English

Proper noun

Volvo

1. The Volvo Car Corporation, a Swedish manufacturer of cars, now owned by the Chinese holding company Geely.

Translations

Noun

Volvo ‎(plural Volvos)

1. A motor car manufactured by Volvo.

Galician

Verb

volvo

1. first-person singular present indicative of volver

Italian

Verb

volvo

1. first-person singular present indicative of volvere

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *welw-, *wel- ‎(“to turn, wind, round”). Cognate with Ancient Greek ἐλύω ‎(elúō, “to roll around”), εἰλύω ‎(eilúō, “to enfold”), εἴλω ‎(eílō, “to roll up, pack close”), ἑλίσσω ‎(helíssō, “to turn round, to roll”), ἕλιξ ‎(hélix), Old Armenian գելում ‎(gelum), Old English wielwan, wealwian ‎(“to roll”). Confer Latin vulgus. More at wallow.

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈwol.wo/, [ˈwɔɫ.wɔ]

Verb

volvō ‎(present infinitive volvere, perfect active volvī, supine volūtum); third conjugation

1. I roll, tumble.

Inflection

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Descendants

References

• volvo in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• volvo in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers
• Félix Gaffiot (1934), “volvo”, in Dictionnaire Illustré Latin-Français, Paris: Hachette.
• Meissner, Carl; Auden, Henry William (1894) Latin Phrase-Book, London: Macmillan and Co.
  • to open a book: librum evolvere, volvere
    
• De Vaan, Michiel (2008) Etymological Dictionary of Latin and the other Italic Languages (Leiden Indo-European Etymological Dictionary Series; 7), Leiden, Boston: Brill

Portuguese

Verb

volvo

1. first-person singular present indicative of volver