vol

See also: Appendix:Variations of "vol"

Translingual

Symbol

vol

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

See also

• Wiktionary’s coverage of Volapük terms

English

Pronunciation

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

  • Audio (Southern England):

    (file)

• Rhymes: -ɒl

Etymology 1

From French vol (“flight; vol”).

Noun

vol (plural vols)

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

Translations

heraldic symbol consisting of a pair of outstretched wings

French: vol (fr) m Swedish: vingpar n, fjäderflykt c, fjäderhamn c

Etymology 2

Clipping.

Noun

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:

     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.”

Etymology 3

Noun

vol (plural vols)

1. Abbreviation of volume; also vol.

See also

• vol-au-vent

Afrikaans

Etymology

From Dutch vol.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /fɔl/

• Audio:

  (file)

Adjective

vol (attributive volle, comparative voller, superlative volste)

1. full
2. complete

Albanian

Etymology

Unknown.

Noun

vol

1. a small walnut, sometimes used as a die

Catalan

Pronunciation

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

Etymology 1

Deverbal from volar (“to fly”).

Noun

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

Etymology 2

see the verb voler.

Verb

vol

1. third-person singular present indicative of voler

Further reading

• “vol”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], 2007 April

Czech

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvol]

Verb

vol

1. second-person singular imperative of volit

Dutch

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɔl/

• Audio:

  (file)

• Hyphenation: vol
• Rhymes: -ɔl

Adjective

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

Declension

Declension of vol
uninflected	vol
inflected	volle
comparative	voller
		positive	comparative	superlative
predicative/adverbial		vol	voller	het volst het volste
indefinite	m./f. sing.	volle	vollere	volste
	n. sing.	vol	voller	volste
	plural	volle	vollere	volste
definite		volle	vollere	volste
partitive		vols	vollers	—

Antonyms

• leeg

Derived terms

• eervol
• halfvol
• handvol
• succesvol
• vol is vol
• vol-
• volbrengen
• volheid
• volhouden
• volledig
• vollopen
• volmaken
• volschrijven
• volstaan
• voltijds
• volwassen
• voor vol aanzien
• vredevol
• waardevol

Related terms

• volzet
• vullen

Descendants

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

Anagrams

• OLV, olv, vlo

French

Etymology

Deverbal from voler.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɔl/

• Audio:

  (file)

Noun

vol m (plural vols)

1. flight

   à vol d’oiseau ― as the crow flies

   au vol ― in midair, on the fly

   de haut vol ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   enregistreur de données de vol ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   plan de vol ― flight plan

   vol à voile ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   vol plané ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   vol battu ― flight by flapping of the wings

   vol coqueluche ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   vol de réception ― acceptance flight

   vol tactique ― terrain flight

2. stealing, theft, robbery

   Hypernym: délit

   Hyponyms: cambriolage, fauche

   vol à l’arraché ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   vol à l’étalage ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)

   vol à la tire ― pickpocketing

   vol à main armée ― armed robbery

Related terms

• volatile

Further reading

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

Icelandic

Etymology

Deverbal from vola (“to blubber”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɔːl/
• Rhymes: -ɔːl

Noun

vol n (genitive singular vols, no plural)

1. whine, whining, blubbering

   Hættu þessu voli.

   Stop that whining.

Declension

Declension of vol (sg-only neuter)

	singular
	indefinite	definite
nominative	vol	volið
accusative	vol	volið
dative	voli	volinu
genitive	vols	volsins

Mauritian Creole

Etymology

From French vol.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vol/

Noun

vol

1. theft; robbery.

Related terms

• voler

Middle Dutch

Etymology

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

Adjective

vol

1. full
2. whole, complete

Inflection

Adjective

		singular			plural
		masculine	feminine	neuter
nominative	indefinite	vol	volle	vol	volle
	definite	volle	volle
accusative	indefinite	vollen	volle	vol	volle
	definite	volle
genitive	indefinite	vols	volre	vols	volre
	definite	vols, vollen	vols, vollen
dative		vollen	volre	vollen	vollen

Alternative forms

• vul

Descendants

• Dutch: vol
  • Afrikaans: vol
  • Berbice Creole Dutch: folo
  • Jersey Dutch: vol
  • Negerhollands: vol
  • → Caribbean Javanese: fol
  • → Indonesian: pol
• Limburgish: vól
• West Flemish: vul

Further reading

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

Norman

Etymology

From voler (“to steal”).

Noun

vol m (plural vols)

1. (Jersey) theft

Related terms

• voleux (“thief”)

Piedmontese

Noun

vol m (plural voj)

1. flight

Serbo-Croatian

Alternative forms

• vȏ (Bosnia, Serbia)

Etymology

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *volъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋôːl/

Noun

vȏl m (Cyrillic spelling во̑л)

1. (Croatia) ox

Declension

Declension of vol

	singular	plural
nominative	vȏl / vȏ	vòlovi
genitive	vòla	vȍlōvā / vòlōvā
dative	vòlu	vòlovima
accusative	vòla	vòlove
vocative	vȍle	vòlovi
locative	vòlu	vòlovima
instrumental	vòlom	vòlovima

References

• “vol”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovene

Etymology

From Proto-Slavic *volъ.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋɔ́ʋ/

Noun

vȍł m anim

1. ox

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine anim., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	vòl
gen. sing.	vôla
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	vòl	vôla	vôli
genitive (rodȋlnik)	vôla	vôlov	vôlov
dative (dajȃlnik)	vôlu	vôloma	vôlom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	vôla	vôla	vôle
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	vôlu	vôlih	vôlih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	vôlom	vôloma	vôli

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine anim., hard o-stem, plural in -ôv-
nom. sing.	vòl
gen. sing.	vôla
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	vòl	volôva	volôvi
genitive (rodȋlnik)	vôla	volôv	volôv
dative (dajȃlnik)	vôlu	volôvoma	volôvom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	vôla	volôva	volôve
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	vôlu	volôvih	volôvih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	vôlom	volôvoma	volôvi

This noun needs an inflection-table template.

Further reading

• “vol”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU (in Slovene), 2014–2025

Volapük

Etymology

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

Noun

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.

Declension

Declension of vol

	singular	plural
nominative	vol	vols
genitive	vola	volas
dative	vole	voles
accusative	voli	volis
vocative 1	o vol!	o vols!
predicative 2	volu	volus

¹ status as a case is disputed
² in later, non-classical Volapük only

Derived terms

• Volapük