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Vol.

vol

See also: vôl, vȯl, völ, vol., -vol, and vȯļ

English

Noun

vol (plural vols)

  1. (heraldry) A pair of conjoined wings.

Albanian

Etymology

Unknown.

Noun

vol ?

  1. a small walnut, sometimes used as a die

Catalan

Etymology 1

Back-formation from volar (to fly).

Noun

vol m (plural vols)

  1. flight (act of flying)

Etymology 2

see the verb voler.

Verb

vol

  1. third-person singular present indicative form of voler

Czech

Verb

vol

  1. second-person singular imperative of volit

Dutch

Pronunciation

  • Rhymes: -ɔl
  • IPA(key): /vɔl/

Etymology

From Old Dutch *full, from Proto-Germanic *fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós. Compare Low German vull, West Frisian fol, German voll, English full, Danish fuld, Swedish full.

Adjective

vol (comparative voller, superlative volst)

  1. full, replete
    volle maan full moon

Inflection

Inflection of vol
uninflected vol
inflected volle
comparative voller
positive comparative superlative
predicative/adverbial vol voller het volst
het volste
indefinite m./f. sing. volle vollere volste
n. sing. vol voller volste
plural volle vollere volste
definite volle vollere volste
partitive vols vollers

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French

Etymology

From voler.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɔl/

Noun

vol m (plural vols)

  1. flight
  2. stealing, theft, robbery

Derived terms

  • (flight):
  • (theft):
    • vol à main armée : armed robbery
    • vol à la tire : pickpocketing
    • vol à l'arraché

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Icelandic

Etymology

From vola (to blubber).

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /vɔːl/
  • Rhymes: -ɔːl

Noun

vol n (genitive singular vols, no plural)

  1. whine, whining, blubbering
    Hættu þessu voli.
    Stop that whining.

Declension


Lojban

Rafsi

vol

  1. rafsi of vofli.

Norman

Etymology

From voler (to steal).

Noun

vol m (plural vols)

  1. (Jersey) theft

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Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

  • (Bosnia, Serbia):

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *volъ.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ʋôːl/

Noun

vȏl m (Cyrillic spelling во̑л)

  1. (Croatia) ox

Declension

References

  • vol” in Hrvatski jezični portal

Slovene

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈʋɔ́w/
  • Tonal orthography: vȍł

Noun

vòl m anim (genitive vôla, nominative plural vôli or volôvi)

  1. ox

Declension

This noun needs an inflection-table template.


Volapük

Etymology

Borrowing from English world, with the 'w' and 'o' pronounced the German way, and the 'r' turned into 'l'.

Noun

vol (plural vols)

  1. world

Declension

Derived terms

vol.

vol.

See also: vol, vôl, vȯl, völ, -vol, and vȯļ

English

Noun

vol. (plural vols.)

  1. Abbreviation of volume.

Usage notes

When referring to a volume of a written work, this is the customary abbreviation of this term as used in legal citation. See, e.g., The Bluebook: A Uniform System of Citation, Nineteenth Edition (2010), "Subdivisions", Table T16, p.472-73.

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