Complete Definition of "volute"

English

Etymology
Via French and Italian from Latin volvere

Noun
en-noun

  1. architecture The spiral curve on an Ionic capital.
  2. zoology The spirls or whorls on a gastropod's shell.
  3. zoology Any marine gastropod of the (super)family Volutidae.

Italian

Verb
volute f

  1. plural|Plural of voluto

Category:Italian past participle forms

fr:volute
io:volute
it:volute
ru:volute
te:volute
vi:volute
zh:volute

Revision and Credits for"volute"
Dictionary content provided from Wiktionary.org under the
GNU Free Documentation License
 
 

 Find:
  Words Starting With:
  Words Ending With:
  Words Containing:
  Words That Match:

 
 Translate Into:
  
Dutch   French   German
  
Italian   Spanish
    Show results per page.

Browse the Dictionary
A B C D E F G H I J K L M N O P Q R S T U V W X Y Z

   
Allwords Copyright 1998-2024 All rights reserved.