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English

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Pronunciation

Etymology 1

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

Noun

volt (plural volts)

  1. 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
Derived terms
megavolt
Translations

Etymology 2

French volte

Noun

volt (plural volts)

  1. A circular tread; a gait by which a horse going sideways round a centre makes two concentric tracks.
  2. (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 The imported definitions may be significantly out of date, and any more recent senses may be completely missing.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, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.)

Noun

volt (uncountable)

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

Anagrams

Catalan

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 2

Named for Alessandro Volta.

Noun

volt m (plural volts)

  1. volt

Further reading

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from English volt.

Pronunciation

Noun

volt m inan

  1. volt

Declension

Declension of volt (hard masculine inanimate)
singular plural
nominative volt volty
genitive voltu voltů
dative voltu voltům
accusative volt volty
vocative volte volty
locative voltu voltech
instrumental voltem volty

Related terms

Further reading

  • volt in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • volt in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

From English volt.

Pronunciation

Noun

volt m (plural volts, diminutive voltje n)

  1. volt (unit)

Derived terms

Faroese

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

volt n (genitive singular volts, plural volt)

  1. volt, the SI unit of electric potential.

Declension

Declension of volt
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

Etymology

Borrowed from English volt.

Pronunciation

Noun

volt m (plural volts)

  1. volt

Further reading

Galician

Etymology

From English volt.

Noun

volt m (plural volts)

  1. volt
    Synonym: voltio

Hungarian

Pronunciation

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). English translation: 2007, George Theodoridis.
      A vén gaz asszony meg, ki hozta volt, ¶ Fut vigyorogva a férjhez s kiáltja:
      Then the old woman picks it up and rushes out to the husband! She puts on a big grin on her face and tells him straight out,

Etymology 2

Named after the Italian physicist Alessandro Volta.

Noun

volt (plural voltok)

  1. volt (unit of measure, symbol: V)
Declension
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony)
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
non-attributive
possessive - singular 		volté voltoké
non-attributive
possessive - plural 		voltéi voltokéi
Possessive forms of volt
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
Derived terms
Compound words

References

  1. ^ 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

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

declension of volt
n-s singular plural
indefinite definite indefinite definite
nominative volt voltið volt voltin
accusative volt voltið volt voltin
dative volti voltinu voltum voltunum
genitive volts voltsins volta voltanna

Further reading

Italian

Etymology

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

Noun

volt m (invariable)

  1. volt

Latin

Verb

volt

  1. 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

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

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

Etymology 1

Named after Italian physicist Alessandro Volta.

Noun

volt m inan (abbreviation V)

  1. Alternative spelling of wolt
Declension
Declension of volt
singular plural
nominative volt volty
genitive volta voltów
dative voltowi voltom
accusative volt volty
instrumental voltem voltami
locative volcie voltach
vocative volcie volty

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

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English volt.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈvow.t͡ʃi/ , /ˈvowt͡ʃ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈvowt͡ʃ/ , /ˈvow.t͡ʃi/
 

Noun

volt m (plural volts)

  1. volt (unit of measure)

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French volt.

Noun

volt m (plural volți)

  1. volt

Declension

Declension of volt
singular plural
indefinite articulation definite articulation indefinite articulation definite articulation
nominative/accusative (un) volt voltul (niște) volți volții
genitive/dative (unui) volt voltului (unor) volți volților
vocative voltule volților

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from English volt.

Noun

volt m (Cyrillic spelling волт)

  1. volt

Declension

Declension of volt
singular plural
nominative volt volti
genitive volta volta
dative voltu voltima
accusative volt volte
vocative volte volti
locative voltu voltima
instrumental voltom voltima

Slovak

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Noun

volt m inan (genitive singular voltu, nominative plural volty, genitive plural voltov, declension pattern of dub)

  1. volt, the SI unit of electric potential

Declension

Declension of volt
singular plural
nominative volt volty
genitive voltu voltov
dative voltu voltom
accusative volt volty
locative volte voltoch
instrumental voltom voltmi

Derived terms

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, 2024

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)
    att göra/slå en volt
    to do a somersault
  2. (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.

Declension

Declension of volt 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative volt volten volter volterna
Genitive volts voltens volters volternas

Related terms

See also

Noun

volt c

  1. volt (unit)

Declension

Declension of volt 
Singular Plural
Indefinite Definite Indefinite Definite
Nominative volt volten volt volten
Genitive volts voltens volts voltens

References

Anagrams

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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declension of volt
singular plural
nominative volt volt
genitive volt volt
dative volt volt
accusative volt volt
locative volt volt
ablative volt volt
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