volta

See also: Volta, voltà, and voltą

English

Etymology

From Italian volta. Doublet of volte.

Noun

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.

Further reading

• Volta (literature) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

• lovat, votal

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Catalan

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /ˈvɔl.tə/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔl.tə/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈvɔl.ta/

Noun

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)

Derived terms

• clau de volta
• donar la volta
• donar volta
• donar voltes
• fer la volta
• sotavolta
• tal volta

 

Related terms

• voltar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

volta

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

Further reading

• “volta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
• “volta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2023
• “volta” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
• “volta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

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Czech

Etymology

Latin volvo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvolta]

Noun

volta f

1. lavolta (dance)

See also

• voluta

Further reading

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

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Galician

Etymology

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

• IPA^(key): /ˈbɔlta̝/

Noun

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

Derived terms

• dar unha volta
• dar voltas
• reviravolta

Related terms

• revolta
• voltar

References

• “volta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
• “volta” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “bolta” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
• “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.

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Hungarian

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

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

Noun

volta

1. being, character, condition, rank, nature, or quality of someone or something

   Synonyms: jelleg (“character, nature, feature”), -ság/-ség (“-ness”)

   • 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

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	—

Derived terms

• jóvoltából
• mivolta
• voltaképp
• voltaképpen
• voltaképpeni

 

Further reading

• volta in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (‘The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

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Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English volt.

Noun

volta m (genitive singular volta, nominative plural voltanna)

1. (electricity) volt

Declension

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

Derived terms

• fótavoltach
• voltach
• voltaiméadar
• voltaimpéar
• voltas
• voltmhéadar

 

Further reading

• Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977), “volta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
• Entries containing “volta” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
• Entries containing “volta” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

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Italian

Etymology 1

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.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɔl.ta/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔlta
• Hyphenation: vòl‧ta

Noun

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
4. (architecture) vault

   Coordinate term: cupola

   Hyponyms: volta a botte, volta a crociera, volta a vela

5. (anatomy) vault

Derived terms

• alla volta
• alla volta di
• alle volte
• a volte
• c'era una volta
• delle volte
• giravolta
• per volta
• qualche volta
• talvolta
• una buona volta
• una volta
• una volta che
• una volta per tutte
• una volta tanto

 

Descendants

• → German: Volte
  • → Swedish: volt
    • → Finnish: voltti
• → Greek: βόλτα (vólta, “turn, walk”)
• → Slavomolisano: vota
• → Turkish: volta

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvol.ta/
• Rhymes: -olta
• Hyphenation: vól‧ta

Adjective

volta f sg

1. feminine singular of volto (“facing, concerning”)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɔl.ta/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔlta
• Hyphenation: vòl‧ta

Participle

volta f sg

1. feminine singular of volto (“(having) turned”)

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɔl.ta/

• Audio

  (file)

• Rhymes: -ɔlta
• Hyphenation: vòl‧ta

Verb

volta

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

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Latin

Alternative forms

• vulta
• voltūs

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯ul.ta/, [ˈu̯ʊɫ̪t̪ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvul.ta/, [ˈvul̪t̪ä]

Noun

volta n

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

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Northern Sami

Pronunciation

• (Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈvolːta/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

volta

1. volt

Inflection

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

• 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

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

Noun

volta

1. somersault, volte

Inflection

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

• 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

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Polish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɔl.ta/
• Rhymes: -ɔlta
• Syllabification: vol‧ta

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French volte, from Italian volta.

Noun

volta f

1. Alternative spelling of wolta

Declension

Declension of volta

	singular	plural
nominative	volta	volty
genitive	volty	volt
dative	volcie	voltom
accusative	voltę	volty
instrumental	voltą	voltami
locative	volcie	voltach
vocative	volto	volty

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

volta m inan

1. genitive singular of volt

Further reading

• volta in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
• volta in Polish dictionaries at PWN

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Portuguese

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvɔw.tɐ/ [ˈvɔʊ̯.tɐ]

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvɔw.tɐ/ [ˈvɔʊ̯.tɐ]
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvɔw.ta/ [ˈvɔʊ̯.ta]

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvɔl.tɐ/ [ˈvɔɫ.tɐ]

• Homophone: Volta
• Hyphenation: vol‧ta

Etymology 1

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

Noun

volta f (plural voltas)

1. return (act of returning)

   Synonyms: regresso, retorno

   Antonyms: ida, saída

   A volta do rei.

   The king’s return.

2. 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

Derived terms

• às voltas com
• à volta de
• cortar uma volta
• dar a volta por cima
• dar uma volta
• dar uma volta em
• dar volta ao juízo
• dar volta em
• de volta
• numa volta de mão
• por volta de
• volta de fiel
• volta e meia
• volta olímpica
• voltinha (diminutive)

 

Related terms

• voltado
• voltador
• voltar
• volteada
• volteado
• volteador
• volteante
• voltear
• volteio
• volteiro
• voltejar
• voltejo
• volver

 

Etymology 2

Verb

volta

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