vol

vol

1. (international standards) ISO 639-2 & ISO 639-3 language code for Volapük.

• Wiktionary's coverage of Volapük terms

• (General American) IPA^(key): /vɑl/
• (Received Pronunciation) IPA^(key): /vɒl/

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• Rhymes: -ɒl

 

From French vol (“flight; vol”).

vol (plural vols)

1. (heraldry) A heraldic symbol consisting of a pair of outstretched wings, often conjoined at their shoulders.

Clipping.

vol (plural vols)

1. (finance) Clipping of volatility.
   • 2020 October 6, Bérengère Sim, “JPMorgan says sell gold volatility on ‘non-conflicting’ Trump health reports”, in Financial News‎^[1]:

     Sell on both clarity on the president's health, and if "gold vols are still in the 19-20 range,” said the US bank’s analysts in the 5 October ‘Weekly Gold Monitor’ note. […] “The sustained elevated vols indicate that the market is still pricing a small possibility of any further unfavourable health reports, which would likely bring another spike in gold spot.”

vol (plural vols)

1. Abbreviation of volume; also vol.

• vol-au-vent

From Dutch vol.

• IPA^(key): /fɔl/

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vol (attributive volle, comparative voller, superlative volste)

1. full
2. complete

Unknown.

vol

1. a small walnut, sometimes used as a die

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈbɔl]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [ˈvɔl]
• Homophones: bol, volt

Deverbal from volar (“to fly”).

vol m (plural vols)

1. flight (act of flying)

   Synonym: volada

2. (collective) flock (group of animals flying together)

   Synonym: ramada

3. (collective) shoal (group of animals swimming together)
4. peal (a set of bells ringing together)
5. (heraldry) vol

see the verb voler.

vol

1. third-person singular present indicative of voler

• “vol” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

• IPA^(key): [ˈvol]

vol

1. second-person singular imperative of volit

From Middle Dutch vol, from Old Dutch fol, ful, from Proto-West Germanic *full, from Proto-Germanic *fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós.

• IPA^(key): /vɔl/

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• Hyphenation: vol
• Rhymes: -ɔl

vol (comparative voller, superlative volst)

1. full, replete

   De emmer is vol met water.

   The bucket is full of water.

   De supermarkt was afgeladen en de karretjes zaten vol met boodschappen.

   The supermarket was crowded, and the carts were full of groceries.

   Vanavond is het een volle maan en het is helder weer, dus het is prachtig om naar te kijken.

   Tonight is a full moon and the weather is clear, so it's beautiful to watch.

2. complete (Can we add an example for this sense?)
3. (of dairy products) whole

   volle melk ― whole milk

• leeg

• volzet
• vullen

• Afrikaans: vol
• Berbice Creole Dutch: folo
• Jersey Dutch: vol
• Negerhollands: vol
• → Caribbean Javanese: fol
• → Indonesian: pol

• OLV, olv, vlo

Deverbal from voler.

• IPA^(key): /vɔl/

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vol m (plural vols)

1. flight

   prendre son vol ― to take flight

2. stealing, theft, robbery

   Hypernym: délit

   Hyponyms: cambriolage, fauche, vol à l’arraché, vol à l’étalage, vol à la tire, vol à main armée

• (flight):
  • à vol d’oiseau
  • au vol
  • de haut vol
  • enregistreur de données de vol
  • plan de vol
  • volatil, volatile
  • vol à voile, vol plané
  • vol battu (“flight by flapping of the wings”)
  • vol coqueluche
  • vol de réception (“acceptance flight”)
  • vol tactique (“terrain flight”)
• (theft):
  • vol à l’étalage
  • vol à main armée (“armed robbery”)
  • pickpocketing
  • vol à l’arraché

• voler
• voleur

• “vol”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

From vola (“to blubber”).

• IPA^(key): /vɔːl/
• Rhymes: -ɔːl

vol n (genitive singular vols, no plural)

1. whine, whining, blubbering

   Hættu þessu voli.

   Stop that whining.

From French vol.

• IPA^(key): /vol/

vol

1. theft; robbery.

• voler

From Old Dutch fol, ful, from Proto-West Germanic *full, from Proto-Germanic *fullaz, from Proto-Indo-European *pl̥h₁nós.

vol

1. full
2. whole, complete

• vul

• Dutch: vol
• Limburgish: vól
• West Flemish: vul

• “vol (I)”, in Vroegmiddelnederlands Woordenboek, 2000
• Verwijs, E., Verdam, J. (1885–1929) “vol (I)”, in Middelnederlandsch Woordenboek, The Hague: Martinus Nijhoff, →ISBN, page I

From voler (“to steal”).

vol m (plural vols)

1. (Jersey) theft

• voleux (“thief”)

vol m (plural voj)

1. flight

• vȏ (Bosnia, Serbia)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *volъ.

• IPA^(key): /ʋôːl/

vȏl m (Cyrillic spelling во̑л)

1. (Croatia) ox

• “vol”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2024

From Proto-Slavic *volъ.

• IPA^(key): /ʋɔ́ʋ/

vȍł m anim

1. ox

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• “vol”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2024

Borrowed from English world, with the 'w' and 'o' pronounced the German way, and the 'r' turned into 'l'.

vol (nominative plural vols)

1. world
   • 1952, Arie de Jong, Diatek nulik: Gospul ma ‚Matthaeus’. Kapit: V:

     Binols lit vola. Zif, kel topon löpo su bel, no kanon binön klänedik.

     You are light for the world. A city built on a hill-top cannot be hidden.

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