vault

pronunciation

How to pronounce vault in British English: UK [vɔːlt] word uk audio image

How to pronounce vault in American English: US [vɔːlt] word us audio image

Noun:

a burial chamber (usually underground)
a strongroom or compartment (often made of steel) for safekeeping of valuables
an arched brick or stone ceiling or roof
the act of jumping over an obstacle
Verb:

jump across or leap over (an obstacle)
bound vigorously

Word Origin

vault: vault: Vault ‘arched roof’ [14] and vault ‘jump’ [16] are distinct words, although they share a common ancestor: Latin volvere ‘roll, turn’ (source also of English involve, revolve, etc). Its feminine past participle volūta evolved in Vulgar Latin into *volta, which was used as a noun meaning ‘turn’, hence ‘curved roof’.English acquired it via Old French voute or vaute. The use of vaulted ceilings in underground rooms led in the 16th century to the application of vault to ‘burial chamber’. Also from volvere came Vulgar Latin *volvitāre ‘turn a horse’, hence ‘leap, gambol’. This passed via Italian voltare and French volter into English as vault.=> involve, revolve, volume

vault (n.1): "arched roof or ceiling," c. 1300, vaute, from Old French voute "arch, vaulting, vaulted roof or chamber," from Vulgar Latin *volta, contraction of *volvita, noun use of fem. of *volvitus, alteration of Latin volutus "bowed, arched," past participle of volvere "to turn, turn around, roll" (see volvox). The -l- appeared in English c. 1400, an etymological insertion in imitation of earlier forms (compare fault (n.)).

vault (v.1): "jump or leap over," especially by aid of the hands or a pole, 1530s, transitive (implied in vaulting); 1560s, intransitive, from Middle French volter "to gambol, leap," from Italian voltare "to turn," from Vulgar Latin *volvitare "to turn, leap," frequentative of Latin volvere "to turn, turn around, roll" (see volvox). Related: Vaulted; vaulting.

vault (n.2): "a leap," especially using the hands or a pole, 1570s, from vault (v.1).

vault (v.2): "to form with a vault or arched roof," late 14c., from Old French vaulter, volter, from voute "arch, vaulted roof" (see vault (n.1)). Related: Vaulted; vaulting.

2. The shanghai vault will also hold art and luxury goods such as high-value mobile phones and designer handbags .

3. In america the coffin may then go into a cumbersome and expensive burial vault .

4. For some people , it 's having a scrooge mcduck vault of gold coins at their disposable .

5. The file is one of thousands of previously unreleased files that the fbi has made public in a new online resource called the vault .