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Webster 1913 Edition
Volt
1.
(Man.)
A circular tread; a gait by which a horse going sideways round a center makes two concentric tracks.
2.
(Fencing)
A sudden movement to avoid a thrust.
Volt
,Noun.
[After Alessandro
Volta
, the Italian electrician.] (Elec.)
The unit of electro-motive force; – defined by the International Electrical Congress in 1893 and by United States Statute as, that electro-motive force which steadily applied to a conductor whose resistance is one ohm will produce a current of one ampère. It is practically equivalent to 1000⁄1434 the electro-motive force of a standard Clark’s cell at a temperature of 15° C.
Webster 1828 Edition
Volt
VOLT
,Noun.
1.
a round or circular tread; a gait of two treads, made by a horse going sideways round a center.2.
In fencing, a sudden movement or leap to avoid a thrust.Volta, in Italian music, signifies that the part is to be repeated one, two or more times.
Definition 2024
Volt
volt
volt
See also: Volt
English
Noun
volt (plural volts)
- 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
Translations
unit of measure
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Etymology 2
Noun
volt (plural volts)
- A circular tread; a gait by which a horse going sideways round a centre makes two concentric tracks.
- (fencing) A sudden movement to avoid a thrust.
Anagrams
Faroese
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɔl̥t/
- Rhymes: -ɔl̥t
Etymology
Named after the Italian physicist Alessandro Volta.
Noun
volt n (genitive singular volts, plural volt)
Declension
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 |
Hungarian
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): [ˈvolt]
- Hyphenation: volt
Etymology 1
From the same Proto-Finno-Ugric *wole- or *woli- as Finnish and Estonian olla. Compare similarities with Old Hungarian vola (same meaning).
Adjective
volt (not comparable)
Verb
volt
- third-person singular indicative past indefinite of van
- Milyen volt az előadás? ― How was the show?
- past participle of van
Etymology 2
Named after the Italian physicist Alessandro Volta.[1]
Noun
volt (plural voltok)
- volt (unit of measure, symbol: V)
Declension
Inflection (stem in -o-, back harmony) | ||
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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 |
Possessive forms of volt | ||
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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 |
References
- ↑ Tótfalusi István, Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára. Tinta Könyvkiadó, Budapest, 2005, ISBN 963 7094 20 2
Latin
Verb
volt
- 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
Noun
volt m (oblique plural volz or voltz, nominative singular volz or voltz, nominative plural volt)
Synonyms
References
- (fr) Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle (1881) (volt)
Slovak
Etymology
Named after the Italian physicist
Noun
volt m (genitive singular voltu, nominative plural volty, declension pattern of dub)
Declension
Declension of volt
Swedish
Noun
volt c
- a somersault; a jump where one turns one or more times forwards (or backwards)
- (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.
- Bilen körde av vägen och slog en volt.
Declension
Inflection of volt | ||||
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Singular | Plural | |||
Indefinite | Definite | Indefinite | Definite | |
Nominative | volt | volten | volter | volterna |
Genitive | volts | voltens | volters | volternas |