volatile

From Middle French volatile, from Latin volātilis (“flying; swift; temporary; volatile”), from volō (“I fly”).

• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈvɑl.ə.tl̩/, /ˈvɑl.əˌtaɪ.əl/, [ˈvɑ.lə.ɾɫ̩]

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• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈvɒl.əˌtaɪ.(ə)l/

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volatile (comparative more volatile, superlative most volatile)

1. (physics) evaporating or vaporizing readily under normal conditions.
2. (of a substance, informal) explosive.
3. (of a price etc) variable or erratic.
4. (of a person) quick to become angry or violent.
5. fickle.
6. temporary or ephemeral.
7. (of a situation) potentially violent.
8. (computing, of a variable) having its associated memory immediately updated with any changes in value.
9. (computing, of memory) whose content is lost when the computer is powered down
10. (obsolete) Passing through the air on wings, or by the buoyant force of the atmosphere; flying; having the power to fly.

• See also Thesaurus:ephemeral

• volatility
• volatile memory

volatile (plural volatiles)

1. A chemical or compound that changes into a gas easily.

• IPA^(key): /vɔ.la.til/

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volatile

1. feminine singular of volatil
2. Alternative spelling of volatil, as a masculine singular

volatile m (plural volatiles)

1. fowl, bird

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

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volatile

1. inflection of volatil:
   1. strong and mixed nominative and accusative feminine singular
   2. strong nominative and accusative plural
   3. weak nominative all-gender singular
   4. weak accusative feminine and neuter singular

volatile (masculine and feminine plural volatili)

1. (chemistry, physics) volatile
2. flying

• (flying): volante

volatile m (plural volatili)

1. bird
2. fowl

• uccello

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /woˈlaː.ti.le/, [wɔˈɫaː.tɪ.ɫɛ]

volātile

1. nominative neuter singular of volātilis
2. accusative neuter singular of volātilis
3. vocative neuter singular of volātilis

• volatile in Charles du Fresne du Cange’s Glossarium Mediæ et Infimæ Latinitatis (augmented edition, 1883–1887)