volt
English edit
Pronunciation 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 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
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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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)
Noun edit
volt (uncountable)
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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, 2024
- “volt” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Czech edit
Etymology edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
volt m inan
Declension edit
Related terms edit
- See voluta
Further reading edit
Dutch edit
Etymology edit
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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 volts)
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,
- 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 oblique singular, 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 (abbreviation 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 Polish dictionaries at PWN
Portuguese edit
Alternative forms edit
Etymology edit
Unadapted borrowing from English volt.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
volt m (plural volts)
- volt (unit of measure)
Romanian edit
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volt m (plural volți)
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Serbo-Croatian edit
Etymology edit
Noun edit
volt m (Cyrillic spelling волт)
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Slovak edit
Etymology edit
Named after the Italian physicist Alessandro Volta. For the surname, see Volta.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
volt m inan (genitive singular voltu, nominative plural volty, genitive plural voltov, declension pattern of dub)
Declension edit
Derived terms edit
Further 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 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)
- 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 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”)
- saltomortal
Noun edit
volt c
- volt (unit)
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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)
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volt
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