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

• voluta on Wikipedia.Wikipedia
• voluta on Wikispecies.Wikispecies

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Czech

Etymology

Latin volvo.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvoluta]
• Rhymes: -uta

Noun

voluta f

1. (architecture) volute

Related terms

Related terms

• devoluce
• devolutivní
• evoluce
• evolucionismus
• evolucionista
• evolucionistický
• involuce
• koevoluce
• kontrarevoluce
• kontrarevolucionář
• konvoluce
• revolta
• revoluce
• revolucionář
• revolver
• volt
• volta
• voluminózní

Further reading

• Template:R:PSJC
• Template:R:SSJC

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Italian

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

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

Related terms

• volta

Anagrams

• valuto, valutò

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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

• Catalan: volta
• English: vault, volute
• French: volute, voûte
• Hungarian: bolt
• Italian: voluta, volta
• Occitan: vòlta, vouta
• Portuguese: abóbada, voluta
• Romanian: boltă, volută
• Spanish: voluta, bóveda

Etymology 2

Participle

(deprecated template usage) volūta

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

Participle

(deprecated template usage) volūtā

1. ablative feminine singular of volūtus

Descendants

• Catalan: volta
• Istriot: vuolta
• Italian: volta
  • → English: volta
  • → French: volte
    • → English: volte
• Spanish: vuelta
  • → Tagalog: buwelta

Etymology 3

Verb

(deprecated template usage) 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.

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Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin voluta.

Noun

voluta f (plural volutas)

1. (architecture) volute

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Spanish

Etymology

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

• “voluta”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014