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vault
English
Pronunciation
- (UK) IPA(key): /v?lt/, /v??lt/
- (US) IPA(key): /v?lt/, /v?lt/
- Rhymes: -??lt, -?lt
- Homophone: volt (in some accents)
- The l was originally suppressed in pronunciation.
Etymology 1
From Middle English vaute, vowte, from Old French volte (modern voûte), from Vulgar Latin *volta < *volvita or *vol?ta, a regularization of Latin vol?ta (compare modern volute (“spire”)), the past participle of volvere (“roll, turn”). Cognate with Spanish vuelta (“turn”). Doublet of volute.
Noun
vault (plural vaults)
- An arched masonry structure supporting and forming a ceiling, whether freestanding or forming part of a larger building.
- 1751, Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
- the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault
- 1751, Thomas Gray, Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard
- Any arched ceiling or roof.
- (figuratively) Anything resembling such a downward-facing concave structure, particularly the sky and caves.
- 1636, George Sandys, A Paraphrase on Job
- the silent vaults of death
- 1985, Bible (NJB), Genesis, 1:6:
- God said, ‘Let there be a vault through the middle of the waters to divide the waters in two.’
- The space covered by an arched roof, particularly underground rooms and (Christianity, obsolete) church crypts.
- Any cellar or underground storeroom.
- 1730, Jonathan Swift, A Panegyrick on the Dean
- to banish rats that haunt our vault
- 1730, Jonathan Swift, A Panegyrick on the Dean
- Any burial chamber, particularly those underground.
- The secure room or rooms in or below a bank used to store currency and other valuables; similar rooms in other settings.
- (often figuratively) Any archive of past content.
- (computing) An encrypted digital archive.
- (obsolete) An underground or covered conduit for water or waste; a drain; a sewer.
- (obsolete) An underground or covered reservoir for water or waste; a cistern; a cesspit.
- (obsolete, euphemistic) A room employing a cesspit or sewer: an outhouse; a lavatory.
Synonyms
- (outhouse or lavatory): See Thesaurus:bathroom
- (gymnastic apparatus): vaulting table
Hyponyms
Translations
Verb
vault (third-person singular simple present vaults, present participle vaulting, simple past and past participle vaulted)
- (transitive) To build as, or cover with a vault.
Translations
Etymology 2
Borrowed from Middle French volter (“to turn or spin around; to frolic”), borrowed from Italian voltare, itself from a Vulgar Latin frequentative form of Latin volvere; later assimilated to Etymology 1, above.
Verb
vault (third-person singular simple present vaults, present participle vaulting, simple past and past participle vaulted)
- (transitive, intransitive) To jump or leap over.
Derived terms
- vaulter
- vaulting
Translations
Noun
vault (plural vaults)
- An act of vaulting, formerly (chiefly) by deer; a leap or jump.
- (gymnastics) A piece of apparatus used for performing jumps.
- (gymnastics) A gymnastic movement performed on this apparatus.
- (equestrianism) Synonym of volte: a circular movement by the horse.
- (gymnastics) An event or performance involving a vaulting horse.
Translations
See also
- pole vault
- vaulting horse
Further reading
- vault on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
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ogive
English
Etymology
From late Middle English, from Middle French augive/ogive. Doublet of ogee.
Pronunciation
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /????a?v/, /???d?a?v/
- (US) IPA(key): /?o??a?v/, /?o?d?a?v/
Noun
ogive (plural ogives)
- (statistics) The curve of a cumulative distribution function.
- (architecture) A Gothic pointed arch, or a rib of a Gothic vault.
- (ballistics) The pointed, curved nose of a bullet, missile, or rocket.
- (geology) A three-dimensional wave-bulge, characteristic of glaciers that have experienced extreme underlying topographic change.
Related terms
- ogee
- ogival
Translations
Further reading
- ogive on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
- pointed arch (architecture) on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
Anagrams
- vogie
French
Alternative forms
- augive (obsolete)
Etymology
From Vulgar Latin [Term?], from Latin aug?re, as the ogive goes on increasing, and the arch it forms increases the strength of the vault. In Old French we find the phrase arc ogif, itself from Latin arcus augivus. The word was also written as augive in the 17th century.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /?.?iv/
Noun
ogive f (plural ogives)
- (architecture) diagonal rib, ogive
- (military) nose cone (of missile)
Derived terms
- croisée d'ogives
- ogive nucléaire
Descendants
- English: ogee
References
- Brachet, An Etymological Dictionary of the French Language: Crowned by the French Academy
Further reading
- “ogive” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).
Italian
Noun
ogive f
- plural of ogiva
Anagrams
- Giove
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