WordReference Random House Learner's Dictionary of American English © 2025
-vol-, root.
vol., an abbreviation of:
- -vol- comes from Latin, where it has the meaning "wish;
will.'' This meaning is found in such words as: benevolent, involuntary, malevolent, volition, voluntary, volunteer.
vol., an abbreviation of:
- volume.
'-vol-' also found in these entries (note: many are not synonyms or translations):
Black Volta
- Saint-Exupéry
- Upper Volta
- Volapük
- Volga Tatar
- Volstead Act
- Volsunga Saga
- Volta effect
- Volunteer State
- Volunteers of America
- at. vol.
- atomic volume
- au vol
- beach volleyball
- benevolent
- critical volume
- financière
- finger buffet
- half volley
- hypovolemic shock
- lure
- molar volume
- mole volume
- pathetic fallacy
- post-Volstead
- pre-Volstead
- trans-Volga
- vol-au-vent
- vol.
- volar
- volary
- volatile
- volatile oil
- volatility index
- volatilize
- volcanology
- volitation
- volition
- volley
- volplane
- voltaic pile
- voluble
- volume unit
- volume velocity
- volumetric
- voluntarism
- voluntary
- voluntary abortion
- voluntary association
- voluntary muscle