envolée

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French

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Noun

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envolée f (plural envolées)

  1. (literal and figurative) flight
    envolée lyrique
    flight of lyricism, waxing lyrical
  2. a group of objects in flight or being blown by the wind
    une envolée de feuilles d’automne
    autumn leaves in flight
  3. surge, rise

Participle

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envolée f sg

  1. feminine singular of envolé

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