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volume

Portuguese, noun/voˈlũ.mi/

volume is spelled V-O-L-U-M-E (6 letters) and appears 55 times per million words in written Portuguese, the 1,743rd most frequent Portuguese word form (wordfreq, 2021 data). Volume is a Portuguese masculine noun meaning “volume (unit of three-dimensional measure)” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). The Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) defines it as “quantidade de espaço ocupada por um corpo”.

What does volume mean in English?

noun

  1. 1

    masculinevolume (unit of three-dimensional measure)

  2. 2

    masculinevolume; loudness (strength of sound)

  3. 3

    masculinevolume (issues of a periodical over a period of one year)

  4. 4

    masculinevolume (individual book of a publication issued as a set of books)

  5. 5

    masculinevolume (bound book)

  6. 6

    masculinevolume; quantity

Source: English Wiktionary, Portuguese section, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0).

How Portuguese dictionaries define it

noun: 1. quantidade de espaço ocupada por um corpo 2. livro 3. embrulho 4. tamanho

The definition in the Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), in Portuguese.

Source: Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário), dump of September 1, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org.

Forms of volume

  • volumes plural

Source: English Wiktionary and Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026).

How do you pronounce volume?

  • Brazil /voˈlũ.mi/
  • Portugal /vuˈlu.mɨ/
  • Portugal /buˈlu.mɨ/

Sources: English Wiktionary, Portuguese Wiktionary (Wikcionário) (dumps of September 2, 2026 and September 1, 2026); recordings from Wikimedia Commons.

English words that translate to volume

Source: the translation tables of the English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026.

How common is volume in Portuguese?

volume appears 55 times per million words in written Portuguese.

Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).

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