volution
/vəˈl(j)uːʃn̩/noun
volution is a noun meaning “A turning (rolling or revolving) motion” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-O-L-U-T-I-O-N, and it appears about once in every 32 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of volution is volutions.
What does volution mean?
noun
- 1
A turning (rolling or revolving) motion.
- 2
A single turn (of a coil etc.); a twist.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce volution?
- UK /vəˈl(j)uːʃn̩/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of volution
- volutions plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is volution?
Volution appears about once in every 32 million words in written English, the 171,907th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does volution come from?
From (the participle stem of) Latin volvere (“to turn”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).