volume

Contents

EnglishEdit

Alternative formsEdit

• vol. (abbreviation)

EtymologyEdit

From Old French volume, from Latin volūmen (“book, roll”), from volvō (“roll, turn about”).

PronunciationEdit

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈvɒl.juːm/, /ˈvɒl.jʊm/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈvɑl.jum/, /ˈvɑl.jəm/

• Audio (US)

  (file)

NounEdit

volume (countable and uncountable, plural volumes)

1. A unit of three-dimensional measure of space that comprises a length, a width and a height. It is measured in units of cubic centimeters in metric, cubic inches or cubic feet in English measurement.

   The room is 9x12x8, so its volume is 864 cubic feet.

2. Strength of sound. Measured in decibels.

   Please turn down the volume on the stereo.

3. The issues of a periodical over a period of one year.

   I looked at this week's copy of the magazine. It was volume 23, issue 45.

4. A bound book.
   • 1898, Winston Churchill, chapter 1, in The Celebrity:

     However, with the dainty volume my quondam friend sprang into fame. At the same time he cast off the chrysalis of a commonplace existence.

5. A single book of a publication issued in multi-book format, such as an encyclopedia.

   The letter "G" was found in volume 4.

6. Quantity.

   The volume of ticket sales decreased this week.

7. (economics) The total supply of money in circulation or, less frequently, total amount of credit extended, within a specified national market or worldwide.
8. (computing) An accessible storage area with a single file system, typically resident on a single partition of a hard disk.

Derived termsEdit

• voluminous

TranslationsEdit

unit of three dimensional measure that consists of a length, a width and a height

• Arabic: حجم‎‎
• Armenian: ծավալ (hy) (caval)
• Asturian: volume m
• Bulgarian: обем (bg) m (obem)
• Catalan: volum (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 容積 (zh), 容积 (zh) (róngjī), 體積 (zh), 体积 (zh) (tǐjī)

• Czech: objem (cs) m
• Dutch: volume (nl) n, inhoud (nl) m
• Esperanto: volumeno
• Finnish: tilavuus (fi)
• French: volume (fr) m
• Galician: volume (gl) m
• Georgian: მოცულობა (moculoba)
• German: Volumen (de) n
• Greek: όγκος (el) m (ógkos)
• Haitian Creole: volim
• Hebrew: נפח‎‎ (he) m
• Hungarian: térfogat (hu)
• Ido: volumino (io)
• Interlingua: volumine
• Italian: volume (it) m

• Japanese: 体積 (ja) (たいせき, taiseki)
• Macedonian: во́лумен m (vólumen), зафа́тнина f (zafátnina)
• Malay: isipadu
• Maori: nui (mi), rōrahi
• Mongolian: багтаамж (mn) (bagtaamž), эзлэхүүн (mn) (ezlehüün)
• Persian: حجم‎‎ (fa) (hajm)
• Polish: objętość (pl) f
• Portuguese: volume (pt) m
• Romanian: volum (ro) n
• Russian: объём (ru) m (obʺjóm)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: обу́јам m (Croatian), запремина f (Serbian, Bosnian)

  Roman: obújam (sh) m (Croatian), zapremina (sh) m (Serbian, Bosnian)

• Slovak: objem m
• Slovene: prostornina (sl) f, volumen m
• Spanish: volumen (es) m
• Swedish: volym (sv) c
• Tagalog: buok
• Telugu: ఘనపరిమాణం (ghanaparimāṇaṃ)
• Thai: ปริมาตร (th) (bpà-rí-mâat)
• Turkish: hacim (tr)

strength of sound

• Armenian: բարձրություն (hy) (barjrutʿyun)
• Asturian: volume m
• Bulgarian: сила (на звук) f (sila (na zvuk))
• Catalan: volum (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: please add this translation if you can

• Czech: hlasitost f
• Danish: lydstyrke (da) c
• Dutch: volume (nl) n
• Finnish: äänenvoimakkuus (fi)
• French: volume (fr) m
• Georgian: ხმა (xma)
• German: Lautstärke (de) f
• Greek: ένταση (el) f (éntasi)
• Hebrew: עוצמת קול‎‎ f
• Hungarian: hangerő (hu)
• Interlingua: volumine
• Italian: volume (it) m

• Japanese: 音量 (ja) (おんりょう, onryou), 声量 (せいりょう, seiryou)
• Khmer: please add this translation if you can
• Macedonian: ја́чина f (jáčina), гла́сност f (glásnost)
• Malay: kelantangan
• Maori: kahaoro
• Mongolian: дууны хүч (duuny hüč)
• Persian: صدا‎‎ (fa) (sedâ)
• Polish: głośność (pl) f
• Portuguese: volume (pt) m
• Romanian: volum (ro) n
• Russian: гро́мкость (ru) f (grómkostʹ)
• Slovak: sila f
• Slovene: glasnost f
• Spanish: volumen (es) m
• Swedish: volym (sv) c, ljudvolym c, ljudstyrka c
• Thai: ความดัง (th) (kwaam-dang)
• Turkish: ses (tr)

issues of a periodical over a period of one year

• Armenian: հատոր (hy) (hator)
• Bulgarian: година f (godina)
• Catalan: volum (ca) m
• Dutch: jaargang (nl) m
• Finnish: vuosikerta (fi)
• Galician: volume (gl) m
• German: Jahrgang (de) m
• Greek: έτος (el) n (étos), χρόνος (el) m (chrónos)
• Hungarian: évfolyam (hu)
• Irish: imleabhar m
• Italian: volume (it) m

• Japanese: 単行本 (tankōbon)
• Macedonian: го́дина f (gódina)
• Persian: دوره‎‎ (fa) (doure)
• Polish: rocznik (pl) m
• Portuguese: volume (pt) m
• Russian: том (ru) m (tom), но́мер (ru) m (nómer), кни́га (ru) f (kníga)
• Slovak: ročník m
• Slovene: letnik m
• Spanish: volumen (es) m
• Telugu: సంపుటి (te) (sampuṭi)
• Thai: เล่ม (th) (lêm), ฉบับ (th) (chà-bàp)

single book of a publication issued in multi-book format, such as an encyclopedia

• Arabic: جزء‎‎ (ar)
• Armenian: հատոր (hy) (hator)
• Azerbaijani: cild (az)
• Belarusian: том m (tom)
• Bulgarian: том (bg) m (tom)
• Catalan: volum (ca) m
• Chinese:

  Mandarin: 卷 (zh) (juàn)

• Czech: svazek (cs) m
• Dutch: boekdeel (nl) n
• Esperanto: volumo
• Finnish: kirja (fi), nide (fi), volyymi (fi), osa (fi)
• French: volume (fr) m
• Galician: volume (gl) m
• Georgian: ტომი (ṭomi)
• German: Band (de) m
• Greek: τόμος (el) m (tómos)
• Hungarian: kötet (hu)
• Ido: tomo (io)
• Irish: imleabhar m
• Italian: volume (it) m

• Japanese: 巻 (ja) (かん, kan)
• Korean: 권 (ko) (gwon) (卷 (ko))
• Latin: volūmen n
• Lithuanian: tomas m
• Macedonian: том m (tom)
• Malay: jilid
• Mongolian: ном (mn) (nom), боть (mn) (botʹ)
• Persian: جلد‎‎ (fa) (jeld)
• Polish: tom (pl) m
• Portuguese: volume (pt) m, tomo (pt) m
• Russian: том (ru) m (tom), кни́га (ru) f (kníga)
• Serbo-Croatian:

  Cyrillic: све̏зак m

  Roman: svȅzak (sh) m

• Slovak: zväzok m
• Slovene: zvezek (sl) m, knjiga (sl) f
• Spanish: volumen (es) m
• Swedish: volym (sv) c, band (sv) n
• Tagalog: buok
• Thai: เล่ม (th) (lêm), ฉบับ (th) (chà-bàp)
• Turkish: cilt (tr)
• Welsh: cyfrol f

synonym for quantity

• Armenian: ծավալ (hy) (caval)
• Catalan: volum (ca) m
• Finnish: määrä (fi)
• French: volume (fr) m
• Georgian: მოცულობა (moculoba)
• Greek: όγκος (el) m (ógkos), κυβισμός (el) m (kyvismós)
• Hungarian: volumen (hu)

• Italian: volume (it) m
• Macedonian: о́бем m (óbem)
• Portuguese: volume (pt) m
• Romanian: volum (ro) n
• Russian: объём (ru) (obʺjóm)
• Spanish: volumen (es) m
• Swedish: volym (sv) c

The translations below need to be checked and inserted above into the appropriate translation tables, removing any numbers. Numbers do not necessarily match those in definitions. See instructions at Wiktionary:Entry layout#Translations.

Translations to be checked

• Arabic: ^{(please verify)} الحجم‎‎

See alsoEdit

• book
• tome

cubic distance

• Customary: ounces, pints, quarts, gallons, cubic inches (in³), cubic feet, cubic yards, cubic miles
• Metric: mililiters, liters, cubic meters (m³), cubic centimeters ("cc") (cm³)

sound

• Universal: bels, decibels
• Metric: millipascals (mPa)

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AsturianEdit

NounEdit

volume m (plural volumes)

1. volume

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DutchEdit

PronunciationEdit

• Audio

  (file)

NounEdit

volume n (plural volumen or volumes, diminutive volumetje n)

1. volume

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FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin volūmen.

PronunciationEdit

• IPA^(key): /vɔ.lym/

• audio

  (file)

NounEdit

volume m (plural volumes)

1. volume (of a book, a written work)
2. volume (sound)
3. volume (amount of space something takes up)
4. volume (amount; quantity)
5. (figuratively) an overly long piece of writing

Related termsEdit

• volumétrique
• volumineux

Further readingEdit

• “volume” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

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GalicianEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Latin volūmen (“a book, roll”).

NounEdit

volume m (plural volumes)

1. volume (quantity of space)
2. volume (single book of a published work)

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ItalianEdit

NounEdit

volume m (plural volumi)

1. volume

Related termsEdit

• volumenometro
• volumetria
• volumetrico
• voluminosità
• voluminoso

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Old FrenchEdit

EtymologyEdit

Borrowed from Latin volūmen (“a book, roll”).

NounEdit

volume m, f

1. volume, specifically a collection of written works

DescendantsEdit

• English: volume (borrowed)
• French: volume

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PortugueseEdit

EtymologyEdit

From Old Portuguese volume, borrowed from Latin volūmen.

PronunciationEdit

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /vo.ˈlu.mi/
  • (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /vɔ.ˈlu.mɪ/, /vɔ.ˈlu.m/

NounEdit

volume m (plural volumes)

1. (geometry) volume (unit of three-dimensional measure)
2. volume; loudness (strength of sound)
3. (publishing) volume (issues of a periodical over a period of one year)
4. (publishing) volume (individual book of a publication issued as a set of books)
5. (chiefly historical) volume (bound book)
6. volume; quantity

SynonymsEdit

• (single book of a set of books): tomo
• (quantity): quantidade, quantia

Related termsEdit

• volumoso