volta
US/ˈvoʊltə/
volta noun: a turning; a time (chiefly used in phrases signifying that the part is to be repeated).
Noun
volta (plural voltas)
- A turning; a time (chiefly used in phrases signifying that the part is to be repeated).
- A dance for couples popular during the late Renaissance, associated with the galliard and done to the same kind of music.
- A turning point or point of change in a poem, most commonly a sonnet.
- […][Larmona] Ash describes how “conversion arrives like a volta [poetic shift]^([sic]) in a person's life.” The metaphor is apt, imagining one's spiritual life as a poem, an authored thing, and not preserved on vellum either, but open to revision.2025 May 31, Tanjil Rashid, quoting Lamorna Ash, “Finding their religion”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 9
Proper noun (1) capitalized: Volta
Volta
- A river in West Africa; in full, Volta River.
- Ellipsis of Lake Volta: a lake in West Africa.
- A census-designated place in Merced County, California, United States.
Proper noun (2) capitalized: Volta
Volta (plural Voltas)
- A surname from Italian, notably borne by Italian chemist and physicist Alessandro Volta.
volta meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu
volta in Hindi
- वोल्टा, वॉल्टा
volta in Tamil
- வோல்டா, வோல்ட்டா
volta in Marathi
- व्होल्टा, वोल्टा, व्हॉल्टा
volta in Urdu
- وولٹا
More languagesFewer languages
- volta in Bengali
- ভোল্টা, ভোলটা
- volta in Telugu
- వోల్టా, వోల్ట
- volta in Malayalam
- വോൾട്ട, വോൾട്ടാ
- volta in Kannada
- ವೋಲ್ಟಾ, ವೋಲ್ಟ
- volta in Punjabi
- ਵੋਲਟਾ
- volta in Gujarati
- વોલ્ટા
- volta in Odia
- ଭୋଲ୍ଟା, ଭୋଲଟା
- volta in Nepali
- भोल्टा, वोल्टा
Synonyms of volta
Forms of volta
| Noun | |
|---|---|
| plural | voltas |
| Proper noun | |
| plural | Voltas |
Origin of volta
From Italian volta. Doublet of volte.
Borrowed from Portuguese Volta, from volta (“turnaround, return”); at some point of time the river marked the point of return for the Portuguese traders.
Borrowed from Italian Volta.
Words formed from volta
- Black Volta
- Lower Volta
- Oti-Volta
- Proto-Volta-Niger
- Red Volta
- Upper Volta
- Volta Basin
- Voltaic
- voltaism
- Voltan
- Volta River
- White Volta
- volt
- voltage
Phrases with volta
Questions about volta
- What does volta mean?
- Volta means a turning; a time (chiefly used in phrases signifying that the part is to be repeated).
- What is volta in Hindi?
- Volta in Hindi is वोल्टा, वॉल्टा. See Volta meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is volta?
- Volta can be a noun or a proper noun.
- How do you pronounce volta?
- Volta is pronounced /ˈvoʊltə/ (US).
- What is the plural of volta?
- The plural of volta is voltas.
Words near volta in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: volta (page history and authors); Volta (page history and authors); volta (Hindi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); volta (Tamil, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); volta (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); volta (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); volta (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); volta (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); volta (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); volta (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); volta (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); volta (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); volta (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); volta (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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