volvox
noun
volvox is a noun meaning “Any of the genus Volvox of chlorophytes” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-O-L-V-O-X and has 2 syllables, and it appears about once in every 45 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data). The plural of volvox is volvoxes.
What does volvox mean?
noun
- 1
Any of the genus Volvox of chlorophytes.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce volvox?
Volvox has 2 syllables (counted from its American pronunciation in the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
Forms of volvox
- volvoxes plural
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How common is volvox?
Volvox appears about once in every 45 million words in written English, the 206,808th 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).
Volvox in Spanish, French, German and Portuguese
In the sense Volvox genus algae:
| Language | Words |
|---|---|
| French | volvox |
| German | Volvox |
| Portuguese | volvox |
| Spanish | volvox |
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Translations are Wiktionary's, by sense; a linked word has its own PlainSpell page.
Where does volvox come from?
From taxonomic name Volvox, from Latin volvō (“to roll”).
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).