volt
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /vɒlt/
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /vəʊlt/
Etymology 1
Named after the Italian physicist Alessandro Volta.
Noun
volt (plural volts)
- 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
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Noun
volt (plural volts)
- A circular tread; a gait by which a horse going sideways round a centre makes two concentric tracks.
- (fencing) A sudden movement to avoid a thrust.
Part or all of this entry has been imported from the 1913 edition of Webster’s Dictionary, which is now free of copyright and hence in the public domain. The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.
(See the entry for volt in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.)
Catalan
Etymology 1
From the past participle of Old Catalan voldre, from Latin volvere. Corresponds to Vulgar Latin *voltus, from *volŭtus, from Latin volūtus.
Etymology 2
Named for Alessandro Volta.
Dutch
Pronunciation
Audio (file)
Faroese
Etymology
Named after the Italian physicist Alessandro Volta.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɔl̥t/
- Rhymes: -ɔl̥t
Declension
Declension of volt | ||||
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n3 | singular | plural | ||
indefinite | definite | indefinite | definite | |
nominative | volt | voltið | volt | voltini |
accusative | volt | voltið | volt | voltini |
dative | volti | voltinum | voltum | voltunum |
genitive | volts | voltsins | volta | voltanna |
French
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɔlt/
Audio (Paris) (file)
Further reading
- “volt” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈvolt]
Audio (file) - Hyphenation: volt
Etymology 1
From the same Proto-Finno-Ugric *wole- or *woli- as Finnish and Estonian olla. Compare similarities with Old Hungarian vola (same meaning).
Adjective
volt (not comparable)
Verb
volt
Etymology 2
Named after the Italian physicist Alessandro Volta.[1]
Declension
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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singular | plural | |
nominative | volt | voltok |
accusative | voltot | voltokat |
dative | voltnak | voltoknak |
instrumental | volttal | voltokkal |
causal-final | voltért | voltokért |
translative | volttá | voltokká |
terminative | voltig | voltokig |
essive-formal | voltként | voltokként |
essive-modal | — | — |
inessive | voltban | voltokban |
superessive | volton | voltokon |
adessive | voltnál | voltoknál |
illative | voltba | voltokba |
sublative | voltra | voltokra |
allative | volthoz | voltokhoz |
elative | voltból | voltokból |
delative | voltról | voltokról |
ablative | volttól | voltoktól |
Possessive forms of volt | ||
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possessor | single possession | multiple possessions |
1st person sing. | voltom | voltjaim |
2nd person sing. | voltod | voltjaid |
3rd person sing. | voltja | voltjai |
1st person plural | voltunk | voltjaink |
2nd person plural | voltotok | voltjaitok |
3rd person plural | voltjuk | voltjaik |
References
- Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN
Italian
Latin
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
Noun
volt m (oblique plural volz or voltz, nominative singular volz or voltz, nominative plural volt)
References
- Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (volt)
Serbo-Croatian
Slovak
Etymology
Named after the Italian physicist Alessandro Volta.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /ˈvɔɫt/
Noun
volt m (genitive singular voltu, nominative plural volty, genitive plural voltov, declension pattern of dub)
Declension
Derived terms
- voltový
- voltáž
Swedish
Noun
volt c
- a somersault; a jump where one turns one or more times forwards (or backwards)
- (by extension) The action where something of large size turns over. See slå en volt.
- Bilen körde av vägen och slog en volt.
- The car went off the road and turned over a whole turn.
- Bilen körde av vägen och slog en volt.
Tatar
Declension
Nominative | volt |
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Genitive | voltnıñ |
Dative | voltqa |
Accusative | voltnı |
Locative | voltta |
Ablative | volttan |