voltaic

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UK/vɒlˈteɪ.ɪk/Canada, US/vɑlˈteɪ.ɪk/Australia/vɔlˈtæɪ.ɪk/

adjective

Of, relating to, or producing electricity.

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electricvolta-electricgalvanicUpper VoltaicUpper VoltanVoltanGur
OriginEnglish Volta ← Italian Volta →
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Meanings

voltaic1

adjectivevoltaic (comparative more voltaic, superlative most voltaic)

comparative more voltaic · superlative most voltaic

  1. Of, relating to, or producing electricity.

    Synonyms: electric, volta-electric, galvanic

  2. figurativelyreminiscent of the action of electricity: thrilling, shocking, dramatic.

    Around them, the air thrummed with the kind of voltaic wailing to power up the darkest night.

    2022, NoViolet Bulawayo, Glory, Chatto & Windus, page 282

Voltaic2

adjectiveVoltaic (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf or pertaining to Alessandro Volta or his work.

Voltaic3

adjectiveVoltaic (not comparable)
  1. not comparableOf or pertaining to Burkina Faso, previously known as Upper Volta.
  2. not comparableOf or pertaining to the Gur languages of Africa, in the Niger-Congo family.
nounVoltaic (plural Voltaics)

plural Voltaics

  1. A person from Upper Volta.

    Synonyms: Upper Voltaic, Upper Voltan, Voltan

Synonyms & antonyms

adjectiveOf, relating to, or producing electricity.

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electricvolta-electricgalvanic

nounA person from Upper Volta.

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Upper VoltaicUpper VoltanVoltan

More synonyms by meaning

nouna group of Niger-Congo languages spoken primarily in southeastern Mali and northern Ghana

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Gur
Broader
Niger-Congo

adjectivepertaining to or producing electric current by chemical action

Similar
galvanic
Also see
galvanicgurvolta-electric

Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.

Origin

voltaic · adjective

  1. ItalianVolta
  2. EnglishVolta
  3. Englishvoltaic

From Volta + -ic. Named after Italian chemist and physicist Alessandro Volta.

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Voltaic · adjective

From Volta + -ic.

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Voltaic · adjective, noun

From Volta + -ic.

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Translations

Bulgarian галваничен
  • галваничен (galvaničen)of or relating to electricity
French voltaïque
  • voltaïqueof or relating to electricity
Irish voltach
  • voltachof or relating to electricity
Italian voltaico
  • voltaicoof or relating to electricity
Portuguese voltaico
  • voltaicoof or relating to electricity
Romanian voltaic
  • voltaicof or relating to electricity
Spanish voltaico
  • voltaicoof or relating to electricity

Rhymes & wordplay

Rhymes with voltaic

mosaicalgebraicPassaicAramaiclinoleicJudaicformulaicoleicnaikprosaicHebraicagrivoltaicalphamosaicHismaiclaicMandaicManichaicSinaicsodaic
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Anagrams

Lovatic
Cite this entry
APA

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

MLA

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

Chicago

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

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