volume

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English

Alternative forms

• vol. (abbreviation)

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈvɒl.juːm/, /ˈvɒl.jʊm/
• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈvɑl.jum/, /ˈvɑl.jəm/
• (Wales, Ottawa Valley) IPA^(key): /ˈvɒlɪu̯m/
• Rhymes: -ɒljuːm, -ɒljʊm

Noun

volume (countable and uncountable, plural volumes)

1. A 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.
2. Strength of sound; loudness.

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

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

6. (in the plural, by extension) A great amount (of meaning) about something.
7. (obsolete) A roll or scroll, which was the form of ancient books.
8. Quantity.

9. A rounded mass or convolution.
10. (economics) The total supply of money in circulation or, less frequently, total amount of credit extended, within a specified national market or worldwide.
11. (computing) An accessible storage area with a single file system, typically resident on a single partition of a hard disk.
12. (bodybuilding) The total of weight worked by a muscle in one training session, the weight of every single repetition summed up.

    (key muscle growth stimuli) Coordinate terms: mechanical tension, frequency

Derived terms

Translations

See also

• book
• tome

cubic distance

• Customary: ounce, pint, quart, gallons, cubic inch (in³), cubic foot, cubic yard, cubic mile
• Metric: mililiter, liter, cubic meter (m³), cubic centimeter ("cc") (cm³)

sound

• Universal: bel, decibel
• Metric: millipascal (mPa)

Verb

volume (third-person singular simple present volumes, present participle voluming, simple past and past participle volumed)

1. (intransitive) To be conveyed through the air, waft.
2. (transitive) To cause to move through the air, waft.
3. (intransitive) To swell.

Asturian

Noun

volume m (plural volumes)

1. volume

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French volume, from Old French volume, from Latin volūmen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˌvoːˈly.mə/
• Hyphenation: vo‧lu‧me

Noun

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

1. volume (three-dimensional quantity of space)
2. volume (sound level)
3. (obsolete) volume, book (single book as an instalment in a series)

Derived terms

• volume-eenheid
• volumeknop
• volumemaat
• volumineus

Descendants

• → Indonesian: volumê

French

Etymology

From Latin volūmen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɔ.lym/

Noun

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

Derived terms

Related terms

• volumétrique
• volumineux

Further reading

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

Galician

Etymology

From Latin volūmen (“a book, roll”).

Noun

volume m (plural volumes)

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

Indonesian

Etymology

Internationalism, borrowed from Dutch volume, from Middle French volume, from Old French volume, from Latin volūmen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (standard) /voˈlumə/, (dialectal) /poˈlumə/
• Rhymes: -mə, -ə
• Hyphenation: vo‧lu‧mê

Noun

volumê (plural volume-volume, first-person possessive volumeku, second-person possessive volumemu, third-person possessive volumenya)

1. volume:
   1. A three-dimensional measure of space that comprises a length, a width and a height.
   2. loudness: strength of sound.
   3. quantity

      Synonyms: banyaknya, besarnya, bobot

   4. A single book of a publication issued in multi-book format.

      Synonym: jilid

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

Derived terms

References

Further reading

• “volume” in Kamus Besar Bahasa Indonesia, Jakarta: Agency for Language Development and Cultivation – Ministry of Education, Culture, Research, and Technology of the Republic of Indonesia, 2016.

Italian

Etymology

From Latin volūmen.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /voˈlu.me/
• Rhymes: -ume
• Hyphenation: vo‧lù‧me

Noun

volume m (plural volumi)

1. volume (clarification of this definition is needed)

Related terms

• volumenometro
• volumetria
• volumetrico
• voluminoso

Further reading

• volume in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

Old French

Etymology

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

Noun

volume m or f

1. volume, specifically a collection of written works

Descendants

• → English: volume
• French: volume

Portuguese

Etymology

From Old Galician-Portuguese volume, borrowed from Latin volūmen.

Pronunciation

• (Northeast Brazil) IPA^(key): /vɔ.ˈlu.mɪ/, /vɔ.ˈlu.m/
• Hyphenation: vo‧lu‧me

Noun

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

Synonyms

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

Related terms

• volumoso