Definition
Books, especially as part of a series, or the amount of space something takes up.
Etymology
From Latin 'volumen' meaning 'a roll of parchment' (from 'volvere' meaning 'to roll'). Books were scrolls, so the word originally described rolled documents.
Kelly Says
The word 'volume' evolved from the physical shape of ancient books—they were rolled scrolls, so 'volumen' literally meant something that was rolled up, and we kept that root even after books became flat pages.
Translations
DADansk
volymer
vo-ly-mer
DEDeutsch
Volumen
vo-lu-men
ESEspañol
volúmenes
vo-loo-men-es
FISuomi
tilavuudet
ti-la-vuu-det
FRFrançais
volumes
vo-lyum
HUMagyar
térfogat
ter-fog-at
IDBahasa Indonesia
volume
vo-loo-me
ITItaliano
volumi
vo-loo-mee
MSBahasa Melayu
jisim
ji-sim
NLNederlands
volumes
vo-loo-men
NONorsk
volumer
vo-lu-mer
PLPolski
objętość
ob-yen-tosc
PTPortuguês
volumes
vo-lu-mes
RORomână
volume
vo-loo-me
SVSvenska
volymer
vo-ly-mer
SWKiswahili
volumes
vo-loo-men
TEతెలుగు
వాల్యూమ్
va-lyuum
UKУкраїнська
об'єми
ob-yemy
VITiếng Việt
dung tích
dung-tich