# volt
## English
### Pronunciation

* (Received Pronunciation) IPA: /vəʊlt/
* (other UK) IPA: /vɒlt/
** Audio (Southern England); /vɒlt/:(file)
* (General American, Canada) IPA: /voʊlt/
* (General Australian) IPA: /ˈvəʉlt/, /ˈvɐʉlt/
* (New Zealand) IPA: /ˈvɐʉlt/
* Rhymes: -ɒlt, -əʊlt
* Homophone: vault (in some accents)

### Etymology 1

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

#### Noun

volt (plural volts)
* 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
** 1900, Journal of the Franklin Institute, volume 149, page 461:If the volt, ampere and ohm were taken as the absolute units, the practical units would be the ampere, begohm and begavolt, names just as convenient as ampere, coulomb and farad.
** 2017 December 12, National Transportation Safety Board, “1.3.5 Electrical Generation and Distribution System”, in Marine Accident Report: Sinking of US Cargo Vessel SS El Faro, Atlantic Ocean, Northeast of Acklins and Crooked Island, Bahamas, October 1, 2015‎, archived from the original on 15 May 2022, pages 36–37:Each turbogenerator consisted of a steam turbine, powered by 900 psi of superheated steam, that was coupled by a set of reduction gears to a General Electric marine alternating-current generator operating at 1,800 rpm. Each generator had a capacity of 2,000 kilowatts of three-phase power at 450 volts and 60 hertz. The main 450-volt switchboard was energized by the two turbogenerators. The emergency switchboard, in the emergency generator room, was fed from the main switchboard through an electrical tie.

##### Derived terms

* electron volt
* gigaelectron volt
* gigavolt
* kilovolt
** megaelectron volt
* megavolt
* microvolt
* millivolt
* nanovolt
* picovolt
* teraelectron volt
* voltage
* volt-ampere
* voltmeter

##### Translations
### Etymology 2

From French volte.

#### Noun

volt (plural volts)
* (archaic, equestrianism) A circular movement in which the horse goes round in a small circle.
* (archaic, fencing) A sudden movement to avoid a thrust; a parry.

### References

* “volt”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC.

### Noun

volt (uncountable)
* A colour similar to lime often used in Nike products. volt:

### Anagrams

* LVOT, VTOL

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [ˈbɔl]
* IPA: (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈvɔlt]
* Homophones: bol, vol

### Etymology 1

From the past participle of Old Catalan voldre, from Latin volvere. Corresponds to Vulgar Latin *voltus, from *volŭtus, from Latin volūtus.

#### Noun

volt m (plural volts)
* turn, round
    fer un volt ― to go for a stroll

##### Related terms

* volta
* voltar

### Etymology 2

Named for Alessandro Volta.

#### Noun

volt m (plural volts)
* volt

### Further reading

* “volt” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962.
* “volt”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2025
* “volt” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Czech
### Etymology

Borrowed from English volt.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈvolt]
* Rhymes: -olt

### Noun

volt m inan
* volt

#### Related terms

* See voluta

### Further reading

* “volt”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “volt”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989

## Dutch
### Etymology

From English volt.

### Pronunciation

* Audio:(file)

### Noun

volt m (plural volts, diminutive voltje n)
* volt (unit)

#### Derived terms

* elektronvolt

## Faroese
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vɔl̥t/
* Rhymes: -ɔl̥t

### Noun

volt n (genitive singular volts, plural volt)
* volt, the SI unit of electric potential.

#### Declension
## French
### Etymology

Borrowed from English volt.

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vɔlt/
* Audio (Paris):(file)

### Noun

volt m (plural volts)
* volt

### Further reading

* “volt”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

## Galician
### Etymology

From English volt.

### Noun

volt m (plural volts)
* volt
    Synonym: voltio

## Hungarian
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈvolt]
* Audio:(file)
* 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
* third-person singular indicative past indefinite of van
    Milyen volt az előadás? ― How was the show?

#### Participle

volt
* past participle of van

#### Adjective

volt (not comparable)
* ex-, former, late, past, sometime
    az egyetem volt tanára ― the former professor of the university

#### Particle

volt
* (archaic) Used after a past-tense verb form to express past perfect.
** 1880 (translation), 411 BC (original), János Arany (translator), Aristophanes (original), A nők ünnepe (Thesmophoriazusae). English translation: 2007, George Theodoridis.
    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)
* volt (unit of measure, symbol: V)

##### Derived terms

* voltos
* voltmérő

### References

* ↑ Tótfalusi, István. Idegenszó-tár: Idegen szavak értelmező és etimológiai szótára (’A Storehouse of Foreign Words: an explanatory and etymological dictionary of foreign words’). Budapest: Tinta Könyvkiadó, 2005. →ISBN

### Further reading

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

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “volt” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages)

## Italian
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈvɔlt/
* Rhymes: -ɔlt
* Hyphenation: vòlt

### Noun

volt m (invariable)
* volt

### References

* ↑ volt in Luciano Canepari, Dizionario di Pronuncia Italiana (DiPI)

## Latin
### Verb

volt
* (Old Latin) third-person singular present active indicative of volō

### 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 French
### Etymology

From Latin vultus.

### Noun

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

## Old Occitan
### Alternative forms

* vout

### Etymology

From Latin vultus.

### Noun

volt m
* figure
* face
* holy image

### References

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

## Polish
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /ˈvɔlt/
* Audio:(file)
* Rhymes: -ɔlt
* Syllabification: volt

### Etymology 1

Named after Italian physicist Alessandro Volta.

#### Noun

volt m inan (abbreviation V)
* Alternative spelling of wolt

##### Declension
### Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

#### Noun

volt f
* genitive plural of volta

### Further reading

* volt in Polish dictionaries at PWN

## Portuguese
### Alternative forms

* vóltio (rare)

### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from English volt.

### Pronunciation

* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈvow.t͡ʃi/ [ˈvoʊ̯.t͡ʃi], /ˈvowt͡ʃ/ [ˈvoʊ̯t͡ʃ]
* (Brazil) IPA: /ˈvow.t͡ʃi/ [ˈvoʊ̯.t͡ʃi], /ˈvowt͡ʃ/ [ˈvoʊ̯t͡ʃ]
** (Southern Brazil) IPA: /ˈvowt͡ʃ/ [ˈvoʊ̯t͡ʃ], /ˈvow.t͡ʃi/ [ˈvoʊ̯.t͡ʃi]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈvɔlt/ [ˈvɔɫt]
* (Portugal) IPA: /ˈvɔlt/ [ˈvɔɫt]
** (Northern Portugal) IPA: /ˈbɔlt/ [ˈbɔɫt]

### Noun

volt m (plural volts)
* volt (unit of measure)

## Romanian
### Etymology

Borrowed from French volt.

### Noun

volt m (plural volți)
* volt

#### Declension
## Serbo-Croatian
### Etymology

Borrowed from English volt.

### Noun

volt m (Cyrillic spelling волт)
* volt

#### Declension
## Slovak
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [vɔlt]

### Noun

volt m inan (relational adjective voltový)
* (physics) volt

#### Derived terms

* voltáž

### Further reading

* “volt”, in Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025

## Swedish
### Etymology

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

### Noun

volt c
* a somersault; a jump where one turns one or more times forwards (or backwards)
    att göra/slå en voltto do a somersault
* (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.

#### Related terms

* volta

#### See also

* kullerbytta (“somersault on the ground”)
* saltomortal

### Noun

volt c
* volt (unit)

#### Declension
### References

* volt in Svensk ordbok (SO)
* volt in Svenska Akademiens ordlista (SAOL)
* volt in Svenska Akademiens ordbok (SAOB)

### Anagrams

* tolv

## Tatar
### Etymology

From English volt.

### Noun

volt
* volt, the SI unit of electric potential.
    80 meñ volt ― 80 thousand volts