vol
巻
解説 Definition
vol は volume（巻、冊、号）の略語です。本や漫画、雑誌などの巻数を示すときに使われ、標準的な日常語というより表記上の短縮形です。
A written abbreviation for volume when it means one book in a series, one bound part of a larger work, or a numbered issue. It is normally followed by a number, as in vol. 2, and may be written with a period.
覚え方のコツ Memory Tip
volume「巻・冊・号」を先頭3文字に縮めた表記と覚える。vol 1、vol 2 のように番号の前に置かれ、書誌や漫画の巻数表示では vol. とピリオド付きにもなる。volume はラテン語 volumen「巻物」に由来するため、巻かれた一単位が本の「一巻」になったというつながりも記憶に役立つ。
Treat vol as the first three letters of volume, not as an independent everyday word. In publishing and catalogues, volume can mean one book, bound part, or numbered unit in a series, so labels such as vol. 1 and vol. 3 identify particular installments. The abbreviation is often written vol. with a period, although compact labels may omit it. The older history of volume also helps: its Latin ancestor meant a roll or scroll, something wound around itself. That physical “roll” developed into the idea of one complete textual unit and eventually a numbered book in a set.
例文
I bought vol 2 of the comic.
その漫画の第2巻を買いました。
Please read vol 1 first.
まず第1巻を読んでください。
The library has vol 3 on the shelf.
図書館の棚に第3巻があります。
vol の類義語・関連語
vol の語源・成り立ち Etymology
vol は volume「巻」の略。volume は古フランス語を経てラテン語 volumen「巻物・一巻」に由来し、さらに volvere「巻く・回す」にさかのぼるので、本の「巻」はもともと巻物をひと巻きした単位だったとわかる。関連語は volume, revolve。
Vol is a conventional abbreviation of volume. English volume came through Old French from Latin volumen, meaning a roll, scroll, or something wound, which was derived from volvere, “to roll” or “to turn.” Before the codex became standard, a substantial text could occupy a single scroll; this connection allowed the word to develop the sense of one book or numbered part of a larger work.
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