volta

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English[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

From Italian volta. Doublet of volte.

Noun[edit]

volta (plural voltas)

  1. (music) A turning; a time (chiefly used in phrases signifying that the part is to be repeated).
  2. (music, dance) A dance for couples popular during the late Renaissance, associated with the galliard and done to the same kind of music.
    Synonyms: levalto, volte
  3. (poetry) A turning point or point of change in a poem, most commonly a sonnet.

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Catalan[edit]

Etymology 1[edit]

From the verb voltar (“to turn, spin around”)

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

volta f (plural voltes)

  1. turn, spin
  2. (architecture) vault (an arched masonry structure supporting and forming a ceiling)
  3. lap (of a track)
  4. time (instance)
    Synonyms: cop, vegada
  5. (cycling) tour (bicycle race)
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Etymology 2[edit]

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb[edit]

volta

  1. third-person singular present indicative form of voltar
  2. second-person singular imperative form of voltar

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Czech[edit]

Etymology[edit]

Latin volvo.

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

volta f

  1. lavolta (dance)

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Further reading[edit]

  • volta in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • volta in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Galician[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese volta (“revolt”) (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria) from voltar (“to turn around”), from Vulgar Latin *voltāre, from Latin volūtus, perfect passive participle of volvō (“I tumble”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to turn around”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

volta f (plural voltas)

  1. turnaround
  2. overturn
  3. turn, bend
    Esa estrada ten moitas voltas. ― That road has many bends.
  4. return
    Synonym: retorno
  5. somersault
    Synonyms: pirueta, pinchacarneiro, pinchagato, reviravolta
  6. change (money given back when a customer hands over more than the exact price of an item)
    Paguei dez euros e deume cinco de volta. ― I paid ten euros and he hand me five in change
  7. backside
    Na volta hai un debuxo. ― On the backside there is a sketch.
  8. detour
  9. walk, stroll
    • 1842, Juan Manuel Pintos, Meu querido pai:
      Ali dei tres voltas
      como de recreo
      Axiña ò deixei
      Voltei para ò eido,
      I went there for three strolls,
      as if recreating.
      Soon I left it,
      went back to my home
    Synonym: paseo
  10. turn of events
  11. (archaic) disturbance, riot, revolt
    • 1370, R. Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 561:
      Et começou o torneo a creçer tãto, et a seer o acapelamento tã grande, et a uolta et os braados et os alaridos et os sõos dos cornos et das tronpas tã grandes et tã esquiuos que ome nõ se podía oýr
      And the tournament began to grow so much, and the carnage was so large, and the din and the shouts and the yells and the sound of the horns and of the trumpets so big and harsh that a man couldn't heard himself
    Synonym: revolta

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References[edit]

  • “volta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006-2012.
  • “volta” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “bolta” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006-2016.
  • “volta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006-2013.
  • “volta” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “volta” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Hungarian[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From the original vol- stem of van (“to be”) +‎ -t (noun-forming suffix) +‎ -a (possessive suffix).

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): [ˈvoltɒ]
  • Hyphenation: vol‧ta
  • Rhymes: -tɒ

Noun[edit]

volta

  1. being, character, condition, rank, nature, or quality of someone or something
    Synonyms: (character, nature, feature) jelleg, (-ness) -ság/-ség
    • 1915, Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis (Hungarian translation: Miklós Györffy; English translation: Ian Johnston)
      Húga persze igyekezett leplezni az egésznek a kínos voltát, és ahogy telt az idő, ez egyre jobban sikerült is neki (…)
      The sister admittedly sought to cover up the awkwardness of everything as much as possible, and, as time went by, she naturally got more successful at it. (literally, “…cover up the whole [thing] being awkward…” or “the awkward nature of the whole [thing]…”)
      Samsa úr, bizalmatlanságában, amelynek alaptalan volta nyilvánvalóvá vált, a két nővel együtt kilépett az előtérre (…)
      In what turned out to be an entirely groundless mistrust, Mr. Samsa stepped with the two women out onto the landing (…) (literally, “Mr. Samsa in his mistrust, whose being groundless became evident,…”)

Declension[edit]

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative volta —
accusative voltát —
dative voltának —
instrumental voltával —
causal-final voltáért —
translative voltává —
terminative voltáig —
essive-formal voltaként —
essive-modal — —
inessive voltában —
superessive voltán —
adessive voltánál —
illative voltába —
sublative voltára —
allative voltához —
elative voltából —
delative voltáról —
ablative voltától —
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		voltáé —
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		voltáéi —
Possessive forms of volta
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. voltom —
2nd person sing. voltod —
3rd person sing. volta —
1st person plural voltunk —
2nd person plural voltotok —
3rd person plural voltuk —

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Irish[edit]

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Etymology[edit]

Borrowed from English volt.

Noun[edit]

volta m (genitive singular volta, nominative plural voltanna)

  1. (electricity) volt

Declension[edit]

Declension of volta

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case Singular Plural
Nominative volta voltanna
Vocative a volta a voltanna
Genitive volta voltanna
Dative volta voltanna

Forms with the definite article

Case Singular Plural
Nominative an volta na voltanna
Genitive an volta na voltanna
Dative leis an volta

don volta

leis na voltanna

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Italian[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɔl.ta/
  • Audio
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  • Rhymes: -ɔlta

Etymology 1[edit]

From a Vulgar Latin root *volta, from *volŭta (perhaps via *volvita (“a turn”)), from the feminine form of Latin volūtus, perfect passive participle of volvō. Also possibly from the past participle of volgere (volto), or from the verb voltare. Compare Spanish vuelta; cf. also Spanish bóveda, French voûte.

Noun[edit]

volta f (plural volte)

  1. time, instance, occasion
    a volte ― sometimes
    due volte alla settimana ― twice a week
    tre volte tre fa nove ― three times three is nine
  2. turn
  3. (architecture, anatomy) vault
    Synonym: cupola
Descendants[edit]
  • → German: Volte
  • → Greek: βόλτα (vólta, “turn, walk”)
  • → Slavomolisano: vota
  • → Turkish: volta
Derived terms[edit]

Etymology 2[edit]

Participle[edit]

volta

  1. feminine singular of volto

Etymology 3[edit]

Verb[edit]

volta

  1. inflection of voltare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Latin[edit]

Alternative forms[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

volta n

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of voltum (“expression, appearance; image, likeness; face; visage, countenance”)

Northern Sami[edit]

Pronunciation[edit]

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈvolːta/

Etymology 1[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun[edit]

volta

  1. volt
Inflection[edit]
Even a-stem, lt-ltt gradation
Nominative volta
Genitive voltta
Singular Plural
Nominative volta volttat
Accusative voltta volttaid
Genitive voltta volttaid
Illative voltii volttaide
Locative volttas volttain
Comitative volttain volttaiguin
Essive voltan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person voltan voltame voltamet
2nd person voltat voltade voltadet
3rd person voltas voltaska voltaset
Further reading[edit]
  • Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Etymology 2[edit]

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun[edit]

volta

  1. somersault, volte
Inflection[edit]
Even a-stem, lt-ltt gradation
Nominative volta
Genitive voltta
Singular Plural
Nominative volta volttat
Accusative voltta volttaid
Genitive voltta volttaid
Illative voltii volttaide
Locative volttas volttain
Comitative volttain volttaiguin
Essive voltan
Possessive forms
Singular Dual Plural
1st person voltan voltame voltamet
2nd person voltat voltade voltadet
3rd person voltas voltaska voltaset
Further reading[edit]
  • Koponen, Eino; Ruppel, Klaas; Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002-2008) Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Old Portuguese volta (“turnaround”), from voltar (“to turn around”), from Vulgar Latin *voltāre, from Latin volūtus, perfect passive participle of volvō (“I tumble”), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (“to turn around”).

Pronunciation[edit]

Noun[edit]

volta f (plural voltas)

  1. return (act of returning)
    Synonyms: regresso, retorno
    Antonyms: ida, saída
    A volta do rei.
    The king’s return.
  2. a bend in a course, line, pipe, etc.
    Synonyms: curva, meandro, serpeio, sinuosidade, volteio
    Antonym: reta
    O barco ficou preso numa volta do riacho.
    The boat got stuck in one of the creek’s bends.
  3. turnaround (act of turning around)
    Synonyms: giro, torneio, virada
    Fiz uma volta com o carro.
    I turned the car around. (Literally: I did a turnaround with the car.)
  4. a loop of a coil or spiral staircase
  5. loop (length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over)
  6. (figuratively) volte-face (a reversal of policy, attitude or principle)
    Synonyms: guinada, reviravolta, virada
    Não me saí bem nas voltas da vida.
    I didn’t do well in the volte-faces of life.
  7. stroll; walk
    dar uma volta ― go for a walk

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Verb[edit]

volta

  1. Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of voltar
  2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present indicative of voltar
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