volume

noun voh-LOO-meh Less Common

Origin: from Latin volumen 'scroll'

Also means

book

Usage Note

Volume spans all the English senses: loudness, three-dimensional space, and a 'book' as one of several. Alzare il volume is 'to turn up the volume'; the bookish sense survives because Latin volumen meant a rolled scroll.

Examples

"Abbassa il volume della radio."

Natural Translation

Turn down the radio volume.

Literal Translation

Lower the volume of-the radio.

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