voluminous

English

Etymology

From Late Latin voluminosus, from volumen, from volvō (“roll, turn about”) +‎ -men (noun-forming suffix). Related to volume.

Pronunciation

(UK) IPA^(key): /vəˈl(j)uː.mɪ.nəs/
Audio (Southern England) (file)
(US) IPA^(key): /vəˈlu.mə.nəs/

Adjective

voluminous (comparative more voluminous, superlative most voluminous)

Of or pertaining to volume or volumes.
Consisting of many folds, coils, or convolutions.
Of great volume, or bulk; large.
- 1749, Henry Fielding, The History of Tom Jones, a Foundling:
  Matters of a much more extraordinary kind are to be the subject of this history, or I should grossly mis-spend my time in writing so voluminous a work […]
Having written much, or produced many volumes
Synonyms: copious, diffuse

a voluminous writer

Translations

pertaining to volume

Afrikaans: volumineuze
Albanian: voluminoz m
Armenian: ծավալային (hy) (cavalayin)
Azerbaijani: irihəcmli
Bulgarian: обе́мист (bg) m (obémist), обемен (obemen)
Dutch: omvangrijk (nl) m
Finnish: runsas (fi)
Georgian: ტევადი (ṭevadi)
Maltese: voluminużi m
Portuguese: volumoso (pt) m
Romanian: voluminos (ro) m
Russian: ёмкостный (ru) (jómkostnyj)
Spanish: voluminoso (es)

consisting of many folds, coils, or convolutions

of great volume

Armenian: ծավալուն (hy) (cavalun)
Bulgarian: обемист (bg) (obemist)
Czech: objemný (cs) m
Dutch: volumineus (nl)
Georgian: მოცულობითი (moculobiti), ტევადი (ṭevadi)
German: voluminös (de)
Russian: объёмистый (ru) (obʺjómistyj), объёмный (ru) (obʺjómnyj), масси́вный (ru) (massívnyj)

having written much

Azerbaijani: məhsuldar
Bulgarian: плодови́т (bg) (plodovít)
Georgian: ნაყოფიერი (naq̇opieri)
Irish: il-leabhrach
Russian: плодови́тый (ru) (plodovítyj)
Spanish: prolífico (es)

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