voltage

Syllables: volt·age/ˈvəʊltɪd͡ʒ/US/ˈvoʊltɪd͡ʒ/

voltage noun: the difference in electrostatic potential between two points in space, especially between live and neutral conductors or the earth.

Noun

voltage (countable and uncountable, plural voltages)

The difference in electrostatic potential between two points in space, especially between live and neutral conductors or the earth.
- The voltage between the wires is too low to produce a spark.
- Be careful when opening high-voltage equipment.

voltage meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Marathi and Urdu

voltage in Hindi

difference in electrostatic potential: विभवांतर vibhvāntar, वोल्टता volṭatā, विद्युत्-दाब vidyut-dāb

voltage in Tamil

மின்னழுத்தம், மின்வலி அளவு, உவோற்றளவு, மின் அழுத்தம், மின்னழுத்த அளவு, மின்னழுத்தம் நிலை

voltage in Marathi

व्होल्टेज

voltage in Urdu

difference in electrostatic potential: وولْٹیج volṭej, تَناؤ tanāo, جُہْد juhd

More languagesFewer languages

voltage in Bengali: বিভব bibhob
voltage in Telugu: వోల్టేజ్, వోల్టేజీ, వోల్టేజు
voltage in Malayalam: വോൾട്ടളവ്
voltage in Kannada: ಒತ್ತಾಟ, ವಿದ್ಯುತ್ ಶಕ್ತಿಯ ಪ್ರಮಾಣ, ವಿದ್ಯುದ್ಬಲ, ವೋಲ್ಟೇಜು
voltage in Punjabi: ਵੋਲਟੇਜ
voltage in Gujarati: વીજદાબ vījdāb
voltage in Odia: ଭୋଲ୍ଟେଜ୍, ଭୋଲ୍ଟେଜ, ଭୋଲଟେଜ୍
voltage in Sinhala: වෝල්ටීයතාවය
voltage in Nepali: भोल्टेज
voltage in Tagalog: boltahe
voltage in Arabic: جُهْد juhd, فُولْتِيَّة voltiyya
voltage in Malay: voltan, voltase
voltage in Indonesian: tegangan, tegangan listrik, beda potensial, spaning
voltage in Thai: แรงดันไฟฟ้า rɛɛng-dan-fai-fáa, โวลเตจ woon-dtèet
voltage in Vietnamese: điện áp, hiệu điện thế
voltage in Myanmar: ဗို့အား bui.a:

Examples of voltage in a sentence

This guy, here, controls the current, and this guy, here, measures the voltage.
The nominal voltage is 1.5 V, but the actual figure is usually higher.
The effective voltage of an alternating current is 0.7 times its peak voltage.

All 40 example sentences with voltage

Forms of voltage

plural	voltages

Plural of voltage: voltages

Origin of voltage

From volt + -age, ultimately derived from the name of Alessandro Volta, inventor of the modern battery.

Phrases with voltage

Questions about voltage

What does voltage mean?: Voltage means the difference in electrostatic potential between two points in space, especially between live and neutral conductors or the earth.
What is voltage in Hindi?: Voltage in Hindi is विभवांतर (vibhvāntar), वोल्टता (volṭatā), विद्युत्-दाब (vidyut-dāb). See Voltage meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is voltage?: Voltage is a noun.
How do you pronounce voltage?: Voltage is pronounced /ˈvəʊltɪd͡ʒ/ (UK).
What is the plural of voltage?: The plural of voltage is voltages.

Words near voltage in the dictionary

Adapted from Wiktionary: voltage (page history and authors); voltage (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); voltage (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); voltage (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); voltage (Malayalam Wiktionary) (page history and authors); voltage (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); voltage (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); વીજદાબ (Gujarati) (page history and authors); voltage (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); voltage (Sinhala Wiktionary) (page history and authors); voltage (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.

Last updated: 2026-09-02

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