voltti
Finnish
pronunciation
Definitions
- (gymnastics) somersault act of going head over heels without touching the ground, in any which way
- (gymnastics) frontflip act of doing a single forward somersault on the floor
Etymology
Borrowed from Swedish volt derived from German Volte derived from Italian volta (a turn, rotation, winding, vault, turn).
Origin
Italian (Fiorentino)
volta
Gloss
a turn, rotation, winding, vault, turn
Concept
Semantic Field
Motion
Ontological Category
Action/Process
Emoji
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Timeline
Distribution of cognates by language
Geogrpahic distribution of cognates
Cognates and derived terms
- volta English
- voltinism English
- elektroni Finnish
- elektronivoltti Finnish
- kaksoisvoltti Finnish
- kilovoltti Finnish
- kolmoisvoltti Finnish
- mittari Finnish
- voltata Finnish
- volttimittari Finnish
- volūtus Latin
- Volte German
- bolt Hungarian
- capovolta Italian
- stavolta Italian
- tuttavolta Italian
- volta Italian
- voltafaccia Italian
- voltaggio Italian
- volteggiare Italian
- volte French
- elektronvolt Swedish
- volt Swedish
- βόλτα Greek (modern)