volute
English edit
Etymology edit
From French volute, from Italian voluta, from Latin volūta, from the feminine of volūtus, perfect passive participle of volvō. Doublet of vault.
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
volute (plural volutes)
- (architecture) The characteristic spiral curve on an Ionic capital, widely copied in other styles and in neoclassical architecture.
- 1856, Edward Shaw, The Modern Architect, Or, Every Carpenter His Own Master:
- This example is much richer, yet no less elegant, than the other; the volute, instead of a single spiral, is formed by three; the sculptured echinus beneath is surmounted by a guilloched moulding, and separated from the shaft by a neck […]
- (zoology) The spirals or whorls on a gastropod's shell.
- (zoology) Any marine gastropod of the family Volutidae.
- 2002, Don Philpott, Florida: Gulf Coast[1], page 16:
- Common shells include frog-shells, distorsios, volutes, tulips, murex, cones, olives, marginellas, cowries, augers and the Florida horse conch, the state's official shell, which can grow up to 24in (6 1 cm) long.
- (engineering) The casing in a centrifugal pump, whose shape is somewhat similar to architectural volutes.
- (art) A spiral or scroll form.
- (music) A scroll-shaped carving at the tuning head of a stringed musical instrument, similar to architectural volutes.
Derived terms edit
Translations edit
spiral on Ionic capital
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a type of shellfish
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casing in a centrifugal pump
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scroll shaped carving at the tuning head of stringed musical instruments
Adjective edit
volute (not comparable)
- (engineering) Of a spring: having a spiral curve on its tail.
French edit
Pronunciation edit
Noun edit
volute f (plural volutes)
- (architecture) volute
- (music, lutherie) scroll (of a musical instrument)
Further reading edit
- “volute”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Italian edit
Participle edit
volute f pl
Latin edit
Participle edit
volūte
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