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vault en · NOUN · etymology 1

Pronunciation

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• /vɑlt/ (Canada)
• /vɔlt/ (US)
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Etymology

From Middle English vaute, vowte, from Old French volte (modern voûte), from Vulgar Latin *volta < *volvita or *volŭta, a regularization of Latin volūta (compare modern volute (“spire”)), the past participle of volvere (“roll, turn”). Cognate with Spanish vuelta (“turn”) and Portuguese volta ("turn"). Doublet of volute. Displaced native Old English hwealf.

Meanings

1. An arched masonry structure supporting and forming a ceiling, whether freestanding or forming part of a larger building.
   • The decoration of the vault of Sainte-Chapelle was much brighter before its 19th-century restoration.
   • the long-drawn aisle and fretted vault 1750 June 12 (date written; published 1751), T[homas] Gray, “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard”, in Designs by Mr. R[ichard] Bentley, for Six Poems by Mr. T. Gray, London: […] R[obert] Dodsley, […], published 1753, →OCLC:
2. Any arched ceiling or roof.
3. (figuratively) Anything resembling such a downward-facing concave structure, particularly caves and the sky or firmament.
   • The ſilent vaults of Death, vnknowne to Light; And Hell it ſelfe, lye naked to his ſight. 1636, George Sandys, “A Paraphrase upon Job”, in A Paraphrase upon the Divine Poems:
   • The stalactites held tightly to the cave's vault.
   • His fiery eies are fixt vpon the earth. As if he now deuiſ’d some Stratageme: Or meant to pierce Auernus darkſome vauts. To pull the triple headed dog from hell. c. 1587–1588 (date written), [Christopher Marlowe], Tamburlaine the Great. […] The First Part […], 2nd edition, part 1, London: […] [R. Robinson for] Richard Iones, […], published 1592, →OCLC; reprinted as Tamburlaine the Great (A Scolar Press Facsimile), Menston, Yorkshire; London: Scolar Press, 1973, →ISBN, Act I, scene ii:
   • Had I your tongues and eyes, Il’d vſe them so, That Heauens vault ſhould crack: ſhe’s gone for euer. c. 1603–1606, William Shakespeare, “The Tragedie of King Lear”, in Mr. William Shakespeares Comedies, Histories, & Tragedies […] (First Folio), London: […] Isaac Iaggard, and Ed[ward] Blount, published 1623, →OCLC, [Act V, scene iii], page 308:
   • No bird flew in the blue vault of heaven, no man or beast moved upon the vast countryside which lay before us. 1913, Arthur Conan Doyle, “(please specify the page)”, in The Poison Belt […], London; New York, N.Y.: Hodder and Stoughton, →OCLC:
   • God said, ‘Let there be a vault through the middle of the waters to divide the waters in two.’ 1985, Bible (NJB), Genesis, 1:6
4. The space covered by an arched roof, particularly underground rooms and (Christianity, obsolete) church crypts.
5. Any cellar or underground storeroom.
   • to banish rats that haunt our vault 1730, Jonathan Swift, A Panegyrick on the Dean:
6. Any burial chamber, particularly those underground.
   • Family members had been buried in the vault for centuries.
   • Holonyms: catacomb, cuniculus
   • Near-synonyms: crypt, mausoleum
7. The secure room or rooms in or below a bank used to store currency and other valuables; similar rooms in other settings.
   • During the extreme civil disorder prior to January 22, 1976 in Beirut, Lebanon, a guerrilla force blasted the vaults of the British Bank of the Middle East in Bab Idriss and cleared out safe deposit boxes with contents valued by former Finance Minister Lucien Dahadah at $50 million, and by another source at an "absolute minimum" of $20 million. 1978, Norris McWhirter (editor and compiler), Guinness Book of World Records 1978, page 400:
8. (figuratively, often) Any archive of past content.
9. An encrypted digital archive.
10. A membraneless organelle found in most eukaryotic cells first identified in 1986.
11. (obsolete) An underground or covered conduit for water or waste; a drain; a sewer.
12. (obsolete) An underground or covered reservoir for water or waste; a cistern; a cesspit.
13. (euphemistic, obsolete) A room employing a cesspit or sewer: an outhouse; a lavatory.

Forms

Coordinates

morgue · mortuary · deadhouse

Deriveds

vaultlike · vaultage · vaultful · vaultman · vault-worthy · vaulty · envault · cryovault · vault toilet · overvault · vaultable · sail vault

Hyponyms

virgin vault · panel vault · decapartite vault · double barrel vault · septempartite vault · tripartite vault · stilted vault · wine vault · quadripartite vault · groined vault · segmental vault · polygonal vault · cylindrical vault · sexpartite vault · Welsh vault · quinquepartite vault · compound vault · barrel vault · groin vault · necessary vault · rib vault · star vault · ribbed vault · oblique vault · octopartite vault · vaginal vault · cross vault · domical vault · cloister vault · dodecapartite vault · seed vault

Synonyms

sepulchre · vaulting table (gymnastic apparatus) · crypt · tomb · bathroom (outhouse or lavatory) · sepulcher · mausoleum

Translations (187)

da hvælv (arched masonry structure) · ky свод (arched masonry structure) · he אוֹצָר (secure area for valuables) · ka სეიფი (secure area for valuables) · sv kassavalv (secure area for valuables) · eo “treasure cellar” (secure area for valuables) · cs sklepení (underground storeroom) · ro cupolă (arched masonry structure) · cs trezor (secure area for valuables) · sv valv (figuratively: anything resembling a vault) · sv valv (underground burial chamber) · ru подва́л (underground storeroom) · et võlv (arched masonry structure) · cs přeskok (gymnastics: movement) · cs klenba (arched masonry structure) · da spring over hest (gymnastics: movement) · bg хранилище (computing: encrypted digital archive) · fr voute (arched masonry structure) · fi holvikatto (arched ceiling or roof) · ja ヴォールト (arched masonry structure) · ru склеп (underground burial chamber) · fi hyppyarkku (gymnastics: apparatus) · uk схо́вище (underground storeroom) · de Bock (gymnastics: apparatus) · grc κρύπτη (underground storeroom) · gd bogha (arched masonry structure) · pt salto sobre a mesa (gymnastics: movement) · de Sprungtisch (gymnastics: apparatus) · af kluis (arched masonry structure) · fr voûte (arched masonry structure) · fi holvi (arched masonry structure) · mk свод (figuratively: anything resembling a vault) · sk klenba (arched masonry structure) · de Deckengewölbe (arched ceiling or roof) · ru сейф (secure area for valuables) · ru храни́лище (secure area for valuables) · bg свод (figuratively: anything resembling a vault) · ru свод (arched masonry structure) · sv hopp (gymnastics: movement) · mk сеф (secure area for valuables) · uk по́гріб (underground storeroom) · bg мазе (underground storeroom) · fi holvikaari (arched masonry structure) · ota طولوس (arched masonry structure) · cs sejf (secure area for valuables) · fi pankkiholvi (secure area for valuables) · be скляпе́нне (arched masonry structure) · hu boltozat (arched masonry structure) · ar قَبْو (arched masonry structure) · de Gruft (underground burial chamber) · enm vaute (arched ceiling or roof) · ota طولوس (figuratively: anything resembling a vault) · hy կամար (arched masonry structure) · ja 金庫室 (secure area for valuables) · pl sklepienie (arched masonry structure) · fi kassaholvi (secure area for valuables) · da kælder (underground storeroom) · cs hrobka (underground burial chamber) · de Tresor (secure area for valuables) · de Schließfach (computing: encrypted digital archive) · de Sprungpferd (gymnastics: apparatus) · sv krypta (underground burial chamber) · it volta (arched masonry structure) · kk күмбез (arched masonry structure) · de Bogendach (arched ceiling or roof) · fr perche (gymnastics: apparatus) · da katakomb (underground burial chamber) · nn kvelv (arched masonry structure) · tr tonoz (arched masonry structure) · ro cupolă (figuratively: anything resembling a vault) · cs klenba (figuratively: anything resembling a vault) · ru свод (figuratively: anything resembling a vault) · ota دخمه (underground burial chamber) · da hest (gymnastics: apparatus) · fi kellari (underground storeroom) · nl gewelf (arched masonry structure) · de Gewölbekeller (underground storeroom) · fi kellariholvi (underground storeroom) · sv valv (arched masonry structure) · nl kelder (underground storeroom) · nl kluizenkamer (secure area for valuables) · nl wijnkelder (underground storeroom) · es bóveda (arched masonry structure) · fa گمبذ (arched masonry structure) · ka საცავი (secure area for valuables) · da hvælving (arched masonry structure) · sv bankvalv (secure area for valuables) · tg гунбаз (arched masonry structure) · uk льох (underground storeroom) · fi hyppy (gymnastics: movement) · nl welving (figuratively: anything resembling a vault) · sv gravvalv (underground burial chamber) · be склеп (underground storeroom) · he כִּיפָּה (arched ceiling or roof) · de Wölbung (figuratively: anything resembling a vault) · de Tresorraum (secure area for valuables) · be схо́вішча (underground storeroom) · pt abóbada (arched masonry structure) · nl kluis (secure area for valuables) · az tağ (arched masonry structure) · sl obok (arched masonry structure) · pdt Gruft (underground storeroom) · ja ボールト (arched masonry structure) · enm vaute (underground storeroom) · he כַּסֶּפֶת (secure area for valuables) · de Stahlkammer (secure area for valuables) · bg изба (underground storeroom) · fr chambre forte (secure area for valuables) · uk склепі́ння (arched masonry structure) · ru по́греб (underground storeroom) · da hvælving (figuratively: anything resembling a vault) · cmn 拱頂 /拱顶 (arched masonry structure) · bg свод (arched masonry structure) · sh свод (arched masonry structure) · pl skarbiec (secure area for valuables) · fi kaari (figuratively: anything resembling a vault) · mk по́друм (underground storeroom) · pt mesa (gymnastics: apparatus) · cs krypta (underground burial chamber) · de Sprung (gymnastics: movement) · tr dahme (underground burial chamber) · mk свод (arched masonry structure) · mk ви́зба (underground storeroom) · fi krypta (underground burial chamber) · fi holvi (secure area for valuables) · fr cellier (underground storeroom) · ca volta (arched masonry structure) · grc καμάρα (arched masonry structure) · ka კამარა (arched masonry structure) · fa کمرا (arched masonry structure) · fr voûte f or voute (underground storeroom) · mk а́рка (figuratively: anything resembling a vault) · no krypt (underground burial chamber) · eo trezorkelo Literally (secure area for valuables) · cs přeskokový stůl (gymnastics: apparatus) · pdt Gruft (underground burial chamber) · hi कोषागार (secure area for valuables) · ang hwealf (arched ceiling or roof) · pl sklepienie (figuratively: anything resembling a vault) · fi hautaholvi (underground burial chamber) · la fornix (arched masonry structure) · da boks (secure area for valuables) · fr voûte (figuratively: anything resembling a vault) · de Gewölbebogen (arched masonry structure) · fi holvi (figuratively: anything resembling a vault) · bg прескок (gymnastics: movement) · ro boltă (arched masonry structure) · nb kvelv (arched masonry structure) · cs klenba (arched ceiling or roof) · nb hvelv (arched masonry structure) · ru а́рка (figuratively: anything resembling a vault) · uk склеп (underground burial chamber) · mk ку́пола (arched ceiling or roof) · ka სარდაფი (underground storeroom) · la camera (arched ceiling or roof) · de Grabgewölbe (underground burial chamber) · ka აკლდამა (underground burial chamber) · sh svod (arched masonry structure) · ka კამარა (figuratively: anything resembling a vault) · bg куполна гробница (underground burial chamber) · de Gewölbe (arched masonry structure) · enm vaute (arched masonry structure) · pl piwnica (underground storeroom) · de Pferd (gymnastics: apparatus) · bg трезор (secure area for valuables) · be склеп (underground burial chamber) · pt abóbada (figuratively: anything resembling a vault) · la camera (arched masonry structure) · de Kellergewölbe (underground storeroom) · ko 궁륭 (arched masonry structure) · uz gumbaz (arched masonry structure) · grc καμάρα (arched ceiling or roof) · no hvelv (underground storeroom) · da vinkælder (underground storeroom) · bg купол (arched ceiling or roof) · mk тре́зор (secure area for valuables) · de Gewölbe (figuratively: anything resembling a vault) · bg сейф (secure area for valuables) · dsb wjelba (arched masonry structure) · hu boltív (arched masonry structure) · de Tonnendach (arched ceiling or roof) · bg кон (gymnastics: apparatus) · sv valv (secure area for valuables) · hu bolt (arched masonry structure) · eo volbo (arched masonry structure) · gd bogha (figuratively: anything resembling a vault) · fr voute (figuratively: anything resembling a vault)

wikidata: Q381885

vault en · VERB · etymology 1

Pronunciation

• (California) audio
• /vɑlt/ (US)
• (Texas) audio
• /vɑlt/ (Canada)
• /vɔlt/ (US)
• /vɔːlt/ (UK)
• (Australia) audio
• /vɒlt/ (UK)
• /vɔlt/ (Australia)

Etymology

From Middle English vaute, vowte, from Old French volte (modern voûte), from Vulgar Latin *volta < *volvita or *volŭta, a regularization of Latin volūta (compare modern volute (“spire”)), the past participle of volvere (“roll, turn”). Cognate with Spanish vuelta (“turn”) and Portuguese volta ("turn"). Doublet of volute. Displaced native Old English hwealf.

Meanings

1. (transitive) To build as, or cover with a vault.
   • The shady arch that vaulted the broad green alley. 1814 July 7, [Walter Scott], Waverley; or, ’Tis Sixty Years Since. […], volume (please specify |volume=I to III), Edinburgh: […] James Ballantyne and Co. for Archibald Constable and Co.; London: Longman, Hurst, Rees, Orme, and Brown, →OCLC:
2. (transitive) To store in a vault.
3. To remove (an item, character, etc.) from a video game in an update.
   • In future updates, most likely in season six, more items will get vaulted. 2018 August 31, Steven Asarch, “'Fortnite' Developer Update 5.40: Storm Destruction, Revolver in Vault”, in Newsweek, New York, N.Y.: Newsweek Publishing LLC, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 03 Oct 2018:
   • While vaulting some old content may turn off a few players, Bungie seems intent on bringing as many players under its tent as possible first. 2020 June 9, Gene Park, “Bungie is finally coming through with its old promise of a 10-year ’Destiny’ plan”, in The Washington Post, Washington, D.C.: The Washington Post Company, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 09 Jul 2020:
   • Blizzard will vault the gorgeous Hanamura and other Assault maps from Overwatch's competitive mode when 'Overwatch 2' arrives. 2021 February 19, Kris Holt, “Overwatch 2 Will Ditch The Widely Disliked Assault/2CP Maps”, in Forbes, New York, N.Y.: Forbes Media, →ISSN, →OCLC, archived from the original on 02 Feb 2023:
   • While some mistakes have resulted in Riot pulling Agents in the past, those changes were always temporary. If Riot is set on having only seven maps in the "Valorant," that likely means Split isn't coming back and more maps will get vaulted in the future. 2022 June 17, James Carr, “The Real Reason Valorant Is Dropping Its Oldest Map”, in SVG.com, archived from the original on 28 Nov 2022:

Forms

Translations (6)

pt abobadar (to build as or cover with vault) · enm vauten (to build as or cover with vault) · de überwölben (to build as or cover with vault) · de (sich) wölben (to build as or cover with vault) · fi holvata (to build as or cover with vault) · es abovedar (to build as or cover with vault)

vault en · NOUN · etymology 2

Pronunciation

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• /vɑlt/ (Canada)
• /vɔlt/ (US)
• /vɔːlt/ (UK)
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• /vɒlt/ (UK)
• /vɔlt/ (Australia)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French volter (“to turn or spin around; to frolic”), borrowed from Italian voltare, itself from a Vulgar Latin frequentative form of Latin volvere; later assimilated to Etymology 1, above.

Meanings

1. An act of vaulting, formerly (chiefly) by deer; a leap or jump.
2. A piece of apparatus used for performing jumps.
3. A gymnastic movement performed on this apparatus.
   • Each vault has three segments: “preflight” (the movement from the springboard onto the table), “block” (the moment the hands touch and leave the table) and “postflight” (the flips and twists before landing). […] Handspring and Tsukahara vaults are less common than Yurchenko-style vaults, but some gymnasts specialize in them. 2024 July 27, Maggie Astor, “Your Guide to Olympic Gymnastics: Vault”, in The New York Times, archived from the original on 31 Jul 2024:
4. Synonym of volte: a circular movement by the horse.
5. An event or performance involving a vaulting horse.

Forms

Relateds

pole vault

Synonyms

volte

Translations (42)

ru прыжо́к (act of vaulting) · cs přeskok (gymnastics: movement) · da spring over hest (gymnastics: movement) · fi hyppyarkku (gymnastics: apparatus) · nl polsstoksprong (act of vaulting) · de Bock (gymnastics: apparatus) · pt salto sobre a mesa (gymnastics: movement) · de Sprungtisch (gymnastics: apparatus) · sv hopp (gymnastics: movement) · it salto (act of vaulting) · cmn 跳馬 /跳马 (gymnastics event) · fi loikka (act of vaulting) · de Sprungpferd (gymnastics: apparatus) · fr perche (gymnastics: apparatus) · pl skok (act of vaulting) · da hest (gymnastics: apparatus) · fr saut de cheval (gymnastics event) · fi hyppy (act of vaulting) · de Sprung (gymnastics event) · fi hyppy (gymnastics: movement) · fi hyppy (gymnastics event) · pl wolta (act of vaulting) · ja 跳馬 (gymnastics event) · pt mesa (gymnastics: apparatus) · ka ნახტომი (act of vaulting) · nl sprong met stok en handensteun (act of vaulting) · de Sprung (gymnastics: movement) · ko 도마 (gymnastics event) · ja 跳馬 (gymnastics: apparatus) · bg прескок (gymnastics event) · de Sprung (act of vaulting) · cs přeskokový stůl (gymnastics: apparatus) · es salto (act of vaulting) · es salto (gymnastics event) · cs přeskok (act of vaulting) · ro salt (act of vaulting) · ro săritură (act of vaulting) · de Pferd (gymnastics: apparatus) · ja 跳馬 (gymnastics: movement) · ru опо́рный прыжо́к (gymnastics event) · he חֲמוֹר (gymnastics: apparatus) · it volteggio (act of vaulting)

vault en · VERB · etymology 2

Pronunciation

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• /vɑlt/ (US)
• (Texas) audio
• /vɑlt/ (Canada)
• /vɔlt/ (US)
• /vɔːlt/ (UK)
• (Australia) audio
• /vɒlt/ (UK)
• /vɔlt/ (Australia)

Etymology

Borrowed from Middle French volter (“to turn or spin around; to frolic”), borrowed from Italian voltare, itself from a Vulgar Latin frequentative form of Latin volvere; later assimilated to Etymology 1, above.

Meanings

1. (ambitransitive) To jump or leap over with a hand and/or foot on the item for support.
   • The fugitive vaulted the fence to escape.
   • Parkour – often referred to as freerunning – entails creatively moving through an urban environment: flipping, jumping and vaulting across various obstacles. 2022 June 16, Issy Ronald, “Meet the parkour athletes defying fear and gravity at Red Bull Art of Motion”, in CNN, archived from the original on 26 Jun 2022:
   • The fugitive vaulted over the fence to escape.

Forms

Deriveds

vaulting · vaultable · vaulter

Translations (17)

fr bondir (to jump) · de springen (to jump) · sv voltigera (to jump) · sv hoppa (to jump) · it saltare (to jump) · fi loikata (to jump) · ka გადახტომა (to jump) · pl skoczyć (to jump) · es saltar (to jump) · ru перепры́гивать (to jump) · ka ხტომა (to jump) · it volteggiare (to jump) · ro sări (to jump) · bg прескачам (to jump) · cs přeskočit (to jump) · it balzare (to jump) · fi hypätä (to jump)