Meaning

4 senses
  1. Of or pertaining to volume or volumes.

    ёмкостныйjómkostnyj

    large in volume or bulk

  2. Consisting of many folds, coils, or convolutions.

  3. Of great volume, or bulk; large.

    voluminös

    объёмистыйobʺjómistyj, объёмныйobʺjómnyj, масси́вныйmassívnyj

  4. Having written much, or produced many volumes.

    a voluminous writer

    плодови́тыйplodovítyj

Examples

3 sentences
  1. Mary's hair is dark and voluminous.

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  2. The information the ancients didn’t have was very voluminous.

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  3. A voluminous robe hid the contours of the body underneath.

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Translations

4 languages
Русский
By meaning 3
pertaining to volume:
of great volume:
having written much:
Deutsch
By meaning 1
of great volume:

Origin

From Late Latin voluminosus, from volumen, from volvō (“roll, turn about”) + -men (noun-fo

From Late Latin voluminosus, from volumen, from volvō (“roll, turn about”) + -men (noun-forming suffix). Related to volume.

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Forms

more voluminous, most voluminous
Comparativemore voluminous Lesson
Superlativemost voluminous Lesson

regular

Synonyms

7 synonyms
Close in meaning

Word family

6 related words

See also

neighbours in the dictionary
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