volute
French, noun/vɔ.lyt/
volute is spelled V-O-L-U-T-E (6 letters) and appears about once in every 6 million words in written French, the 81,899th most frequent French word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Volute is a French feminine noun meaning “volute” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) defines it as “Ornement du chapiteau de la colonne ionique et de la colonne composite, fait en forme de spirale”.
What does volute mean in English?
noun
- 1
femininevolute
- 2
femininescroll (of a musical instrument)
Source: English Wiktionary, French section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).
How French dictionaries define it
noun: 1. Ornement du chapiteau de la colonne ionique et de la colonne composite, fait en forme de spirale. 2. Ornement en forme de spirale, à l’extrémité du manche d’un violon, viole, violoncelle ou contrebasse. 3. Nom donné à des coquilles univalves tournées en cône pyramidal. 4. Spirale, tourbillon, d’un fluide, fumée, brume, etc.
adjective: 1. Qui est contourné en volute.
The definition in the French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), in French.
Source: French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.
Forms of volute
- volutes plural
- volutés plural masculine
- volutée singular feminine
- volutées plural feminine
Source: English Wiktionary and French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).
How do you pronounce volute?
- /vɔ.lyt/
- \vɔ.lyt\
- [vɔ.lyt]
Sources: English Wiktionary, French Wiktionary (Wiktionnaire) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.
English words that translate to volute
Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.
How common is volute in French?
volute appears about once in every 6 million words in written French.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).