volta
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
From Italian volta. Doublet of volte.
NounEdit
volta (plural voltas)
- (music) A turning; a time (chiefly used in phrases signifying that the part is to be repeated).
- (music, dance) A dance for couples popular during the late Renaissance, associated with the galliard and done to the same kind of music.
- (poetry) A turning point or point of change in a poem, most commonly a sonnet.
Further readingEdit
- Volta (literature) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
AnagramsEdit
CatalanEdit
Etymology 1Edit
From the verb voltar (“to turn, spin around”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
volta f (plural voltes)
- turn, spin
- (architecture) vault (an arched masonry structure supporting and forming a ceiling)
- lap (of a track)
- time (instance)
- (cycling) tour (bicycle race)
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
VerbEdit
volta
- third-person singular present indicative form of voltar
- second-person singular imperative form of voltar
Further readingEdit
- “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.
CzechEdit
EtymologyEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
volta f
- lavolta (dance)
See alsoEdit
Further readingEdit
- volta in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- volta in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
GalicianEdit
EtymologyEdit
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”).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
volta f (plural voltas)
- turnaround
- overturn
- turn, bend
- Esa estrada ten moitas voltas. ― That road has many bends.
- return
- Synonym: retorno
- somersault
- Synonyms: pirueta, pinchacarneiro, pinchagato, reviravolta
- 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
- backside
- Na volta hai un debuxo. ― On the backside there is a sketch.
- detour
- 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
- 1842, Juan Manuel Pintos, Meu querido pai:
- turn of events
- (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
- 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
- Synonym: revolta
- 1370, R. Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 561:
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
ReferencesEdit
- “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.
HungarianEdit
EtymologyEdit
From the original vol- stem of van (“to be”) + -ta (amalgamated noun-forming suffix), the latter from -t (noun-forming suffix) + -a (possessive suffix).
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
volta
- being, character, condition, rank, nature, or quality of someone or something
- 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,…”)
- Húga persze igyekezett leplezni az egésznek a kínos voltát, és ahogy telt az idő, ez egyre jobban sikerült is neki (…)
- 1915, Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis (Hungarian translation: Miklós Györffy; English translation: Ian Johnston)
DeclensionEdit
Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony) | ||
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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 | ||
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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 termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- 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
IrishEdit
EtymologyEdit
NounEdit
volta m (genitive singular volta, nominative plural voltanna)
DeclensionEdit
Bare forms
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Forms with the definite article
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Derived termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- 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.
ItalianEdit
Etymology 1Edit
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.
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
volta f (plural volte)
- time, instance, occasion
- a volte ― sometimes
- due volte alla settimana ― twice a week
- tre volte tre fa nove ― three times three is nine
- turn
- (architecture) vault
- Coordinate term: cupola
- Hyponyms: volta a botte, volta a crociera, volta a vela
- (anatomy) vault
Derived termsEdit
DescendantsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
volta f sg
Etymology 3Edit
PronunciationEdit
ParticipleEdit
volta f sg
Etymology 4Edit
PronunciationEdit
VerbEdit
volta
- inflection of voltare:
LatinEdit
Alternative formsEdit
PronunciationEdit
NounEdit
volta n
- nominative/accusative/vocative plural of voltum (“expression, appearance; image, likeness; face; visage, countenance”)
Northern SamiEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
NounEdit
volta
InflectionEdit
Even a-stem, lt-ltt gradation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Further readingEdit
- 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 2Edit
(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)
NounEdit
volta
InflectionEdit
Even a-stem, lt-ltt gradation | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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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 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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Further readingEdit
- 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
PolishEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
Borrowed from French volte, from Italian volta.
NounEdit
volta f
- Alternative spelling of wolta
DeclensionEdit
Etymology 2Edit
See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.
NounEdit
volta m inan
Further readingEdit
- volta in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
- volta in Polish dictionaries at PWN
PortugueseEdit
PronunciationEdit
Etymology 1Edit
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”).
NounEdit
volta f (plural voltas)
- return (act of returning)
- bend (in a course, line, pipe, etc.)
- turnaround (act of turning around)
- a loop of a coil or spiral staircase
- loop (length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over)
- (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.
- stroll; walk
- dar uma volta ― go for a walk
Derived termsEdit
Related termsEdit
Etymology 2Edit
VerbEdit
volta
- inflection of voltar: