

volume m and f

1. volume, specifically a collection of written works

Descendants

• English: volume (borrowed)
• French: volume