volt
Swedish
noun
Definitions
- a somersault; a jump where one turns one or more times forwards (or backwards)
- (by extension) The action where something of large size turns over. See slå en volt.
Etymology
Borrowed from French 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
- elektronivoltti Finnish
- kaksoisvoltti Finnish
- kilovoltti Finnish
- kolmoisvoltti Finnish
- voltata Finnish
- voltti 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
- elektron Swedish
- elektronvolt Swedish
- βόλτα Greek (modern)