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

Antonyms

• leeg

Derived terms

Related terms

• volzet
• vullen

Anagrams

• OLV, olv, vlo

French

Etymology

From voler.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɔl/

Noun

vol m ‎(plural vols)

1. flight
2. stealing, theft, robbery

Derived terms

• (flight):
  • à vol d’oiseau : as the crow flies
  • au vol
  • de haut vol
  • volatil, volatile
  • vol à voile, vol plané
  • vol battu : flight by flapping of the wings
  • vol de réception : acceptance flight
  • vol tactique : terrain flight
• (theft):
  • vol à main armée : armed robbery
  • vol à la tire : pickpocketing
  • vol à l'arraché

Related terms

• voler
• voleur

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

Related terms

• voleux ‎(“thief”)

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• (Bosnia, Serbia): vȏ

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

• Volapük

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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