voante

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Portuguese[edit]

Etymology[edit]

From Latin volantem.[1] By surface analysis, voar +‎ -ante. Doublet of volante. First attested in 1516..

Pronunciation[edit]

 
 

Adjective[edit]

voante m or f (plural voantes)

  1. airborne; flying (in flight)
  2. flying (able to fly)
    Synonym: voador
  3. (Heraldry) flying
  4. (figurative) fast, swift
    • 1516, Garcia de Resende, “De Diogo Velho”, in Cancioneiro Geral[1], page 183:
      O dos muy lindos buſcãtes, / rraſteyros, & tam voantes, / caçadores rraſtejantes, / que caçam çaça [sic] rreal.
      He who owns the very beautiful tracker hounds, / grovelers, and so swift, / crawling hunters, / who hunt the royal hunt.
  5. (figurative) ephemeral; short-lived

References[edit]

  1. ^ voante” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.

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