vol

Clipping of Volapük Volapük.

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 [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007

• IPA^(key): [ˈvol]

vol

1. second-person singular imperative of volit

From Middle Dutch vol, from Old Dutch fol, ful, full, 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

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	—

• 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

   à vol d'oiseau ― as the crow flies

   au vol ― in midair, on the fly

   de haut vol ― high-flying, high-altitude

   enregistreur de données de vol ― flight data recorder

   plan de vol ― flight plan

   vol à voile ― gliding

   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 ― snatch and run

   vol à l'étalage ― shoplifting

   vol à la tire ― pickpocketing

   vol à main armée ― armed robbery

• volatile

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

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

Borrowed from Greek βώλος (vólos).

vol n (uncountable)

1. lead

   Synonym: plumb

• vol in Academia Română, Micul dicționar academic, ediția a II-a, Bucharest: Univers Enciclopedic, 2010. →ISBN

• vȏ (Bosnia, Serbia)

Inherited from Proto-Slavic *volъ.

• IPA^(key): /ʋôːl/

vȏl m anim (Cyrillic spelling во̑л)

1. (Croatia) ox

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

From Proto-Slavic *volъ.

• IPA^(key): /ʋɔ́ʋ/

vȍł m anim

1. ox

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.

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

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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