volva

See also: völva, vǫlva, and vølva

English

Amanita caesarea (Caesar's mushroom) with prominent volva

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin volva.

Noun

volva (plural volvas or volvae)

1. A cup-shaped mass at the base of various fungi.
   • 1903, George Francis Atkinson, chapter VI, in Studies of American Fungi. Mushrooms, Edible, Poisonous, etc.‎, 2nd edition, New York: Henry Holt:

     The genus Amanita has both a volva and a veil; the spores are white, and the stem is easily separable from the cap.

2. The membranous covering which completely encloses many fungi in the early stage of growth.
   • 1989, Oxford English Dictionary, 2nd edition:

Etymology 2

Noun

volva (plural volvas)

1. Alternative form of völva

References

• teknowledge.com
• palomar.edt
• American Heritage Dictionary

Anagrams

• Valvo

Catalan

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): (Central) [ˈbɔl.βə]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic) [ˈvɔl.və]
• IPA^(key): (Valencia) [ˈvɔl.va]

Etymology 1

Probably from Gaulish *ulva (“spray, wisp”).

Noun

volva f (plural volves)

1. mote, speck
2. flake (of snow)
   • 2002, Albert Sánchez Piñol, chapter 12, in La pell freda, La Campana, →ISBN:

     Els focus no mostraven res més que volves de neu que queien del cel en espiral.

     The light beams showed nothing but snowflakes spiraling down from the sky.

Derived terms

• volvós

Etymology 2

Learned borrowing from Latin volva.

Noun

volva f (plural volves)

1. (botany) volva

Derived terms

• volvat

Related terms

• volvar

Further reading

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

Galician

Verb

volva

1. inflection of volver:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvɔl.va/
• Rhymes: -ɔlva
• Hyphenation: vòl‧va

Etymology 1

Borrowed from Latin volva, alternative form of vulva.

Noun

volva f (plural volve)

1. volva (cup-shaped mass at the base of various fungi)

Related terms

• vulva

See also

• fungo

Etymology 2

See the etymology of the corresponding lemma form.

Verb

volva

1. inflection of volvere:
   1. first/second/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative

Portuguese

Verb

volva

1. inflection of volver:
   1. first/third-person singular present subjunctive
   2. third-person singular imperative