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"volume (loudness, size)" in seven languages

Meaningvolume (loudness, size)

Spanish

volumen

/boˈlumen/

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plural: volúmenes

French

volume

/vɔlym/

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Italian

volume

/voˈlume/

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Portuguese

volume

/voˈlumi/

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Romanian

volum

/voˈlum/

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Catalan

volum

/buˈlum/

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English

volume

/ˈvɑljum/

from Latin/French · Old French volume

English → Italianvolume (loudness, size)volumeCognateSame source — inherited, learned or borrowed. You can recognize it.What English and Italian share

The Latin ancestor

VOLŪMEN‘roll of papyrus, book (from VOLVERE 'to roll')’

All six sisters descend from it, unless marked otherwise below.

The story

A Latin volume was a scroll. The bulk of a book gave the sense 'size', and later 'loudness'.

English relatives: revolve, involve, evolve, volute

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  • es¿Puedes bajar el volumen?
  • frTu peux baisser le volume ?
  • itPuoi abbassare il volume?
  • ptVocê pode abaixar o volume?
  • roPoți să dai volumul mai încet?
  • caPots abaixar el volum?
  • enCan you turn down the volume?

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