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5-letter words (2 found)

LOVAT,VOLTA,

4-letter words (6 found)

ALTO,LOTA,OVAL,TOLA,VOLA,VOLT,

3-letter words (11 found)

ALT,AVO,LAT,LAV,LOT,OAT,OVA,TAO,TAV,VAT,VOL,

2-letter words (6 found)

AL,AT,LA,LO,TA,TO,

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Definitions and meaning of volta

volta

Etymology

From Italian volta. Doublet of volte.

Noun

volta (plural voltas)

  1. (music) A turning; a time (chiefly used in phrases signifying that the part is to be repeated).
  2. (music, dance) A dance for couples popular during the late Renaissance, associated with the galliard and done to the same kind of music.
    Synonyms: levalto, volte
  3. (poetry) A turning point or point of change in a poem, most commonly a sonnet.

Further reading

  • Volta (literature) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia

Anagrams

  • lovat, votal

Catalan

Etymology 1

From the verb voltar (“to turn, spin around”).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): (Central) [ˈbɔl.tə]
  • IPA(key): (Balearic) [ˈvɔl.tə]
  • IPA(key): (Valencian) [ˈvɔl.ta]

Noun

volta f (plural voltes)

  1. turn, spin
  2. (architecture) vault (an arched masonry structure supporting and forming a ceiling)
  3. lap (of a track)
  4. time (instance)
    Synonyms: cop, vegada
  5. (cycling) tour (bicycle race)
Derived terms
Related terms
  • voltar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

volta

  1. inflection of voltar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Further reading

  • “volta” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
  • “volta”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2024
  • “volta” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua.
  • “volta” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.

Czech

Etymology

Latin volvo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvolta]

Noun

volta f

  1. lavolta (dance)

Declension

See also

  • voluta

Further reading

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

Galician

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese volta (“revolt”) (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria) from voltar (“to turn around”), from Vulgar Latin *vol(vi)tāre, derived from Latin volvere.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈbɔlta/

Noun

volta f (plural voltas)

  1. turnaround
  2. overturn
  3. turn, bend
    Esa estrada ten moitas voltas. ― That road has many bends.
  4. return
    Synonym: retorno
  5. somersault
    Synonyms: pirueta, pinchacarneiro, pinchagato, reviravolta
  6. change (money given back when a customer hands over more than the exact price of an item)
    Paguei dez euros e deume cinco de volta. ― I paid ten euros and he hand me five in change
  7. backside
    Na volta hai un debuxo. ― On the backside there is a sketch.
  8. detour
  9. walk, stroll
    Synonym: paseo
  10. turn of events
  11. (archaic) disturbance, riot, revolt
    Synonym: revolta
Derived terms
  • dar unha volta
  • dar voltas
  • reviravolta
Related terms
  • revolta
  • voltar

References

  • “volta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
  • “volta” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “bolta” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
  • “volta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
  • “volta” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
  • “volta” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Etymology 2

Verb

volta

  1. inflection of voltar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Hungarian

Etymology

From the original vol- stem of van (“to be”) +‎ -ta (noun-forming suffix), the latter from -t (noun-forming suffix) +‎ -a (possessive suffix).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvoltɒ]
  • Hyphenation: vol‧ta
  • Rhymes: -tɒ

Noun

volta

  1. being, character, condition, rank, nature, or quality of someone or something
    Synonyms: jelleg (“character, nature, feature”), -ság/-ség (“-ness”)
    • 1915, Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis (Hungarian translation: Miklós Györffy; English translation: Ian Johnston)
      Húga persze igyekezett leplezni az egésznek a kínos voltát, és ahogy telt az idő, ez egyre jobban sikerült is neki (…)
      The sister admittedly sought to cover up the awkwardness of everything as much as possible, and, as time went by, she naturally got more successful at it. (literally, “…cover up the whole [thing] being awkward…” or “the awkward nature of the whole [thing]…”)
      Samsa úr, bizalmatlanságában, amelynek alaptalan volta nyilvánvalóvá vált, a két nővel együtt kilépett az előtérre (…)
      In what turned out to be an entirely groundless mistrust, Mr. Samsa stepped with the two women out onto the landing (…) (literally, “Mr. Samsa in his mistrust, whose being groundless became evident,…”)

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • volta 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

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English volt.

Noun

volta m (genitive singular volta, nominative plural voltanna)

  1. (electricity) volt

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

  • Ó Dónaill, Niall (1977) “volta”, in Foclóir Gaeilge–Béarla, Dublin: An Gúm, →ISBN
  • Entries containing “volta” in English-Irish Dictionary, An Gúm, 1959, by Tomás de Bhaldraithe.
  • Entries containing “volta” in New English-Irish Dictionary by Foras na Gaeilge.

Italian

Etymology 1

From a Vulgar Latin root *volta, from *volŭta (perhaps via *volvita (“a turn”)), from the feminine form of Latin volūtus, perfect passive participle of volvō. Also possibly from the past participle of volgere (volto), or from the verb voltare. Compare Spanish vuelta; cf. also Spanish bóveda, French voûte.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɔl.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ɔlta
  • Hyphenation: vòl‧ta

Noun

volta f (plural volte)

  1. time, instance, occasion
    a volte ― sometimes
    due volte alla settimana ― twice a week
    tre volte tre fa nove ― three times three is nine
  2. turn
  4. (architecture) vault
    Hyponyms: volta a botte, volta a crociera, volta a vela
    Coordinate term: cupola
  5. (anatomy) vault
Derived terms
Descendants
  • → German: Volte
    • → Swedish: volt
      • → Finnish: voltti
  • → Greek: βόλτα (vólta, “turn, walk”)
  • → Hungarian: bolt (“shop”)
  • → Ottoman Turkish: اولته (olta), اولطه (olta)
    • Turkish: olta
    • → Armenian: օլթա (ōltʻa)
  • → Slavomolisano: vota
  • → Turkish: volta

Etymology 2

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvol.ta/
  • Rhymes: -olta
  • Hyphenation: vól‧ta

Adjective

volta f sg

  1. feminine singular of volto (“facing, concerning”)

Etymology 3

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɔl.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ɔlta
  • Hyphenation: vòl‧ta

Participle

volta f sg

  1. feminine singular of volto (“(having) turned”)

Etymology 4

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɔl.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ɔlta
  • Hyphenation: vòl‧ta

Verb

volta

  1. inflection of voltare:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Latin

Alternative forms

  • vulta
  • voltūs

Pronunciation

  • (Classical) IPA(key): /ˈu̯ul.ta/, [ˈu̯ʊɫ̪t̪ä]
  • (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): /ˈvul.ta/, [ˈvul̪t̪ä]

Noun

volta n

  1. nominative/accusative/vocative plural of voltum (“expression, appearance; image, likeness; face; visage, countenance”)

Maltese

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian volta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɔl.ta/

Noun

volta f (plural volti)

  1. turn
  2. (nautical) hitch

Derived terms

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

  • (Kautokeino) IPA(key): /ˈvolːta/

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

volta

  1. volt
Inflection
Further reading
  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎[1], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

volta

  1. somersault, volte
Inflection
Further reading
  • Koponen, Eino, Ruppel, Klaas, Aapala, Kirsti, editors (2002–2008), Álgu database: Etymological database of the Saami languages‎[2], Helsinki: Research Institute for the Languages of Finland

Polish

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɔl.ta/
  • Rhymes: -ɔlta
  • Syllabification: vol‧ta

Etymology 1

Unadapted borrowing from French volte.

Noun

volta f

  1. Alternative spelling of wolta
Declension

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

volta m inan

  1. genitive singular of volt

Further reading

  • volta in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN
  • volta in Polish dictionaries at PWN

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • Homophone: Volta
  • Hyphenation: vol‧ta

Etymology 1

From Old Galician-Portuguese volta (“turnaround”), from voltar (“to turn around”), from Vulgar Latin *vol(vi)tāre, derived from Latin volvere.

Noun

volta f (plural voltas)

  1. return (act of returning)
    Synonyms: regresso, retorno
    Antonyms: ida, saída
  2. bend (in a course, line, pipe, etc.)
    Synonyms: curva, meandro, serpeio, sinuosidade, volteio
    Antonym: reta
  3. turnaround (act of turning around)
    Synonyms: giro, torneio, virada
  4. a loop of a coil or spiral staircase
  5. loop (length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over)
  6. (figurative) volte-face (a reversal of policy, attitude or principle)
    Synonyms: guinada, reviravolta, virada
  7. stroll; walk
    dar uma volta ― go for a walk
Derived terms
Related terms

Etymology 2

Verb

volta

  1. inflection of voltar:
    1. third-person singular present indicative
    2. second-person singular imperative

Swedish

Etymology

volt +‎ -a

Verb

volta (present voltar, preterite voltade, supine voltat, imperative volta)

  1. to flip, to somersault (rotate, usually in an accident)

Conjugation

Noun

volta c

  1. (slang) a prison sentence or pre-trial detention

Declension

References

  • volta in Svensk ordbok (SO)
  • volta in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
  • volta in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)
  • Slangopedia

Turkish

Etymology

Borrowed from Italian volta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈβoɫ.ta/
  • Hyphenation: vol‧ta

Noun

volta (definite accusative voltayı, plural voltalar)

  1. (nautical) A single act of wrapping a rope aroun a bollard.
  2. (nautical) The act of zigzagging to dodge a headwind.
  3. (slang) Continually walking back and forth, especially for prisoners in a prison yard.

Declension

Derived terms

Related terms

References

Further reading

  • “volta”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
  • Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007) “volta”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5130

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