volta

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US/ˈvoʊltə/

noun

A turning; a time (chiefly used in phrases signifying that the part is to be repeated).

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levaltovolte
OriginItalian volta →
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Meanings

volta1

nounvolta (plural voltas)

plural voltas

  1. entertainmentA turning; a time (chiefly used in phrases signifying that the part is to be repeated).
  2. danceA dance for couples popular during the late Renaissance, associated with the galliard and done to the same kind of music.

    Synonyms: levalto, volte

  3. communicationsA turning point or point of change in a poem, most commonly a sonnet.

    […][Larmona] Ash describes how “conversion arrives like a volta [poetic shift]^([sic]) in a person's life.” The metaphor is apt, imagining one's spiritual life as a poem, an authored thing, and not preserved on vellum either, but open to revision.

    2025 May 31, Tanjil Rashid, quoting Lamorna Ash, “Finding their religion”, in FT Weekend (Life & Arts section), London: The Financial Times Ltd., →ISSN, →OCLC, page 9

Volta2

proper noun
  1. A river in West Africa; in full, Volta River.
  2. abbreviationellipsisEllipsis of Lake Volta: a lake in West Africa.
  3. A census-designated place in Merced County, California, United States.

Volta3

proper nounVolta (plural Voltas)

plural Voltas

  1. A surname from Italian, notably borne by Italian chemist and physicist Alessandro Volta.

Synonyms & antonyms

nounA dance for couples popular during the late Renaissance, associated with the galliard and done to the same kind of music.

Similar
levaltovolte

Origin

volta · noun

  1. Italianvolta
  2. Englishvolta

From Italian volta. Doublet of volte.

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Volta · proper noun

  1. PortugueseVolta
  2. EnglishVolta

Borrowed from Portuguese Volta, from volta (“turnaround, return”); at some point of time the river marked the point of return for the Portuguese traders.

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Volta · proper noun

  1. ItalianVolta
  2. ItalianVolta
  3. EnglishVolta

Borrowed from Italian Volta.

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Rhymes & wordplay

Sounds the same

Voltavoltavolta

Anagrams

lovatvotal
Cite this entry
APA

volta. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/volta

MLA

“volta.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/volta. Accessed November 2, 2026.

Chicago

WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “volta,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/volta.

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