volt

volt

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English

Pronunciation

  • (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /vəʊlt/
  • (other UK) IPA(key): /vɒlt/
  • (General American, Canada) IPA(key): /voʊlt/
  • (General Australian) IPA(key): /ˈvəʉlt/, /ˈvɐʉlt/
  • (New Zealand) IPA(key): /ˈvɐʉlt/
  • Rhymes: -ɒlt, -əʊlt
  • Homophone: vault (in some accents)

Etymology 1

Named after Italian physicist Alessandro Volta. For the surname, see Italian Volta.

Noun

volt (plural volts)

  2. In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical potential and electromotive force (voltage); the potential difference across a conductor when a current of one ampere uses one watt of power. Symbol: V
Derived terms
Translations

Etymology 2

From French volte.

Noun

volt (plural volts)

  1. (archaic, equestrianism) A circular movement in which the horse goes round in a small circle.
  2. (archaic, fencing) A sudden movement to avoid a thrust; a parry.

References

  • “volt”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

Noun

volt (uncountable)

  1. A colour similar to lime often used in Nike products.

Anagrams

  • LVOT, VTOL

Catalan

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [ˈbɔl]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈvɔlt]
  • Homophones: bol, vol

Etymology 1

From the past participle of Old Catalan voldre, from Latin volvere. Corresponds to Vulgar Latin *voltus, from *volŭtus, from Latin volūtus.

Noun

volt m (plural volts)

  1. turn, round
    fer un volt ― to go for a stroll
Related terms
  • volta
  • voltar

Etymology 2

Named for Alessandro Volta.

Noun

volt m (plural volts)

  1. volt

Further reading

  • “volt” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
  • “volt”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
  • “volt” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English volt.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvolt]
  • Rhymes: -olt

Noun

volt m inan

  1. volt

Declension

Related terms

  • See voluta

Further reading

  • “volt”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
  • “volt”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

From English volt.

Pronunciation

Noun

volt m (plural volts, diminutive voltje n)

  1. volt (unit)

Derived terms

  • elektronvolt

Faroese

Etymology

Named after the Italian physicist Alessandro Volta. For the surname, see Volta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɔl̥t/
  • Rhymes: -ɔl̥t

Noun

volt n (genitive singular volts, plural volt)

  1. volt, the SI unit of electric potential.

Declension

French

Etymology

Borrowed from English volt.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɔlt/

Noun

volt m (plural volts)

  1. volt

Further reading

  • “volt”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Galician

Etymology

From English volt.

Noun

volt m (plural volts)

  1. volt
    Synonym: voltio

Hungarian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvolt]
  • Hyphenation: volt
  • Rhymes: -olt

Etymology 1

From the same Proto-Finno-Ugric *wole- or *woli- as Finnish and Estonian olla. Compare similarities with Old Hungarian vola, later vala (same meaning).

Verb

volt

  1. third-person singular indicative past indefinite of van
    Milyen volt az előadás? ― How was the show?

Participle

volt

  1. past participle of van

Adjective

volt (not comparable)

  1. ex-, former, late, past, sometime
    az egyetem volt tanára ― the former professor of the university

Particle

volt

  1. (archaic) Used after a past-tense verb form to express past perfect.
    • 1880 (translation), 411 BC (original), János Arany (translator), Aristophanes (original), A nők ünnepe (Thesmophoriazusae).[2] English translation: 2007, George Theodoridis.[3]

Etymology 2

Named after the Italian physicist Alessandro Volta.

Noun

volt (plural voltok)

  1. volt (unit of measure, symbol: V)
Declension
Derived terms

References

Further reading

  • (the past form of van or an auxiliary particle expressing past perfect): volt in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • (former, previous, bygone): volt in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN
  • (unit): volt in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh. A magyar nyelv értelmező szótára (“The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language”, abbr.: ÉrtSz.). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: →ISBN

Icelandic

Etymology

Named after Italian physicist Alessandro Volta.

Noun

volt n (genitive singular volts, nominative plural volt)

  1. volt

Declension

Further reading

  • “volt” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English volt, itself named after Italian physicist Alessandro Volta, from Volta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɔlt/
  • Rhymes: -ɔlt
  • Hyphenation: vòlt

Noun

volt m (invariable)

  1. volt

References

Latin

Verb

volt

  1. (Old Latin) third-person singular present active indicative of volō

References

  • “volt”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • “volt”, in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Old French

Etymology

From Latin vultus.

Noun

volt oblique singular, m (oblique plural volz or voltz, nominative singular volz or voltz, nominative plural volt)

  1. face

Synonyms

  • face, visage

References

  • Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (volt)

Old Occitan

Alternative forms

  • vout

Etymology

From Latin vultus.

Noun

volt m

  1. figure
  2. face
  3. holy image

References

  • Levy, Emil. 1923. Petit dictionnaire provençal-français. Heidelberg: Winter. Page 386.

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɔlt/
  • Rhymes: -ɔlt
  • Syllabification: volt

Etymology 1

Named after Italian physicist Alessandro Volta.

Noun

volt m inan (abbreviation V)

  1. Alternative spelling of wolt
Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

volt f

  1. genitive plural of volta

Further reading

  • volt in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Alternative forms

  • vóltio (rare)

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English volt.

Pronunciation

Noun

volt m (plural volts)

  1. volt (unit of measure)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French volt.

Noun

volt m (plural volți)

  1. volt

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from English volt.

Noun

volt m (Cyrillic spelling волт)

  1. volt

Declension

Slovak

Etymology

Named after the Italian physicist Alessandro Volta. For the surname, see Volta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [vɔlt]

Noun

volt m inan (relational adjective voltový)

  1. (physics) volt

Declension

Derived terms

  • voltáž

Further reading

  • “volt”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

Swedish

Etymology

From French volte, from Italian volta (“a turn, rotation”).

Noun

volt c

  1. a somersault; a jump where one turns one or more times forwards (or backwards)
  2. (by extension) The action where something of large size turns over. See slå en volt.

Declension

Related terms

  • volta

See also

  • kullerbytta (“somersault on the ground”)
  • saltomortal

Noun

volt c

  1. volt (unit)

Declension

References

  • volt in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • volt in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • volt in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

Anagrams

  • tolv

Tatar

Etymology

From English volt.

Noun

volt

  1. volt, the SI unit of electric potential.
    80 meñ volt ― 80 thousand volts

Declension

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