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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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prance
English
Etymology
From Middle English prancen, prauncen (“to prance; literally, to show off”), variant of Middle English pranken (“to prank”). Cognate with Bavarian prangezen, prangssen (“to put on airs”), Alemannic German pranzen (“to strut”). More at prank.
Pronunciation
- (US) IPA(key): /p?æn(t)s/
- Rhymes: -æns
- (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /p???n(t)s/
- Rhymes: -??ns
Verb
prance (third-person singular simple present prances, present participle prancing, simple past and past participle pranced)
- (of a horse) To spring forward on the hind legs.
- (colloquial, figuratively) To strut about in a showy manner.
Derived terms
- prancesome
- prancy
Translations
Noun
prance (plural prances)
- A prancing movement.
- D. H. Lawrence, The Rainbow
- There seemed a little prance of triumph in his movement,
- D. H. Lawrence, The Rainbow
Anagrams
- parcen
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