voluminous

English

Etymology

From Late Latin voluminosus, from volumen, from volvō (“roll, turn about”) +‎ -men (noun-forming suffix). Related to volume.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /vəˈl(j)uː.mɪ.nəs/

• Audio (Southern England):

  (file)

• (US) IPA^(key): /vəˈlu.mə.nəs/

Adjective

voluminous (comparative more voluminous, superlative most voluminous)

1. Of or pertaining to volume or volumes.
2. Consisting of many folds, coils, or convolutions.
3. Of great volume, or bulk; large.
   • 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling:

     Matters of a much more extraordinary kind are to be the subject of this history, or I should grossly mis-spend my time in writing so voluminous a work […]

4. Having written much, or produced many volumes

   Synonyms: copious, diffuse

   a voluminous writer

Translations

pertaining to volume

• Afrikaans: volumineuze
• Albanian: voluminoz m
• Armenian: ծավալային (hy) (cavalayin)
• Azerbaijani: irihəcmli
• Bulgarian: обе́мист (bg) m (obémist), обемен (obemen)
• Dutch: omvangrijk (nl) m
• Finnish: runsas (fi)
• Georgian: ტევადი (ṭevadi)
• Maltese: voluminużi m
• Portuguese: volumoso (pt) m
• Romanian: voluminos (ro) m
• Russian: ёмкостный (ru) (jómkostnyj)
• Spanish: voluminoso (es)

consisting of many folds, coils, or convolutions

of great volume

• Armenian: ծավալուն (hy) (cavalun)
• Bulgarian: обемист (bg) (obemist)
• Czech: objemný (cs) m
• Dutch: volumineus (nl)
• Georgian: მოცულობითი (moculobiti), ტევადი (ṭevadi)
• German: voluminös (de)
• Russian: объёмистый (ru) (obʺjómistyj), объёмный (ru) (obʺjómnyj), масси́вный (ru) (massívnyj)

having written much

• Azerbaijani: məhsuldar
• Bulgarian: плодови́т (bg) (plodovít)
• Georgian: ნაყოფიერი (naq̇opieri)
• Irish: il-leabhrach
• Russian: плодови́тый (ru) (plodovítyj)
• Spanish: prolífico (es)