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English

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /v?lt/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /v??lt/
• Homophone: vault

Etymology 1

Named after Italian physicist Alessandro Volta. For the surname, see Italian Volta.

Noun

volt (plural volts)

1. In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical potential and electromotive force (voltage); the potential difference across a conductor when a current of one ampere uses one watt of power. Symbol: V

Derived terms

Translations

Etymology 2

French volte

Noun

volt (plural volts)

1. A circular tread; a gait by which a horse going sideways round a centre makes two concentric tracks.
2. (fencing) A sudden movement to avoid a thrust.

Noun

volt (uncountable)

1. A colour similar to lime often used in Nike products.

Anagrams

• LVOT, VTOL

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /?v?lt/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?b?l/

Etymology 1

From the past participle of Old Catalan voldre, from Latin volvere. Corresponds to Vulgar Latin *voltus, from *vol?tus, from Latin vol?tus.

Noun

volt m (plural volts)

1. turn, round

Related terms

• volta
• voltar

Etymology 2

Named for Alessandro Volta.

Noun

volt m (plural volts)

1. volt

Czech

Etymology

From English volt

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?volt]
• Rhymes: -olt

Noun

volt m

1. volt

Related terms

• See voluta

Further reading

• volt in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• volt in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

Dutch

Etymology

From English volt

Pronunciation

Noun

volt m (plural volts, diminutive voltje n)

1. volt (unit)

Derived terms

• elektronvolt

Faroese

Etymology

Named after the Italian physicist Alessandro Volta. For the surname, see Volta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v?l?t/
• Rhymes: -?l?t

Noun

volt n (genitive singular volts, plural volt)

1. volt, the SI unit of electric potential.

Declension

French

Etymology

From English volt

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v?lt/

Noun

volt m (plural volts)

1. volt

Further reading

• “volt” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Galician

Etymology

From English volt

Noun

volt m (plural [please provide])

1. volt

Synonyms

• voltio

Hungarian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?volt]
• Hyphenation: volt
• Rhymes: -olt

Etymology 1

From the same Proto-Finno-Ugric *wole- or *woli- as Finnish and Estonian olla. Compare similarities with Old Hungarian vola, later vala (same meaning).

Verb

volt

1. third-person singular indicative past indefinite of van

Participle

volt

1. past participle of van

Adjective

volt (not comparable)

1. ex-, former, late, past, sometime

Particle

volt

1. (archaic) Used after a past-tense verb form to express past perfect.
   • 1880 (translation), 411 BC (original), János Arany (translator), Aristophanes (original), A n?k ünnepe (Thesmophoriazusae).^[1] English translation: 2007, George Theodoridis.^[2]

     A vén gaz asszony meg, ki hozta volt, ¶ Fut vigyorogva a férjhez s kiáltja:

     Then the old woman picks it up [literally, “who had brought it”] and rushes out to the husband! She puts on a big grin on her face and tells him straight out,

Etymology 2

Named after the Italian physicist Alessandro Volta.

Noun

volt (plural voltok)

1. volt (unit of measure, symbol: V)

Declension

Derived terms

References

Further reading

• (the past form of van or an auxiliary particle expressing past perfect): volt in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN
• (former, previous, bygone): volt in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN
• (unit): volt in Bárczi, Géza and László Országh: A magyar nyelv értelmez? szótára (’The Explanatory Dictionary of the Hungarian Language’). Budapest: Akadémiai Kiadó, 1959–1962. Fifth ed., 1992: ?ISBN

Icelandic

Etymology

Named after Italian physicist Alessandro Volta.

Noun

volt n (genitive singular volts, nominative plural volt)

1. volt

Declension

Further reading

• volt in Icelandic dictionaries at ISLEX

Italian

Etymology

From English volt, itself named after Italian physicist Alessandro Volta, from Volta.

Noun

volt m (invariable)

1. volt

Latin

Verb

volt

1. third-person singular present active indicative of vol?

References

• volt in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• volt in Charlton T. Lewis (1891) An Elementary Latin Dictionary, New York: Harper & Brothers

Old Occitan

Alternative forms

• vout

Etymology

From Latin vultus.

Noun

volt m (plural volts)

1. figure
2. face
3. holy image

References

• Levy, Emil. 1923. Petit dictionnaire provençal-français. Heidelberg: Winter. Page 386.

Old French

Etymology

From Latin vultus.

Noun

volt m (oblique plural volz or voltz, nominative singular volz or voltz, nominative plural volt)

1. face

Synonyms

• face, visage

References

• Godefroy, Frédéric, Dictionnaire de l'ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IX^e au XV^e siècle (1881) (volt)

Portuguese

Alternative forms

• vóltio (rare)

Etymology

From English volt

Noun

volt m (plural volts)

1. volt (unit of measure)

Romanian

Etymology

From French volt.

Noun

volt m (plural vol?i)

1. volt

Declension

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

From English volt

Noun

volt m (Cyrillic spelling ????)

1. volt

Declension

Slovak

Etymology

Named after the Italian physicist Alessandro Volta. For the surname, see Volta.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?v??t/

Noun

volt m (genitive singular voltu, nominative plural volty, genitive plural voltov, declension pattern of dub)

1. volt, the SI unit of electric potential.

Declension

Derived terms

• voltový
• voltáž

Further reading

• volt in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

Swedish

Etymology

From French volte, from Italian volta (“a turn, rotation”).

Noun

volt c

1. a somersault; a jump where one turns one or more times forwards (or backwards)
2. (by extension) The action where something of large size turns over. See slå en volt.

   Bilen körde av vägen och slog en volt.

   The car went off the road and turned over a whole turn.

Declension

Anagrams

• tolv

Tatar

Etymology

From English volt

Noun

volt

1. volt, the SI unit of electric potential.

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Declension

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French amplitude, from Latin amplit?d?, from amplus (“large”); synchronically, ample +? -itude.

Pronunciation

• (General American) IPA^(key): /?æm.pl?.tud/

Noun

amplitude (countable and uncountable, plural amplitudes)

1. The measure of something's size, especially in terms of width or breadth; largeness, magnitude.

   • The cathedral of Lincoln […] is a magnificent structure, proportionable to the amplitude of the diocese.

   • amplitude of comprehension

2. (mathematics) The maximum absolute value of the vertical component of a curve or function, especially one that is periodic.
3. (physics) The maximum absolute value of some quantity that varies.
4. (astronomy) The arc of the horizon between the true east or west point and the center of the sun, or a star, at its rising or setting. At the rising, the amplitude is eastern or ortive: at the setting, it is western, occiduous, or occasive. It is also northern or southern, when north or south of the equator.
5. (astronomy) The arc of the horizon between the true east or west point and the foot of the vertical circle passing through any star or object.
6. (firearms) The horizontal line which measures the distance to which a projectile is thrown; the range.

Derived terms

Related terms

Translations

Further reading

• amplitude in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, G. & C. Merriam, 1913.
• amplitude in The Century Dictionary, New York, N.Y.: The Century Co., 1911.

Dutch

Etymology

Borrowed from French amplitude, from Latin amplit?d?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??m.pli?ty.d?/
• Hyphenation: am?pli?tu?de

Noun

amplitude f (plural amplitudes, diminutive amplitudetje n)

1. (mathematics, physics) amplitude

Derived terms

• amplitudemodulatie

See also

• frequentie
• golf

French

Etymology

From Latin amplit?d?.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /??.pli.tyd/

Noun

amplitude f (plural amplitudes)

1. (mathematics, physics) amplitude

Further reading

• “amplitude” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Norwegian Bokmål

Etymology

From Latin amplit?d?.

Noun

amplitude m (definite singular amplituden, indefinite plural amplituder, definite plural amplitudene)

1. (mathematics, physics) amplitude

References

• “amplitude” in The Bokmål Dictionary.

Norwegian Nynorsk

Etymology

From Latin amplit?d?.

Noun

amplitude m (definite singular amplituden, indefinite plural amplitudar, definite plural amplitudane)

1. (mathematics, physics) amplitude

References

• “amplitude” in The Nynorsk Dictionary.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin amplit?d?.

Noun

amplitude f (plural amplitudes)

1. amplitude; extent

Related terms

• amplo