Meanings
nounvoltage (countable and uncountable, plural voltages)
plural voltages
- countableuncountablebusinessThe difference in electrostatic potential between two points in space, especially between live and neutral conductors or the earth.
Be careful when opening high-voltage equipment.
2 more examples
The voltage between the wires is too low to produce a spark.
The system voltage is 630 volts d.c. and the supply to the trains is by top-contact third rail with running rail return.
1956 October, “Recent Changes on the Tyneside Electrified Lines”, in Railway Magazine, page 659
Synonyms & antonyms
nounthe rate at which energy is drawn from a source that produces a flow of electricity in a circuit; expressed in volts
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electrical phenomenon
nounthe difference in electrical charge between two points in a circuit expressed in volts
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electrical phenomenon
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
From volt + -age, ultimately derived from the name of Alessandro Volta, inventor of the modern battery.
Full word history & related roots →Translations
Arabic جُهْد, فُولْتِيَّة
- جُهْد (juhd)difference in electrostatic potential
- فُولْتِيَّة (voltiyya)difference in electrostatic potential
Bengali বিভব
- বিভব (bibhob)difference in electrostatic potential
Bulgarian напреже́ние
- напреже́ние (naprežénie)difference in electrostatic potential
Catalan tensió, voltatge
- tensiódifference in electrostatic potential
- voltatgedifference in electrostatic potential
Chinese Cantonese 電壓 /电压
- 電壓 /电压 (din⁶ aat³)difference in electrostatic potential
Chinese Mandarin 電壓 /电压
- 電壓 /电压 (diànyā)difference in electrostatic potential
Czech napětí
- napětídifference in electrostatic potential
Danish spænding
- spændingdifference in electrostatic potential
Dutch spanning
- spanningdifference in electrostatic potential
Esperanto tensio
- tensiodifference in electrostatic potential
Estonian pinge
- pingedifference in electrostatic potential
Finnish jännite
- jännitedifference in electrostatic potential
French tension, voltage
- tensiondifference in electrostatic potential
- voltagedifference in electrostatic potential
German Spannung
- Spannungdifference in electrostatic potential
Greek τάση
- τάση (tási)difference in electrostatic potential
Hebrew מֶתַח, ווֹלטָג׳
- מֶתַח (métakh)difference in electrostatic potential
- ווֹלטָג׳difference in electrostatic potential
Hindi विभवांतर, वोल्टता
- विभवांतर (vibhvāntar)difference in electrostatic potential
- वोल्टता (volṭatā)difference in electrostatic potential
- विद्युत्-दाब (vidyut-dāb)difference in electrostatic potential
Hungarian feszültség
- feszültségdifference in electrostatic potential
Icelandic rafspenna, spenna
- rafspennadifference in electrostatic potential
- spennadifference in electrostatic potential
- straumstyrkurdifference in electrostatic potential
Indonesian tegangan, tegangan listrik
- tegangandifference in electrostatic potential
- tegangan listrikdifference in electrostatic potential
- beda potensialdifference in electrostatic potential
- spaningdifference in electrostatic potential
- voltasedifference in electrostatic potential
Irish teannas
- teannasdifference in electrostatic potential
Italian voltaggio, tensione
- voltaggiodifference in electrostatic potential
- tensionedifference in electrostatic potential
Japanese 電圧
- 電圧 (den'atsu)difference in electrostatic potential
Korean 전압
- 전압 (jeonap)difference in electrostatic potential
Latvian spriegums, voltāža
- spriegumsdifference in electrostatic potential
- voltāžadifference in electrostatic potential
Lithuanian įtampa
- įtampadifference in electrostatic potential
Malay voltan, voltase
- voltandifference in electrostatic potential
- voltasedifference in electrostatic potential
Māori ngaohiko
- ngaohikodifference in electrostatic potential
Norwegian Bokmål spenning
- spenningdifference in electrostatic potential
Polish napięcie, woltaż
- napięciedifference in electrostatic potential
- woltażdifference in electrostatic potential
Portuguese tensão, voltagem
- tensãodifference in electrostatic potential
- voltagemdifference in electrostatic potential
Romanian tensiune, voltaj
- tensiunedifference in electrostatic potential
- voltajdifference in electrostatic potential
Russian напряже́ние, вольта́ж
- напряже́ние (naprjažénije)difference in electrostatic potential
- вольта́ж (volʹtáž)difference in electrostatic potential
Slovak napätie
- napätiedifference in electrostatic potential
Spanish voltaje, tensión
- voltajedifference in electrostatic potential
- tensióndifference in electrostatic potential
Swedish spänning
- spänningdifference in electrostatic potential
Tagalog boltahe
- boltahedifference in electrostatic potential
Thai แรงดันไฟฟ้า, โวลเตจ
- แรงดันไฟฟ้า (rɛɛng-dan-fai-fáa)difference in electrostatic potential
- โวลเตจ (woon-dtèet)difference in electrostatic potential
Turkish gerilim
- gerilimdifference in electrostatic potential
Ukrainian напру́га, напру́ження
- напру́га (naprúha)difference in electrostatic potential
- напру́ження (naprúžennja)difference in electrostatic potential
- вольта́ж (volʹtáž)difference in electrostatic potential
Urdu وولْٹیج, تَناؤ
- وولْٹیج (volṭej)difference in electrostatic potential
- تَناؤ (tanāo)difference in electrostatic potential
- جُہْد (juhd)difference in electrostatic potential
Vietnamese điện áp, hiệu điện thế
- điện ápdifference in electrostatic potential
- hiệu điện thếdifference in electrostatic potential
Welsh foltedd
- foltedddifference in electrostatic potential
Cite this entry
APA
voltage. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 3, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/voltage
MLA
“voltage.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/voltage. Accessed November 3, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “voltage,” accessed November 3, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/voltage.
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