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English
Etymology
From Middle English volume , from Old French volume , from Latin volūmen ( “ book, roll ” ) , from volvō ( “ roll, turn about ” ) .
Pronunciation
Noun
volume (countable and uncountable , plural volumes )
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.
The room is 9×12×8, so its volume is 864 cubic feet.
The proper products can improve your hair's volume .
1997 , A. J. Taylor, D. S. Mothram, editors, Flavour Science: Recent Developments , Elsevier , →ISBN , page 63 :Volatiles of kecap manis and its raw materials were extracted using Likens-Nickerson apparatus with diethyl ether as the extraction solvent. The extracts were then dried with anhydrous sodium sulfate, concentrated using a rotary evaporator followed by flushing using nitrogen until the volume was about 0.5 ml.
Strength of sound ; loudness .
Please turn down the volume on the stereo .
The issues of a periodical over a period of one year.
I looked at this week's copy of the magazine. It was volume 23, issue 45.
A bound book.
A single book of a publication issued in multi-book format, such as an encyclopedia .
The letter "G" was found in volume 4.
( in the plural , by extension ) A great amount (of meaning) about something.
1886 October – 1887 January, H Rider Haggard , She: A History of Adventure , London: Longmans, Green, and Co. , published 1887 , →OCLC :Ayesha wheeled round, and, pointing to the girl Ustane, said one word, and one only, but it was quite enough, for the tone in which it was said meant volumes .
( obsolete ) A roll or scroll, which was the form of ancient books.
Quantity .
The volume of ticket sales decreased this week.
A rounded mass or convolution .
( economics ) The total supply of money in circulation or, less frequently, total amount of credit extended, within a specified national market or worldwide.
( computing ) An accessible storage area with a single file system , typically resident on a single partition of a hard disk .
( 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
( climbing , bouldering ) A modular foothold attached to a climbing wall used for gripping , often in triangular , pyramidal , or angular shapes.
( graph theory ) The sum of the degrees of a set of vertices .
Derived terms
Translations
three-dimensional measure of space
Albanian: vëllim (sq) m
Arabic: حَجْم m ( ḥajm )
Armenian: ծավալ (hy) ( caval )
Asturian: volume m
Azerbaijani: həcm (az)
Bashkir: күләм ( küləm )
Belarusian: аб'ём m ( abʺjóm )
Bulgarian: обе́м (bg) m ( obém )
Catalan: volum (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 容積 / 容积 (zh) ( róngjī ) , 體積 / 体积 (zh) ( tǐjī )
Czech: objem (cs) m
Danish: rumfang (da) n
Dutch: volume (nl) n , inhoud (nl) m
Esperanto: volumeno
Estonian: ruumala (et)
Finnish: tilavuus (fi)
French: volume (fr) m
Galician: volume (gl) m
Georgian: მოცულობა ( moculoba )
German: Rauminhalt (de) m , Volumen (de) n
Greek: όγκος (el) m ( ógkos )
Ancient Greek: ὄγκος m ( ónkos )
Haitian Creole: volim
Hebrew: נֶפַח (he) m ( nefákh )
Hindi: आयतन (hi) m ( āytan )
Hungarian: térfogat (hu)
Ido: volumino (io)
Interlingua: volumine
Italian: volume (it) m
Japanese: 体積 (ja) ( たいせき, taiseki )
Kazakh: көлем ( kölem )
Khmer: មាឌ (km) ( miət )
Korean: 체적(體積) (ko) ( chejeok )
Kurdish:
Northern Kurdish: qebare (ku) f , hecm (ku)
Kyrgyz: көлөм (ky) ( kölöm )
Lao: ບໍລິມາດ (lo) ( bǭ li māt )
Latvian: tilpums m
Lithuanian: tūris m
Macedonian: волумен m ( volumen ) , зафатнина f ( zafatnina )
Malay: isipadu
Maori: nui (mi) , rōrahi
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: багтаамж (mn) ( bagtaamž ) , эзлэхүүн (mn) ( ezlexüün )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: volum (no) n
Pashto: حجم (ps) m ( hojm )
Persian: حجم (fa) ( hajm )
Polish: objętość (pl) f
Portuguese: volume (pt) m
Romanian: volum (ro) n
Russian: объём (ru) m ( obʺjóm )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: обу́јам m ( Croatian ) , запремина f ( Serbian, Bosnian )
Roman: obújam (sh) m ( Croatian ) , zapremina (sh) m ( Serbian, Bosnian )
Sicilian: caputa (scn) f , vulumi m
Slovak: objem m
Slovene: prostornina (sl) f , volumen m
Spanish: volumen (es) m
Swedish: volym (sv) c
Tagalog: buok
Tajik: ҳаҷм (tg) ( hajm )
Tatar: күләм (tt) ( küläm )
Telugu: ఘనపరిమాణం ( ghanaparimāṇaṁ )
Thai: ปริมาตร (th) ( bpà-rí-mâat )
Turkish: hacim (tr)
Ukrainian: об'є́м (uk) m ( obʺjém )
Urdu: حَجْم ( hajm )
Uyghur: ھەجىم ( hejim ) , سىغىم ( sighim )
Uzbek: hajm (uz) , koʻlam (uz)
Vietnamese: thể tích (vi) , dung tích (vi)
Zazaki: hacim c
strength of sound
Arabic: جَهَارَة f ( jahāra )
Armenian: բարձրություն (hy) ( barjrutʻyun )
Asturian: volume m
Azerbaijani: səsin ucalığı
Belarusian: гу́чнасць f ( húčnascʹ )
Bulgarian: си́ла на звук f ( síla na zvuk )
Catalan: volum (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 音量 (zh) ( yīnliàng ) , 響度 / 响度 (zh) ( xiǎngdù )
Czech: hlasitost f
Danish: lydstyrke (da) c
Dutch: volume (nl) n
Esperanto: laŭteco
Estonian: valjus , tugevus
Finnish: äänenvoimakkuus (fi)
French: volume (fr) m
Georgian: ხმა (ka) ( xma )
German: Lautstärke (de) f
Greek: ένταση (el) f ( éntasi )
Hebrew: עוצמת קול f
Hungarian: hangerő (hu)
Interlingua: volumine
Italian: volume (it) m
Japanese: 音量 (ja) ( おんりょう, onryō ) , 声量 (ja) ( せいりょう, seiryō ) , ボリューム (ja) ( boryūmu )
Khmer: កម្រិតសំឡេង ( kɑɑmrɨtsɑmleeng )
Korean: 음량(音量) ( eumnyang ) , 성량(聲量) ( seongnyang ) , 볼륨 (ko) ( bollyum )
Lithuanian: garsumas m
Macedonian: јачина f ( jačina ) , гласност f ( glasnost )
Malay: kelantangan (ms)
Maori: kahaoro
Mongolian:
Cyrillic: дууны хүч ( duuny xüč )
Norwegian:
Bokmål: lydstyrke m , volum (no) n
Persian: صدا (fa) ( sedâ )
Polish: głośność (pl) f
Portuguese: volume (pt) m
Romanian: volum (ro) n
Russian: гро́мкость (ru) f ( grómkostʹ )
Serbo-Croatian: ⱑⱍⰻⰴⰰ ⰸⰲⱆⰽⰰ f
Sicilian: vulumi m , scrusciu (scn) m
Slovak: hlasitosť f
Slovene: glasnost f
Spanish: volumen (es) m
Swedish: volym (sv) c , ljudvolym (sv) c , ljudstyrka (sv) c
Thai: ความดัง (th) ( kwaam-dang )
Turkish: ses (tr)
Ukrainian: го́лосність f ( hólosnistʹ ) , гу́чність f ( húčnistʹ )
Urdu: آواز (ur) f ( āvāz )
Vietnamese: âm lượng (vi)
Zazaki: veng (diq) n
issues of a periodical over a period of one year
Albanian: vëllim (sq) m
Armenian: հատոր (hy) ( hator )
Azerbaijani: cild (az)
Bulgarian: том (bg) m ( tom )
Catalan: volum (ca) m
Chinese:
Mandarin: 冊 / 册 (zh) ( cè )
Dutch: jaargang (nl) m
Esperanto: volumo
Finnish: vuosikerta (fi)
Galician: volume (gl) m
Georgian: ტომი ( ṭomi ) , ნომერი ( nomeri ) , წიგნი (ka) ( c̣igni )
German: Jahrgang (de) m
Greek: έτος (el) n ( étos ) , χρόνος (el) m ( chrónos )
Hawaiian: puke
Hungarian: évfolyam (hu)
Irish: imleabhar m
Italian: volume (it) m
Japanese: 単行本 (ja) ( たんこうぼん, tankōbon ) , ボリューム (ja) ( boryūmu )
Korean: 단행본(單行本) (ko) ( danhaengbon ) , 볼륨 (ko) ( bollyum )
Macedonian: година (mk) f ( godina )
Persian: دوره (fa) ( dowre )
Polish: rocznik (pl) m
Portuguese: volume (pt) m
Russian: том (ru) m ( tom ) , но́мер (ru) m ( nómer ) , кни́га (ru) f ( kníga )
Serbo-Croatian:
Cyrillic: то̏м m
Roman: tȍm (sh) m
Sicilian: vulumi m
Slovak: ročník m
Slovene: letnik m
Spanish: volumen (es) m
Swedish: volym (sv) c , bokvolym c
Telugu: సంపుటి (te) ( sampuṭi )
Thai: เล่ม (th) ( lêm ) , ฉบับ (th) ( chà-bàp )
Vietnamese: quyển (vi)
Zazaki: cild m
synonym for quantity
— see also quantity
rounded mass or convolution
economics: total supply of money in circulation
computing: accessible storage area with a single file system
Translations to be checked
See also
cubic distance
Customary: ounce , pint , quart , gallons , cubic inch (in 3 ), cubic foot, cubic yard, cubic mile
Metric: mililiter , liter , cubic meter (m3 ), cubic centimeter ("cc ") (cm 3 )
sound
Verb
volume (third-person singular simple present volumes , present participle voluming , simple past and past participle volumed )
( intransitive ) To be conveyed through the air, waft .
1867 , George Meredith , chapter 30, in Vittoria , volume 2, London: Chapman & Hall, page 258 :[ …] thumping guns and pattering musket-shots, the long big boom of surgent hosts, and the muffled voluming and crash of storm-bells, proclaimed that the insurrection was hot.
( transitive ) To cause to move through the air, waft.
1872 , George Macdonald , chapter 15, in Wilfrid Cumbermede , volume I, London: Hurst & Blackett, page 243 :We lay leaning over the bows, now looking up at the mist blown in never-ending volumed sheets, now at the sail swelling in the wind before which it fled, and again down at the water through which our boat was ploughing its evanescent furrow.
1900 , Walter William Skeat , chapter 6, in Malay Magic , London: Macmillan, page 420 :The censer, voluming upwards its ash-gray smoke, was now passed from hand to hand three times round the patient, and finally deposited on the floor at his feet.
( intransitive ) To swell .
Asturian
Noun
volume m (plural volumes )
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 )
volume ( three-dimensional quantity of space )
volume ( sound level )
( obsolete ) volume, book ( single book as an instalment in a series )
Derived terms
Descendants
French
Etymology
From Latin volūmen .
Pronunciation
Noun
volume m (plural volumes )
volume (of a book, a written work)
volume (sound)
volume (amount of space something takes up)
volume (amount; quantity)
( figuratively ) an overly long piece of writing
Derived terms
Further reading
Galician
Etymology
From Latin volūmen ( “ a book, roll ” ) .
Noun
volume m (plural volumes )
volume (quantity of space)
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 .[ 1]
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : ( standard ) /voˈlumə/ , ( dialectal ) /poˈlumə/
Rhymes: -mə , -ə
Hyphenation: vo‧lu‧mê
Noun
volumê (plural volume -volume )
volume :
A three-dimensional measure of space that comprises a length, a width and a height.
loudness : strength of sound.
quantity
Synonyms: banyaknya , besarnya , bobot
A single book of a publication issued in multi-book format.
Synonym: jilid
The issues of a periodical over a period of one year.
Derived terms
References
^ Nicoline van der Sijs (2010 ) Nederlandse woorden wereldwijd , Den Haag: Sdu Uitgevers, →ISBN , →OCLC
Further reading
Italian
Etymology
From Latin volūmen .
Pronunciation
IPA (key ) : /voˈlu.me/
Rhymes: -ume
Hyphenation: vo‧lù‧me
Noun
volume m (plural volumi )
volume (clarification of this definition is needed)
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
volume , specifically a collection of written works
Descendants
Portuguese
Etymology
From Old Galician-Portuguese volume , borrowed from Latin volūmen .
Pronunciation
Noun
volume m (plural volumes )
( geometry ) volume ( unit of three-dimensional measure )
volume ; loudness ( strength of sound )
( publishing ) volume ( issues of a periodical over a period of one year )
( publishing ) volume ( individual book of a publication issued as a set of books )
( chiefly historical ) volume ( bound book )
volume ; quantity
Synonyms