vault
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vault¹
- /vɒlt/ UK
- /vɔːlt/ UK
- /vɑlt/ US
- /vɔlt/ US
- /vɑlt/ Canada
- /vɔlt/ Australia
Sounds like volt (in some accents) · Rhymes with -ɔːlt, -ɒlt
Where it comes from
From Middle English vaute, vowte, from Old French volte (modern voûte), from Vulgar Latin *volta < *volvita or *volŭta, a regularization of Latin volūta (compare modern volute (“spire”)), the past participle of volvere (“roll, turn”). Cognate with Spanish vuelta (“turn”) and Portuguese volta ("turn"). Doublet of volute. Displaced native Old English hwealf.
noun vaults
- An arched masonry structure supporting and forming a ceiling, whether freestanding or forming part of a larger building. The decoration of the vault of Sainte-Chapelle was much brighter before its 19th-century restoration.
- Any arched ceiling or roof.
- Anything resembling such a downward-facing concave structure, particularly caves and the sky or firmament. The stalactites held tightly to the cave's vault.
- The space covered by an arched roof, particularly underground rooms and (Christianity, obsolete) church crypts.
- Any cellar or underground storeroom. to banish rats that haunt our vault
- Any burial chamber, particularly those underground. Holonyms: catacomb, cuniculus
- The secure room or rooms in or below a bank used to store currency and other valuables; similar rooms in other settings. During the extreme civil disorder prior to January 22, 1976 in Beirut, Lebanon, a guerrilla force blasted the vaults of the British Bank of the Middle East in Bab Idriss and cleared out safe deposit boxes with contents valued by former Finance Minister Lucien Dahadah at $50 million, and by another s
- Any archive of past content.
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An encrypted digital archive.
Similar: vaulting table
- A membraneless organelle found in most eukaryotic cells first identified in 1986.
- An underground or covered conduit for water or waste; a drain; a sewer.
- An underground or covered reservoir for water or waste; a cistern; a cesspit.
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A room employing a cesspit or sewer: an outhouse; a lavatory.
Similar: bathroom
verb vaults · vaulting · vaulted
- To build as, or cover with a vault. The shady arch that vaulted the broad green alley.
- To store in a vault.
- To remove (an item, character, etc.) from a video game in an update. In future updates, most likely in season six, more items will get vaulted.
vault²
- /vɒlt/ UK
- /vɔːlt/ UK
- /vɑlt/ US
- /vɔlt/ US
- /vɑlt/ Canada
- /vɔlt/ Australia
Sounds like volt (in some accents) · Rhymes with -ɔːlt, -ɒlt
Where it comes from
Borrowed from Middle French volter (“to turn or spin around; to frolic”), borrowed from Italian voltare, itself from a Vulgar Latin frequentative form of Latin volvere; later assimilated to Etymology 1, above.
verb vaults · vaulting · vaulted
- To jump or leap over with a hand and/or foot on the item for support. The fugitive vaulted over the fence to escape.
noun vaults
- An act of vaulting, formerly (chiefly) by deer; a leap or jump.
- A piece of apparatus used for performing jumps.
- A gymnastic movement performed on this apparatus. Each vault has three segments: “preflight” (the movement from the springboard onto the table), “block” (the moment the hands touch and leave the table) and “postflight” (the flips and twists before landing). […] Handspring and Tsukahara vaults are less common than Yurchenko-style vaults, but some gy
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Synonym of volte: a circular movement by the horse.
Similar: volte
- An event or performance involving a vaulting horse.
Thesaurus
Closest in meaning: overleap, hurdle, bank vault, burial vault, roof, keystone, arch, cornerstone, basement, beam, corridor, door, hallway, hall, box, canopy
Translations
Every language
noun figuratively: anything resembling a vault
| Português | abóbada |
|---|---|
| Français | voûte, voute |
| Deutsch | Gewölbe, Wölbung |
| Română | cupolă |
| Русский | свод svod, а́рка árka |
noun gymnastics: apparatus
| Português | mesa |
|---|---|
| Français | perche |
| Deutsch | Sprungtisch, Sprungpferd, Pferd, Bock |
noun arched masonry structure
| Español | bóveda |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 궁륭 gungnyung |
| 日本語 | ヴォールト vōruto, ボールト bōruto |
| 中文 | 拱頂 /拱顶 gǒngdǐng |
| Português | abóbada |
| Français | voûte, voute |
| Deutsch | Gewölbe, Gewölbebogen |
| Italiano | volta |
| Română | boltă, cupolă |
| Русский | свод svod |
| العربية | قَبْو qabw |
noun arched ceiling or roof
| Deutsch | Deckengewölbe, Bogendach, Tonnendach |
|---|---|
| עברית | כִּיפָּה kippá |
noun underground storeroom
| Français | voûte f or voute, cellier |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Gewölbekeller, Kellergewölbe |
| Русский | по́греб pógreb, подва́л podvál |
noun underground burial chamber
| Deutsch | Gruft, Grabgewölbe |
|---|---|
| Русский | склеп sklep |
noun secure area for valuables
| 日本語 | 金庫室 kinkoshitsu |
|---|---|
| हिन्दी | कोषागार koṣāgār |
| Français | chambre forte |
| Deutsch | Tresor, Tresorraum, Stahlkammer |
| Русский | храни́лище xranílišče, сейф sejf |
| עברית | כַּסֶּפֶת kasséfet, אוֹצָר otsár |
noun computing: encrypted digital archive
| Deutsch | Schließfach |
|---|
verb to build as or cover with vault
| Español | abovedar |
|---|---|
| Português | abobadar |
| Deutsch | (sich) wölben, überwölben |
verb to jump
| Español | saltar |
|---|---|
| Français | bondir |
| Deutsch | springen |
| Italiano | volteggiare, balzare, saltare |
| Română | sări |
| Русский | перепры́гивать pereprýgivatʹ |
noun gymnastics: apparatus
| 日本語 | 跳馬 chōba |
|---|---|
| Português | mesa |
| Français | perche |
| Deutsch | Sprungtisch, Sprungpferd, Pferd, Bock |
| עברית | חֲמוֹר ẖamór |
noun act of vaulting
| Español | salto |
|---|---|
| Deutsch | Sprung |
| Italiano | volteggio, salto |
| Română | salt, săritură |
| Русский | прыжо́к pryžók |
noun gymnastics: movement
| 日本語 | 跳馬 chōba |
|---|---|
| Português | salto sobre a mesa |
| Deutsch | Sprung |
noun gymnastics event
| Español | salto |
|---|---|
| 한국어 | 도마 doma |
| 日本語 | 跳馬 chōba |
| 中文 | 跳馬 /跳马 tiàomǎ |
| Français | saut de cheval |
| Deutsch | Sprung |
| Русский | опо́рный прыжо́к opórnyj pryžók |
Talk about this word "vault." Wiktionary, via Micwyn, micwyn.com/word/vault. Accessed 5 Nov. 2026. vault. (n.d.). In Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Retrieved November 5, 2026, from https://micwyn.com/word/vault "vault." Wiktionary, via Micwyn. Accessed November 5, 2026. https://micwyn.com/word/vault.Cite this
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title = {vault},
howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
year = {2026},
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urldate = {2026-11-05}
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