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From The Collaborative International Dictionary of English v.0.44 :   [ gcide ]

  Voluble \Vol"u*ble\, a. [L. volubilis, fr. volvere, volutum, to
     roll, to turn round; akin to Gr. ? to infold, to inwrap, ? to
     roll, G. welle a wave: cf. F. voluble. Cf. F. Well of
     water, Convolvulus, Devolve, Involve, Revolt, Vault
     an arch, Volume, Volute.]
     [1913 Webster]
     1. Easily rolling or turning; easily set in motion; apt to
        roll; rotating; as, voluble particles of matter.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     2. Moving with ease and smoothness in uttering words; of
        rapid speech; nimble in speaking; glib; as, a flippant,
        voluble, tongue.
        [1913 Webster]
  
              [Cassio,] a knave very voluble.       --Shak.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Note: Voluble was used formerly to indicate readiness of
           speech merely, without any derogatory suggestion. ``A
           grave and voluble eloquence.'' --Bp. Hacket.
           [1913 Webster]
  
     3. Changeable; unstable; fickle. [Obs.]
        [1913 Webster]
  
     4. (Bot.) Having the power or habit of turning or twining;
        as, the voluble stem of hop plants.
        [1913 Webster]
  
     Voluble stem (Bot.), a stem that climbs by winding, or
        twining, round another body.
        [1913 Webster] -- Vol"u*ble*ness, n. -- Vol"u*bly,
        adv.
        [1913 Webster]

From Webster's Revised Unabridged Dictionary (1913) :   [ web1913 ]

  Voluble \Vol"u*ble\, a. [L. volubilis, fr. volvere, volutum, to
     roll, to turn round; akin to Gr. ? to infold, to inwrap, ? to
     roll, G. welle a wave: cf. F. voluble. Cf. F. Well of
     water, Convolvulus, Devolve, Involve, Revolt, Vault
     an arch, Volume, Volute.]
     1. Easily rolling or turning; easily set in motion; apt to
        roll; rotating; as, voluble particles of matter.
  
     2. Moving with ease and smoothness in uttering words; of
        rapid speech; nimble in speaking; glib; as, a flippant,
        voluble, tongue.
  
              [Cassio,] a knave very voluble.       --Shak.
  
     Note: Voluble was used formerly to indicate readiness of
           speech merely, without any derogatory suggestion. ``A
           grave and voluble eloquence.'' --Bp. Hacket.
  
     3. Changeable; unstable; fickle. [Obs.]
  
     4. (Bot.) Having the power or habit of turning or twining;
        as, the voluble stem of hop plants.
  
     Voluble stem (Bot.), a stem that climbs by winding, or
        twining, round another body. -- Vol"u*ble*ness, n. --
        Vol"u*bly, adv.

From WordNet (r) 2.0 :   [ wn ]

  voluble
       adj : marked by a ready flow of speech; "she is an extremely
             voluble young woman who engages in soliloquies not
             conversations" [ant: taciturn]

From English Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  voluble
     Spanish a.
     (l en voluble); fickle

From English Wiktionary: English language only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-en-2023-07-27 ]

  voluble
     a.
     1 (lb en of a person or a manner of speaking) fluent or having a
  ready flow of speech.
     2 Of thoughts, feelings, or something that is expressed: express#Verb
  readily or at length and in a fluent manner.

From English Wiktionary: Western, Greek, and Slavonic languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western_Greek_Slavonic-2023-07-27 ]

  voluble
     Spanish a.
     (l en voluble); fickle

From English Wiktionary: Western languages only (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-en-Western-2023-07-27 ]

  voluble
     Spanish a.
     (l en voluble); fickle

From Finnish Wiktionary: All languages (2023-07-27) :   [ dictinfo.com:wikt-fi-ALL-2023-07-27 ]

  voluble
     Englanti a.
     vuolassanainen, sanavalmis

From English-Arabic FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.6.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ara ]

  Voluble /vˈɒlʌbəl/
  طلق اللسان

From English-български език FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-bul ]

  voluble //ˈvɑl.jə.bəl// //ˈvɒl.jʊ.bəl// 
  1. повратлив
  easily rolling or turning
  2. бъбрив
  fluent or having a ready flow of speech; garrulous or loquacious
  3. увивен
  twisting and turning like a vine

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  voluble /vˈɒlʌbəl/ 
  svazek

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  voluble /vˈɒlʌbəl/ 
  řečný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  voluble /vˈɒlʌbəl/ 
  hovorný

From English-Czech dicts.info/FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.3 :   [ freedict:eng-ces ]

  voluble /vˈɒlʌbəl/ 
  užvaněný

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  voluble /vˈɒlʌbəl/
  angeregt
           Note: Unterhaltung, Diskussion usw.
           Note: conversation; discussion etc.

From English - German Ding/FreeDict dictionary ver. 1.9-fd1 :   [ freedict:eng-deu ]

  voluble /vˈɒlʌbəl/
  redselig, redegewandt, wortgewandt, zungenfertig  [altertümlich]
           Note: Person
           Note: of a person

From English-suomi FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-fin ]

  voluble //ˈvɑl.jə.bəl// //ˈvɒl.jʊ.bəl// 
  1. sujuva 2.
  easily rolling or turning
   3.
  fluent or having a ready flow of speech; garrulous or loquacious
  2. käppyräinen
  twisting and turning like a vine

From English-Hindi FreeDict Dictionary ver. 1.6 :   [ freedict:eng-hin ]

  Voluble /vˈɒlʌbəl/ 
  1. वाचाल
        "She is an extremely voluble young woman who engages in rapid conversations"
  2. धाराप्रवाह
        "His speech was voluble"

From English-Croatian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.2 :   [ freedict:eng-hrv ]

  voluble /vˈɒlʌbəl/
  govorljiv, lako pokretljiv, rječit

From English-Hungarian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.2.1 :   [ freedict:eng-hun ]

  voluble /vˈɒlʌbəl/
  1. pergô
  2. bôbeszédû
  3. forgó
  4. futó
  5. beszédes
  6. gyors
  7. állhatatlan
  8. gördülékeny
  9. kapaszkodó
  10. csavarodó
  11. csapongó
  12. szapora
  13. forduló
  14. változékony
  15. gyorsan pergô
  16. szóbô
  17. ingatag

From English-日本語 (にほんご) FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-jpn ]

  voluble //ˈvɑl.jə.bəl// //ˈvɒl.jʊ.bəl// 
  口達者な, 弁舌のさわやかな
  fluent or having a ready flow of speech; garrulous or loquacious

From English-Norsk FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-nor ]

  voluble //ˈvɑl.jə.bəl// //ˈvɒl.jʊ.bəl// 
  ordrik
  fluent or having a ready flow of speech; garrulous or loquacious

From English - Polish Piotrowski+Saloni/FreeDict dictionary ver. 0.2 :   [ freedict:eng-pol ]

  voluble /ˈvɒljʊbəl/ 
    wymowny

From English-Svenska FreeDict+WikDict dictionary ver. 2023.05.29 :   [ freedict:eng-swe ]

  voluble //ˈvɑl.jə.bəl// //ˈvɒl.jʊ.bəl// 
  elokvent, munvig, pratglad, pratsam, talför, vältalig
  fluent or having a ready flow of speech; garrulous or loquacious

From English-Turkish FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.3 :   [ freedict:eng-tur ]

  voluble /vˈɒlʌbəl/
  1. konuşkan, söz akıcılığı olan
  2. çenebaz
  3. yuvarlanan
  4. (bot.) sarılan. volubility  çok ve çabuk konuşma, cerbeze. volubly  akıcı olarak.

From Spanish - Asturian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:spa-ast ]

  voluble /bolˈuβle/
  cimble

From Spanish - Asturian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:spa-ast ]

  voluble /bolˈuβle/
  voluble

From Spanish - Asturian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:spa-ast ]

  voluble /bolˈuβle/
  cambiadizu

From Spanish - Asturian FreeDict Dictionary ver. 0.1.1 :   [ freedict:spa-ast ]

  voluble /bolˈuβle/
  voluble

From IPA:en_US :   [ IPA:en_US ]

  

/ˈvɑɫjəbəɫ/

From IPA:es_MX :   [ IPA:es_MX ]

  

/boluβle/

From Moby Thesaurus II by Grady Ward, 1.0 :   [ moby-thesaurus ]

  36 Moby Thesaurus words for "voluble":
     all jaw, bombastic, candid, chatty, communicative, conversational,
     effusive, expansive, exuberant, flip, fluent, frank, gabby,
     garrulous, gassy, glib, gossipy, gregarious, gushy, long-winded,
     loquacious, multiloquent, multiloquious, newsy, overtalkative,
     profuse, prolix, silver-tongued, smooth, sociable, talkative,
     talky, verbose, vocative, windy, wordy
  
  

From Stardic English-Chinese Dictionary :   [ stardic ]

  adj.健谈的;多言的

From XDICT the English-Chinese dictionary :   [ xdict ]

     a. 流利的,健谈的,易旋转的,缠绕的

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