volt
English
editPronunciation
edit- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /vəʊlt/
Audio (Southern England): (file)
- (other UK) IPA(key): /vɒlt/
- (General American) IPA(key): /voʊlt/
- Rhymes: -ɒlt, -əʊlt
- Homophone: vault (in some accents)
Etymology 1
editNamed after Italian physicist Alessandro Volta. For the surname, see Italian Volta.
Noun
editvolt (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
editTranslations
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Etymology 2
editNoun
editvolt (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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Noun
editvolt (uncountable)
Anagrams
editCatalan
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom the past participle of Old Catalan voldre, from Latin volvere. Corresponds to Vulgar Latin *voltus, from *volŭtus, from Latin volūtus.
Noun
editvolt m (plural volts)
- turn, round
- fer un volt ― to go for a stroll
Related terms
editEtymology 2
editNamed for Alessandro Volta.
Noun
editvolt 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, 2024
- “volt” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Czech
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editvolt m inan
Declension
editRelated terms
edit- See voluta
Further reading
editDutch
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editAudio: (file)
Noun
editvolt m (plural volts, diminutive voltje n)
- volt (unit)
Derived terms
editFaroese
editEtymology
editNamed after the Italian physicist Alessandro Volta. For the surname, see Volta.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editvolt n (genitive singular volts, plural volt)
Declension
editDeclension 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
editEtymology
editPronunciation
editNoun
editvolt m (plural volts)
Further reading
edit- “volt”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Galician
editEtymology
editNoun
editvolt m (plural volts)
Hungarian
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editFrom the same Proto-Finno-Ugric *wole- or *woli- as Finnish and Estonian olla. Compare similarities with Old Hungarian vola, later vala (same meaning).
Verb
editvolt
- third-person singular indicative past indefinite of van
- Milyen volt az előadás? ― How was the show?
Participle
editvolt
- past participle of van
Adjective
editvolt (not comparable)
Particle
editvolt
- (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,
- 1880 (translation), 411 BC (original), János Arany (translator), Aristophanes (original), A nők ünnepe (Thesmophoriazusae).[1] English translation: 2007, George Theodoridis.[2]
Etymology 2
editNamed after the Italian physicist Alessandro Volta.[1]
Noun
editvolt (plural voltok)
- volt (unit of measure, symbol: V)
Declension
editInflection (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
editReferences
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
editEtymology
editNamed after Italian physicist Alessandro Volta.
Noun
editvolt n (genitive singular volts, nominative plural volt)
Declension
editFurther reading
edit- “volt” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)
Italian
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from English volt, itself named after Italian physicist Alessandro Volta, from Volta.
Noun
editvolt m (invariable)
Latin
editVerb
editvolt
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
editEtymology
editNoun
editvolt oblique singular, m (oblique plural volz or voltz, nominative singular volz or voltz, nominative plural volt)
Synonyms
editReferences
edit- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (volt)
Old Occitan
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editNoun
editvolt m
References
edit- Levy, Emil. 1923. Petit dictionnaire provençal-français. Heidelberg: Winter. Page 386.
Polish
editPronunciation
editEtymology 1
editNamed after Italian physicist Alessandro Volta.
Noun
editvolt m inan (abbreviation V)
- Alternative spelling of wolt
Declension
editEtymology 2
editSee the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
Noun
editvolt f
Further reading
edit- volt in Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese
editAlternative forms
editEtymology
editUnadapted borrowing from English volt.
Pronunciation
edit
Noun
editvolt m (plural volts)
- volt (unit of measure)
Romanian
editEtymology
editNoun
editvolt m (plural volți)
Declension
editSerbo-Croatian
editEtymology
editNoun
editvolt m (Cyrillic spelling волт)
Declension
editSlovak
editEtymology
editNamed after the Italian physicist Alessandro Volta. For the surname, see Volta.
Pronunciation
editNoun
editvolt m inan (genitive singular voltu, nominative plural volty, genitive plural voltov, declension pattern of dub)
Declension
editDerived terms
editFurther reading
edit- “volt”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2024
Swedish
editEtymology
editFrom French volte, from Italian volta (“a turn, rotation”).
Noun
editvolt c
- a somersault; a jump where one turns one or more times forwards (or backwards)
- att göra/slå en volt
- to do a somersault
- (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
editDeclension of volt | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | volt | volten | volter | volterna |
Genitive | volts | voltens | volters | volternas |
Related terms
editSee also
edit- kullerbytta (“somersault on the ground”)
- saltomortal
Noun
editvolt c
- volt (unit)
Declension
editDeclension 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)
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editvolt
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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
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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
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- Czech hard masculine inanimate nouns
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- Rhymes:Faroese/ɔl̥t
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- gl:Units of measure
- Hungarian terms with IPA pronunciation
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- Rhymes:Hungarian/olt
- Rhymes:Hungarian/olt/1 syllable
- Hungarian terms derived from Proto-Finno-Ugric
- Hungarian terms inherited from Old Hungarian
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- Rhymes:Polish/ɔlt
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