voluta

See also: Voluta

English

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

Further reading

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

Italian

Etymology 1

Participle

voluta

  1. feminine singular of voluto

Etymology 2

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

Noun

voluta f (plural volute)

  1. spiral, volute
  2. wreath

Anagrams

Latin

Etymology 1

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

Noun

voluta

  1. a spiral scroll
  2. a spiral decoration
Descendants

Etymology 2

Participle

voluta

  1. nominative feminine singular of volūtus
  2. nominative neuter plural of volūtus
  3. accusative neuter plural of volūtus
  4. vocative feminine singular of volūtus
  5. vocative neuter plural of volūtus

volūtā

  1. ablative feminine singular of volūtus
Descendants

Etymology 3

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

Spanish

Etymology

From Latin voluta.

Noun

voluta f (plural volutas)

  1. wisp (of smoke)
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