different between volva vs valva

English

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin volva.

Noun

volva (plural volvas or volvae)

1. A cup-shaped mass at the base of various fungi.

Etymology 2

Noun

volva (plural volvas)

1. Alternative form of völva

References

• teknowledge.com
• palomar.edt
• American Heritage Dictionary

Anagrams

• Valvo

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic) IPA^(key): /?v?l.v?/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /?b?l.b?/
• (Valencian) IPA^(key): /?v?l.va/

Noun

volva f (plural volves)

1. speck, flake (of snow)

Galician

Verb

volva

1. first-person singular present subjunctive of volver
2. third-person singular present subjunctive of volver

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?v?l.va/
• Rhymes: -?lva
• Hyphenation: vòl?va

Etymology 1

From Latin volva, alternative form of vulva.

Noun

volva f (plural volve)

1. volva (cup-shaped mass at the base of various fungi)

Related terms

• vulva

See also

• fungo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the main entry.

Verb

volva

1. inflection of volvere:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Verb

volva

1. first-person singular (eu) present subjunctive of volver
2. third-person singular (ele and ela, also used with você and others) present subjunctive of volver
3. third-person singular (você) affirmative imperative of volver
4. third-person singular (você) negative imperative of volver

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin valva. Doublet of valve.

Noun

valva (plural valvae)

1. A paired copulatory organ of males in some species of insects that helps the male clasp the female.

Italian

Noun

valva f (plural valve)

1. (anatomy, zoology) valve, half shell

Latin

Etymology

From Proto-Indo-European *welH- (“to turn, wind, round”). Cognate with Latin volv? (“I roll”).

Pronunciation

• (Classical) IPA^(key): /?u?al.u?a/, [?u?ä??u?ä]
• (Ecclesiastical) IPA^(key): /?val.va/, [?v?lv?]

Noun

valva f (genitive valvae); first declension

1. double or folding door (in plural)
2. one leaf of such doors

Declension

First-declension noun.

Descendants

• ? English: valva
• ? Middle English: valve
  • English: valve
    • ? Japanese: ??? (barubu)
    • ? Thai: ????? (waao)

References

• valva in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
• valva in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré Latin-Français, Hachette
• Carl Meissner; Henry William Auden (1894) Latin Phrase-Book?^[1], London: Macmillan and Co.
• valva in William Smith, editor (1854, 1857) A Dictionary of Greek and Roman Geography, volume 1 & 2, London: Walton and Maberly

Portuguese

Noun

valva f (plural valvas)

1. (anatomy) valve (membrane which permits passage in one direction)

   Synonym: válvula

Related terms

• válvula

Spanish

Noun

valva f (plural valvas)

1. (anatomy) valve