voluta

See also: Voluta

English

a voluta (Voluta musica) shell

Etymology

From Latin voluta (a spiral scroll). See volute.

Noun

voluta (plural volutas or volutae)

  1. (zoology) Any of numerous species of large, handsome marine gastropods belonging to Voluta and allied genera.

See also

Czech

Etymology

Latin volvo.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): [ˈvoluta]
  • Rhymes: -uta

Noun

voluta f

  1. (architecture) volute

Declension

Further reading

  • voluta in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
  • voluta in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

Italian

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /voˈlu.ta/
  • Rhymes: -uta
  • Hyphenation: vo‧lù‧ta

Participle

voluta f sg

  1. feminine singular of voluto

Etymology 2

Borrowed from Latin volūta, from the feminine of volūtus, perfect passive participle of volvō.

Noun

voluta f (plural volute)

  1. spiral, volute, curl
  2. wreath

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology 1

Noun use of the feminine of volūtus, perfect passive participle of volvō.

Noun

volūta f (genitive volūtae); first declension

  1. a spiral scroll
  2. a spiral decoration
Declension

volūta f (genitive volūtae); first declension

Descendants

Participle

volūta

  1. inflection of volūtus:
    1. nominative/vocative feminine singular
    2. nominative/accusative/vocative neuter plural

Participle

volūtā

  1. ablative feminine singular of volūtus
Descendants

Verb

volūtā

  1. second-person singular present active imperative of volūtō

References

  • voluta”, in Charlton T. Lewis and Charles Short (1879) A Latin Dictionary, Oxford: Clarendon Press
  • voluta in Gaffiot, Félix (1934) Dictionnaire illustré latin-français, Hachette.

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin voluta.

Pronunciation

 
  • (Brazil) IPA(key): /voˈlu.tɐ/
    • (Southern Brazil) IPA(key): /voˈlu.ta/
 

  • Hyphenation: vo‧lu‧ta

Noun

voluta f (plural volutas)

  1. (architecture) volute

Spanish

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin voluta.

Pronunciation

  • IPA(key): /boˈluta/ [boˈlu.t̪a]
  • Rhymes: -uta
  • Syllabification: vo‧lu‧ta

Noun

voluta f (plural volutas)

  1. wisp (of smoke)
  2. (architecture) volute

Further reading

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