volley

== English == === Etymology === From Middle French volée (“flight”), from Vulgar Latin volta, from Late Latin volatus. === Pronunciation === (Received Pronunciation) IPA(key): /ˈvɒli/ (General American) IPA(key): /ˈvɑli/ Rhymes: -ɒli === Noun === volley (plural volleys) The simultaneous firing of a number of missiles or bullets; the projectiles so fired. A burst or emission of many things at once. (sports) The flight of a ball just before it bounces. (sports) A shot in which the ball is played before it hits the ground. (cricket) A sending of the ball full to the top of the wicket. ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Descendants ==== → Cantonese: 窩利 / 窝利 (wo1 lei6-2) → German: Volley → Polish: wolej → Portuguese: vólei ==== Translations ==== === Verb === volley (third-person singular simple present volleys, present participle volleying, simple past and past participle volleyed) (transitive) To fire a volley of shots (sports, transitive) To hit the ball before it touches the ground (intransitive) To be fired in a volley (sports, intransitive) To make a volley To sound together ==== Derived terms ==== half volley scorpion volley volleyball ==== Translations ==== === Anagrams === Lovely, lovely == French == === Etymology === Clipping of volleyball. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /vɔ.lɛ/, /vɔ.le/ === Noun === volley m (uncountable) (sports, colloquial) volleyball Synonyms: volley-ball, volleyball === Further reading === “volley”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Italian == === Etymology === Pseudo-anglicism, derived from volleyball; a clipping. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈvɔl.lej/ Rhymes: -ɔllej Hyphenation: vòl‧ley === Noun === volley m (invariable) volleyball Synonym: pallavolo ==== Derived terms ==== vollistico