voluminous

English

Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.

Pronunciation

• (US) IPA: /vəˈlu.mə.nəs/

Adjective

voluminous (comparative more voluminous, superlative most voluminous)

1. Of or pertaining to volume or volumes.
2. Consisting of many folds, coils, or convolutions.
3. Of great volume, or bulk; large.
4. Having written much, or produced many volumes; copious; diffuse; as, a voluminous writer.

Translations

Pertaining to volume

Afrikaans: volumineuze (af) Albanian: voluminoz (sq) m. Armenian: բազմահատոր (hy) (bazmahator) Azeri: irihəcmli (az) Bulgarian: обемист (bg) (obemist) m.

Dutch: omvangrijk (nl) m. Finnish: runsas (fi) Maltese: voluminużi (mt) m. Portuguese: volumoso (pt) m. Romanian: voluminos (ro) m.

Consisting of many folds, coils, or convolutions

Of great volume

Czech: objemný (cs) m. Dutch: volumineus

German: voluminös (de)

Having written much