volt
English[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
- (UK) IPA(key): /vɒlt/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /vəʊlt/
Audio (UK) (file)
- Rhymes: -ɒlt, -əʊlt
- Homophone: vault
Etymology 1[edit]
Named after Italian physicist Alessandro Volta. For the surname, see Italian Volta.
Noun[edit]
volt (plural volts)
- In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical potential and electromotive force (voltage); the potential difference across a conductor when a current of one ampere uses one watt of power. Symbol: V
Derived terms[edit]
Translations[edit]
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Etymology 2[edit]
Noun[edit]
volt (plural volts)
- A circular tread; a gait by which a horse going sideways round a centre makes two concentric tracks.
- (fencing) A sudden movement to avoid a thrust.
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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for volt in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913)
Noun[edit]
volt (uncountable)
Anagrams[edit]
Catalan[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From the past participle of Old Catalan voldre, from Latin volvere. Corresponds to Vulgar Latin *voltus, from *volŭtus, from Latin volūtus.
Noun[edit]
volt m (plural volts)
- turn, round
- fer un volt ― to go for a stroll
Related terms[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
Named for Alessandro Volta.
Noun[edit]
volt m (plural volts)
Further reading[edit]
- “volt” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
- “volt”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
- “volt” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Czech[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
volt m
Related terms[edit]
- See voluta
Further reading[edit]
- volt in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- volt in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
Dutch[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Audio (file)
Noun[edit]
volt m (plural volts, diminutive voltje n)
- volt (unit)
Derived terms[edit]
Faroese[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Named after the Italian physicist Alessandro Volta. For the surname, see Volta.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
volt n (genitive singular volts, plural volt)
Declension[edit]
Declension of volt | ||||
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n3 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | volt | voltið | volt | voltini |
accusative | volt | voltið | volt | voltini |
dative | volti | voltinum | voltum | voltunum |
genitive | volts | voltsins | volta | voltanna |
French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
volt m (plural volts)
Further reading[edit]
- “volt”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
volt m (plural [please provide])
Synonyms[edit]
Hungarian[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
From the same Proto-Finno-Ugric *wole- or *woli- as Finnish and Estonian olla. Compare similarities with Old Hungarian vola, later vala (same meaning).
Verb[edit]
volt
- third-person singular indicative past indefinite of van
- Milyen volt az előadás? ― How was the show?
Participle[edit]
volt
- past participle of van
Adjective[edit]
volt (not comparable)
Particle[edit]
volt
- (archaic) Used after a past-tense verb form to express past perfect.
- 1880 (translation), 411 BC (original), János Arany (translator), Aristophanes (original), A nők ünnepe (Thesmophoriazusae).[1] English translation: 2007, George Theodoridis.[2]
- A vén gaz asszony meg, ki hozta volt, ¶ Fut vigyorogva a férjhez s kiáltja:
- Then the old woman picks it up [literally, “who had brought it”] and rushes out to the husband! She puts on a big grin on her face and tells him straight out,
- A vén gaz asszony meg, ki hozta volt, ¶ Fut vigyorogva a férjhez s kiáltja:
- 1880 (translation), 411 BC (original), János Arany (translator), Aristophanes (original), A nők ünnepe (Thesmophoriazusae).[1] English translation: 2007, George Theodoridis.[2]
Etymology 2[edit]
Named after the Italian physicist Alessandro Volta.[1]
Noun[edit]
volt (plural voltok)
- volt (unit of measure, symbol: V)
Declension[edit]
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | volt | voltok |
accusative | voltot | voltokat |
dative | voltnak | voltoknak |
instrumental | volttal | voltokkal |
causal-final | voltért | voltokért |
translative | volttá | voltokká |
terminative | voltig | voltokig |
essive-formal | voltként | voltokként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | voltban | voltokban |
superessive | volton | voltokon |
adessive | voltnál | voltoknál |
illative | voltba | voltokba |
sublative | voltra | voltokra |
allative | volthoz | voltokhoz |
elative | voltból | voltokból |
delative | voltról | voltokról |
ablative | volttól | voltoktól |
non-attributive possessive - singular |
volté | voltoké |
non-attributive possessive - plural |
voltéi | voltokéi |
Possessive forms of volt | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | voltom | voltjaim |
2nd person sing. | voltod | voltjaid |
3rd person sing. | voltja | voltjai |
1st person plural | voltunk | voltjaink |
2nd person plural | voltotok | voltjaitok |
3rd person plural | voltjuk | voltjaik |
Derived terms[edit]
References[edit]
- ^ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN
Further reading[edit]
- (the past form of van or an auxiliary particle expressing past perfect): volt in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- (former, previous, bygone): volt in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
- (unit): volt in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
Icelandic[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Named after Italian physicist Alessandro Volta.
Noun[edit]
volt n (genitive singular volts, nominative plural volt)
Declension[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “volt” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from English volt, itself named after Italian physicist Alessandro Volta, from Volta.
Noun[edit]
volt m (invariable)
Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
volt
References[edit]
- “volt”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
- “volt”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
Old French[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
volt m (oblique plural volz or voltz, nominative singular volz or voltz, nominative plural volt)
Synonyms[edit]
References[edit]
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (volt)
Old Occitan[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
volt m
References[edit]
- Levy, Emil. 1923. Petit dictionnaire provençal-français. Heidelberg: Winter. Page 386.
Polish[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Etymology 1[edit]
Named after Italian physicist Alessandro Volta.
Noun[edit]
volt m inan (symbol V)
- Alternative spelling of wolt
Declension[edit]
Etymology 2[edit]
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun[edit]
volt f
Further reading[edit]
- volt in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- volt in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese[edit]
Alternative forms[edit]
- vóltio (rare)
Etymology[edit]
Unadapted borrowing from English volt.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
volt m (plural volts)
- volt (unit of measure)
Romanian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
volt m (plural volți)
Declension[edit]
Serbo-Croatian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
volt m (Cyrillic spelling волт)
Declension[edit]
Slovak[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Named after the Italian physicist Alessandro Volta. For the surname, see Volta.
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
volt m (genitive singular voltu, nominative plural volty, genitive plural voltov, declension pattern of dub)
Declension[edit]
Derived terms[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- volt in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
Swedish[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French volte, from Italian volta (“a turn, rotation”).
Noun[edit]
volt c
- a somersault; a jump where one turns one or more times forwards (or backwards)
- (by extension) The action where something of large size turns over. See slå en volt.
- Bilen körde av vägen och slog en volt.
- The car went off the road and turned over a whole turn.
Declension[edit]
Declension of volt | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | volt | volten | volter | volterna |
Genitive | volts | voltens | volters | volternas |
Related terms[edit]
See also[edit]
- kullerbytta (“somersault on the ground”)
Noun[edit]
volt c
- volt (unit)
Declension[edit]
Declension of volt | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | volt | volten | volt | volten |
Genitive | volts | voltens | volts | voltens |
References[edit]
- volt in Svensk ordbok (SO)
- volt in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
- volt in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
Anagrams[edit]
Tatar[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
volt
- 80 meñ volt ― 80 thousand volts [3]
Declension[edit]
- English 1-syllable words
- English terms with IPA pronunciation
- English terms with audio links
- Rhymes:English/ɒlt
- Rhymes:English/ɒlt/1 syllable
- Rhymes:English/əʊlt
- Rhymes:English/əʊlt/1 syllable
- English terms with homophones
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- en:Fencing
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- Czech terms borrowed from English
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- Rhymes:Czech/olt
- Rhymes:Czech/olt/1 syllable
- Czech lemmas
- Czech nouns
- Czech masculine nouns
- cs:Units of measure
- Dutch terms borrowed from English
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- nl:SI units
- Faroese terms derived from Italian
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- Rhymes:Faroese/ɔl̥t
- Faroese lemmas
- Faroese nouns
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- fo:SI units
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- French terms borrowed from English
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- Galician terms borrowed from English
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- gl:Units of measure
- Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
- Hungarian terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Hungarian/olt
- Rhymes:Hungarian/olt/1 syllable
- Hungarian terms derived from Proto-Finno-Ugric
- Hungarian terms inherited from Old Hungarian
- Hungarian terms derived from Old Hungarian
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- Hungarian verb forms
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- Hungarian terms with archaic senses
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- Hungarian terms with lemma and non-lemma form etymologies
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- hu:Units of measure
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- is:SI units
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- Italian terms borrowed from English
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- Italian lemmas
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- Latin non-lemma forms
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- Old French terms inherited from Latin
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- Old French nouns
- Old French masculine nouns
- Old Occitan terms inherited from Latin
- Old Occitan terms derived from Latin
- Old Occitan lemmas
- Old Occitan nouns
- Old Occitan masculine nouns
- Polish 1-syllable words
- Polish terms with IPA pronunciation
- Polish terms with audio links
- Rhymes:Polish/ɔlt
- Rhymes:Polish/ɔlt/1 syllable
- Polish eponyms
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- Romanian terms borrowed from French
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- tt:Units of measure