volta

See also: Volta, voltà, and voltą

English

Etymology

From Italian volta. Doublet of volte.

Noun

volta (plural voltas)

(music) A turning; a time (chiefly used in phrases signifying that the part is to be repeated).
(music, dance) A dance for couples popular during the late Renaissance, associated with the galliard and done to the same kind of music.
Synonyms: levalto, volte
(poetry) A turning point or point of change in a poem, most commonly a sonnet.

Anagrams

lovat, votal

Catalan

Etymology 1

From the verb voltar (“to turn, spin around”).

Pronunciation

(Balearic) IPA^(key): /ˈvɔl.tə/

(Central) IPA^(key): /ˈbɔl.tə/

(Valencian) IPA^(key): /ˈvɔl.ta/

Noun

volta f (plural voltes)

turn, spin
(architecture) vault (an arched masonry structure supporting and forming a ceiling)
lap (of a track)
time (instance)
Synonyms: cop, vegada
(cycling) tour (bicycle race)

Derived terms

clau de volta
donar la volta
donar volta
donar voltes
fer la volta
sotavolta
tal volta

Related terms

voltar

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

volta

third-person singular present indicative form of voltar
second-person singular imperative form of voltar

Czech

Etymology

Latin volvo.

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈvolta]

Noun

volta f

lavolta (dance)

Galician

Etymology

From Old Galician and Old Portuguese volta (“revolt”) (13th century, Cantigas de Santa Maria) 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”).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈbɔlta̝/

Noun

volta f (plural voltas)

turnaround
overturn
turn, bend
Esa estrada ten moitas voltas. ― That road has many bends.
return
Synonym: retorno
somersault
Synonyms: pirueta, pinchacarneiro, pinchagato, reviravolta
change (money given back when a customer hands over more than the exact price of an item)
Paguei dez euros e deume cinco de volta. ― I paid ten euros and he hand me five in change
backside
Na volta hai un debuxo. ― On the backside there is a sketch.
detour
walk, stroll
- 1842, Juan Manuel Pintos, Meu querido pai:
  Ali dei tres voltas
  como de recreo
  Axiña ò deixei
  Voltei para ò eido,
  I went there for three strolls,
  as if recreating.
  Soon I left it,
  went back to my home
Synonym: paseo
turn of events
(archaic) disturbance, riot, revolt
- 1370, R. Lorenzo (ed.), Crónica troiana. A Coruña: Fundación Barrié, page 561:
  Et começou o torneo a creçer tãto, et a seer o acapelamento tã grande, et a uolta et os braados et os alaridos et os sõos dos cornos et das tronpas tã grandes et tã esquiuos que ome nõ se podía oýr
  And the tournament began to grow so much, and the carnage was so large, and the din and the shouts and the yells and the sound of the horns and of the trumpets so big and harsh that a man couldn't heard himself
Synonym: revolta

Derived terms

dar unha volta
dar voltas
reviravolta

Related terms

revolta
voltar

References

“volta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios do galego medieval, SLI - ILGA 2006–2022.
“volta” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
“bolta” in Xavier Varela Barreiro & Xavier Gómez Guinovart: Corpus Xelmírez - Corpus lingüístico da Galicia medieval. SLI / Grupo TALG / ILG, 2006–2018.
“volta” in Dicionario de Dicionarios da lingua galega, SLI - ILGA 2006–2013.
“volta” in Tesouro informatizado da lingua galega. Santiago: ILG.
“volta” in Álvarez, Rosario (coord.): Tesouro do léxico patrimonial galego e portugués, Santiago de Compostela: Instituto da Lingua Galega.

Hungarian

Etymology

From the original vol- stem of van (“to be”) +‎ -ta (amalgamated noun-forming suffix), the latter from -t (noun-forming suffix) +‎ -a (possessive suffix).

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): [ˈvoltɒ]
Hyphenation: vol‧ta
Rhymes: -tɒ

Noun

volta

being, character, condition, rank, nature, or quality of someone or something
Synonyms: jelleg (“character, nature, feature”), -ság/-ség (“-ness”)
- 1915, Franz Kafka, The Metamorphosis (Hungarian translation: Miklós Györffy; English translation: Ian Johnston)
  Húga persze igyekezett leplezni az egésznek a kínos voltát, és ahogy telt az idő, ez egyre jobban sikerült is neki (…)
  The sister admittedly sought to cover up the awkwardness of everything as much as possible, and, as time went by, she naturally got more successful at it. (literally, “…cover up the whole [thing] being awkward…” or “the awkward nature of the whole [thing]…”)
  Samsa úr, bizalmatlanságában, amelynek alaptalan volta nyilvánvalóvá vált, a két nővel együtt kilépett az előtérre (…)
  In what turned out to be an entirely groundless mistrust, Mr. Samsa stepped with the two women out onto the landing (…) (literally, “Mr. Samsa in his mistrust, whose being groundless became evident,…”)

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	—
non-attributive possessive - singular	voltáé	—
non-attributive possessive - plural	voltáéi	—

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

jóvoltából
mivolta
voltaképp
voltaképpen
voltaképpeni

Irish

Etymology

Borrowed from English volt.

Noun

volta m (genitive singular volta, nominative plural voltanna)

(electricity) volt

Declension

Declension of volta

Fourth declension

Bare forms

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	volta	voltanna
Vocative	a volta	a voltanna
Genitive	volta	voltanna
Dative	volta	voltanna

Forms with the definite article

Case	Singular	Plural
Nominative	an volta	na voltanna
Genitive	an volta	na voltanna
Dative	leis an volta don volta	leis na voltanna

Derived terms

fótavoltach
voltach
voltaiméadar
voltaimpéar
voltas
voltmhéadar

Italian

Etymology 1

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

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈvɔl.ta/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -ɔlta
Hyphenation: vòl‧ta

Noun

volta f (plural volte)

time, instance, occasion
a volte ― sometimes
due volte alla settimana ― twice a week
tre volte tre fa nove ― three times three is nine
turn
(architecture) vault
Coordinate term: cupola
Hyponyms: volta a botte, volta a crociera, volta a vela
(anatomy) vault

Derived terms

alla volta
alla volta di
alle volte
a volte
c'era una volta
delle volte
giravolta
per volta
qualche volta
talvolta
una buona volta
una volta
una volta che
una volta per tutte
una volta tanto

Descendants

→ German: Volte
- → Swedish: volt
  - → Finnish: voltti
→ Greek: βόλτα (vólta, “turn, walk”)
→ Slavomolisano: vota
→ Turkish: volta

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈvol.ta/
Rhymes: -olta
Hyphenation: vól‧ta

Adjective

volta f sg

feminine singular of volto (“facing, concerning”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈvɔl.ta/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -ɔlta
Hyphenation: vòl‧ta

Participle

volta f sg

feminine singular of volto (“(having) turned”)

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈvɔl.ta/
Audio (file)
Rhymes: -ɔlta
Hyphenation: vòl‧ta

Verb

volta

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

Latin

Alternative forms

vulta
voltūs

Pronunciation

(Classical) IPA^(key): /ˈu̯ul.ta/, [ˈu̯ʊɫ̪t̪ä]

(Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /ˈvul.ta/, [ˈvul̪t̪ä]

Noun

volta n

nominative/accusative/vocative plural of voltum (“expression, appearance; image, likeness; face; visage, countenance”)

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

(Kautokeino) IPA^(key): /ˈvolːta/

Etymology 1

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

volta

volt

Inflection

Even a-stem, lt-ltt gradation

Nominative

volta

Genitive

voltta

Singular

Plural

Nominative

volta

volttat

Accusative

voltta

volttaid

Genitive

voltta

volttaid

Illative

voltii

volttaide

Locative

volttas

volttain

Comitative

volttain

volttaiguin

Essive

voltan

Possessive forms
	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	voltan	voltame	voltamet
2nd person	voltat	voltade	voltadet
3rd person	voltas	voltaska	voltaset

Etymology 2

(This etymology is missing or incomplete. Please add to it, or discuss it at the Etymology scriptorium.)

Noun

volta

somersault, volte

Inflection

Even a-stem, lt-ltt gradation

Nominative

volta

Genitive

voltta

Singular

Plural

Nominative

volta

volttat

Accusative

voltta

volttaid

Genitive

voltta

volttaid

Illative

voltii

volttaide

Locative

volttas

volttain

Comitative

volttain

volttaiguin

Essive

voltan

Possessive forms
	Singular	Dual	Plural
1st person	voltan	voltame	voltamet
2nd person	voltat	voltade	voltadet
3rd person	voltas	voltaska	voltaset

Polish

Pronunciation

IPA^(key): /ˈvɔl.ta/
Rhymes: -ɔlta
Syllabification: vol‧ta

Etymology 1

Borrowed from French volte, from Italian volta.

Noun

volta f

Alternative spelling of wolta

Declension

Declension of volta

	singular	plural
nominative	volta	volty
genitive	volty	volt
dative	volcie	voltom
accusative	voltę	volty
instrumental	voltą	voltami
locative	volcie	voltach
vocative	volto	volty

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Noun

volta m inan

genitive singular of volt

Portuguese

Pronunciation

(Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvɔw.tɐ/ [ˈvɔʊ̯.tɐ]
- (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /ˈvɔw.ta/ [ˈvɔʊ̯.ta]

(Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvɔl.tɐ/ [ˈvɔɫ.tɐ]

Homophone: Volta
Hyphenation: vol‧ta

Etymology 1

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

Noun

volta f (plural voltas)

return (act of returning)
Synonyms: regresso, retorno
Antonyms: ida, saída
A volta do rei.
The king’s return.
bend (in a course, line, pipe, etc.)
Synonyms: curva, meandro, serpeio, sinuosidade, volteio
Antonym: reta
O barco ficou preso numa volta do riacho.
The boat got stuck in one of the creek’s bends.
turnaround (act of turning around)
Synonyms: giro, torneio, virada
Fiz uma volta com o carro.
I turned the car around.
(literally, “I did a turnaround with the car.”)
a loop of a coil or spiral staircase
loop (length of thread, line or rope that is doubled over)
(figurative) volte-face (a reversal of policy, attitude or principle)
Synonyms: guinada, reviravolta, virada
Não me saí bem nas voltas da vida.
I didn’t do well in the volte-faces of life.
stroll; walk
dar uma volta ― go for a walk

Derived terms

às voltas com
à volta de
cortar uma volta
dar a volta por cima
dar uma volta
dar uma volta em
dar volta ao juízo
dar volta em
de volta
numa volta de mão
por volta de
volta de fiel
volta e meia
volta olímpica
voltinha (diminutive)

Related terms

voltado
voltador
voltar
volteada
volteado
volteador
volteante
voltear
volteio
volteiro
voltejar
voltejo
volver

Verb

volta

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

volta

English

Etymology

Noun

Further reading

Anagrams

Catalan

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Related terms

Etymology 2

Verb

Further reading

Czech

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

See also

Further reading

Galician

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Related terms

References

Hungarian

Etymology

Pronunciation

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

Irish

Etymology

Noun

Declension

Derived terms

Further reading

Italian

Etymology 1

Pronunciation

Noun

Derived terms

Descendants

Pronunciation

Adjective

Pronunciation

Participle

Pronunciation

Verb

Latin

Alternative forms

Pronunciation

Noun

Northern Sami

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Inflection

Further reading

Etymology 2

Noun

Inflection

Further reading

Polish

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Declension

Etymology 2

Noun

Further reading

Portuguese

Pronunciation

Etymology 1

Noun

Derived terms