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volt¹

  • /vəʊlt/ UK
  • /vɒlt/ UK
  • /voʊlt/ Canada, US
  • /ˈvəʉlt/ Australia
  • /ˈvɐʉlt/ Australia
  • /ˈvɐʉlt/ New Zealand

Sounds like vault (in some accents) · Rhymes with -əʊlt, -ɒlt

Where it comes from

Named after Italian physicist Alessandro Volta. For the surname, see Italian Volta.

noun volts

  1. In the International System of Units, the derived unit of electrical potential and electromotive force (voltage); the potential difference across a conductor when a current of one ampere uses one watt of power. Symbol: V If the volt, ampere and ohm were taken as the absolute units, the practical units would be the ampere, begohm and begavolt, names just as convenient as ampere, coulomb and farad.
  2. A bright yellow-green colour often used in Nike products.
  3. volt

volt²

  • /vəʊlt/ UK
  • /vɒlt/ UK
  • /voʊlt/ Canada, US
  • /ˈvəʉlt/ Australia
  • /ˈvɐʉlt/ Australia
  • /ˈvɐʉlt/ New Zealand

Sounds like vault (in some accents) · Rhymes with -əʊlt, -ɒlt

Where it comes from

From French volte.

noun volts

  1. archaic A circular movement in which the horse goes round in a small circle.
  2. archaic A sudden movement to avoid a thrust; a parry.

verb volts · volting · volted

  1. archaic To perform this movement.
  2. archaic To perform this movement.

Volt³

  • /vɒlt/ UK
  • /vəʊlt/ UK

Sounds like volt (Received Pronunciation) · Rhymes with -ɒlt, -əʊlt

noun

  1. The pan-European party Volt Europa.

Thesaurus

Closest in meaning: v, voltage, wattage, stax, tension, former, coulombs, pd, potential, emf, volt-ampere, voltampere, watt, statvolt, electronvolt, abvolt

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noun unit of measure

Españolvoltio
한국어볼트 bolteu
日本語ボルト boruto
中文伏特 fútè, 伏 fú
हिन्दीवोल्ट volṭ
Portuguêsvolt
Françaisvolt
DeutschVolt
Italianovolt
Ελληνικάβολτ volt
Românăvolt
Русскийвольт volʹt
Tiếng Việtvôn
العربيةفولْت volt, ڤولْت volt, ڥولْت volt
עבריתווֹלְט volt

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@misc{volt_2026,
  title = {volt},
  howpublished = {Wiktionary, via Micwyn},
  year = {2026},
  url = {https://micwyn.com/word/volt},
  urldate = {2026-11-06}
}