volume

volume

Niveau plus ou moins fort d’un son.

En anglais simple : How loud a sound is.

• Please turn the volume down.
• The music was playing at full volume.
• Can you increase the volume on your phone?

Synonymes : loudness

Expressions courantes : turn the volume, high volume, volume control

volume, quantité

Quantité de quelque chose, surtout lorsqu’elle est importante.

En anglais simple : The amount of something, especially when there is a lot of it.

• The volume of traffic is growing.
• Sales volumes fell last month.
• We cannot handle this volume of work.

Comment l'utiliser : volume of something (We receive a large volume of calls.)

Synonymes : amount, quantity

Expressions courantes : volume of something, high volume, sales volume, production volume

volume

Quantité d’espace occupée par quelque chose ou disponible à l’intérieur d’un récipient.

En anglais simple : The amount of space something fills or a container can hold.

• Measure the volume of the water.
• The gas increased in volume as it warmed.
• These containers have different volumes.

Comment l'utiliser : volume of something (What is the volume of this tank?)

Expressions courantes : volume of something, total volume, measure the volume, calculate the volume

tome, volume

Un livre, notamment lorsqu’il fait partie d’un ensemble de livres.

En anglais simple : One book, especially one that belongs to a set of books.

• The second volume is missing.
• His letters fill three volumes.
• Have you read the latest volume in the series?

Comment l'utiliser : volume of something (She bought a volume of poetry.)

Synonymes : book

Expressions courantes : first volume, volume of something, two volume set