voluta

See also: Voluta

English

a voluta (Voluta musica) shell

Etymology

From Latin voluta (“a spiral scroll”). See volute.

Noun

voluta (plural volutas or volutae)

1. (zoology) Any of numerous species of large, handsome marine gastropods belonging to Voluta and allied genera.

See also

• voluta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• voluta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

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Czech

Etymology

Latin volvo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvoluta]
• Rhymes: -uta

Noun

voluta f

1. (architecture) volute

Related terms

Related terms

• devoluce
• devolutivní
• evoluce
• evolucionismus
• evolucionista
• evolucionistický
• involuce
• koevoluce
• kontrarevoluce
• kontrarevolucionář
• konvoluce
• revolta
• revoluce
• revolucionář
• revolver
• volt
• volta
• voluminózní

Further reading

• Template:R:PSJC
• Template:R:SSJC

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Italian

Etymology 1

Participle

voluta

1. feminine singular of voluto

Etymology 2

Borrowed from (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin voluta, from the feminine of volūtus, perfect passive participle of volvō.

Noun

voluta f (plural volute)

1. spiral, volute, curl
2. wreath

Related terms

• volta

Anagrams

• valuto, valutò

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Latin

Etymology 1

Noun use of the feminine of volūtus, perfect passive participle of volvō.

Noun

volūta f (genitive volūtae); first declension

1. a spiral scroll
2. a spiral decoration

Declension

volūta f (genitive volūtae); first declension

Descendants

• Catalan: volta
• English: vault, volute
• French: volute, voûte
• Hungarian: bolt
• Italian: voluta, volta

• Occitan: vòlta, vouta
• Portuguese: abóbada
• Romanian: boltă, volută
• Spanish: voluta, bóveda

Etymology 2

Participle

(deprecated template usage) volūta

1. nominative feminine singular of volūtus
2. nominative neuter plural of volūtus
3. accusative neuter plural of volūtus
4. vocative feminine singular of volūtus
5. vocative neuter plural of volūtus

Participle

(deprecated template usage) volūtā

1. ablative feminine singular of volūtus

Descendants

• Istriot: vuolta
• Italian: volta
• Spanish: vuelta

Etymology 3

Verb

(deprecated template usage) volūtā

1. second-person singular present active imperative of volūtō

References

• “voluta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• voluta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

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Spanish

Etymology

From (deprecated template usage) [etyl] Latin voluta.

Noun

voluta f (plural volutas)

1. wisp (of smoke)