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Webster 1913 Edition


Volta


Vol′ta

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Noun.
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pl.
Volte
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[It.
volta
a turn, turning, a time. See
Volt
a tread.]
(Mus.)
A turning; a time; – chiefly used in phrases signifying that the part is to be repeated one, two, or more times;
as,
una volta
, once.
Seconda volta
, second time, points to certain modifications in the close of a repeated strain.

Definition 2024


Volta

Volta

See also: volta and voltà

English

Proper noun

Volta

  1. A river in West Africa, Volta River, having given name to Upper Volta.

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Italian

Proper noun

Volta ?

  1. A surname.
  2. Alessandro Volta, Italian scientist
  3. The river Volta

volta

volta

English

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 volte
  3. (poetry) A turning point or point of change in a poem, most commonly a sonnet.

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Catalan

Verb

volta

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

Hungarian

Etymology

volt + -a (possessive suffix)

Pronunciation

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

Noun

volta

  1. being, character, condition, rank, nature, or quality of someone or something

Declension

Inflection (stem in long/high vowel, back harmony)
singular plural
nominative volta
accusative voltát
dative voltának
instrumental voltával
causal-final voltáért
translative voltává
terminative voltáig
essive-formal voltaként
essive-modal
inessive voltában
superessive voltán
adessive voltánál
illative voltába
sublative voltára
allative voltához
elative voltából
delative voltáról
ablative voltától
Possessive forms of volta
possessor single possession multiple possessions
1st person sing. voltom
2nd person sing. voltod
3rd person sing. volta
1st person plural voltunk
2nd person plural voltotok
3rd person plural voltuk

Derived terms


Irish

Etymology

Borrowing from English volt.

Noun

volta m (genitive singular volta, nominative plural voltanna)

  1. (electricity) volt

Declension

Derived terms

  • voltach (voltaic, adj)
  • voltaiméadar m (voltameter)
  • voltaimpéar m (volt-ampere)
  • voltas m (voltage)
  • voltmhéadar m (voltmeter)

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Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /ˈvɔlta/

Etymology 1

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

Noun

volta f (plural volte)

  1. time, instance, occasion
    due volte alla settimana ― twice a week
    tre volte tre fa nove ― three times three is nine
  2. turn
  3. (architecture, anatomy) vault

Descendants

Derived terms

Etymology 2

Participle

volta

  1. feminine singular of volto

Etymology 3

Verb

volta

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

Portuguese

Pronunciation

  • (Portugal) IPA(key): /ˈvɔɫtɐ/
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /ˈvɔwta/, /ˈvɔwtɐ/
  • Homophone: Volta

Etymology

From Old Portuguese volta (turnaround), from voltar (to turn around), from Vulgar Latin *voltāre, from Latin volūtus, perfect passive participle of volvō (I tumble), from Proto-Indo-European *wel- (to turn around).

Noun

volta f (plural voltas)

  1. return (act of returning)
    A volta do rei.
    The king’s return.
  2. a bend in a course, line, pipe, etc.
    O barco ficou preso numa volta do riacho.
    The boat got stuck in one of the creek’s bends.
  3. turnaround (act of turning around)
    Fiz uma volta com o carro.
    I turned the car around. (Literally: I did a turnaround with the car.)
  4. a loop of a coil or spiral staircase
  5. loop (length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over)
  6. (figuratively) volte-face (a reversal of policy, attitude or principle)
    Não me saí bem nas voltas da vida.
    I didn’t do well in the volte-faces of life.

Synonyms

Antonyms

Derived terms

  • voltinha (diminutive)

Related terms

Verb

volta

  1. Second-person singular (tu) affirmative imperative of voltar
  2. Third-person singular (ele, ela, also used with tu and você?) present indicative of voltar