volant

English

Etymology

From Middle French volant, present participle of voler (“to fly”), from Latin volāre.

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈvəʊlənt/

• Audio (Southern England)

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• (US) IPA^(key): /ˈvoʊlənt/

Adjective

volant (not comparable)

1. (heraldry) Having extended wings as if flying.
2. (heraldry) Represented as unsupported in the air.
3. Flying, or able to fly.
   • 1657, Philemon Holland, The Philosophie, Commonly Called, the Morals, Written by the Learned Philosopher, Plutarch, page 525:

     Alexander the Great […] lanced himself in manner of a Star Volant in the Air, leaping out of the East into the West, […]

4. Moving quickly or lightly, as though flying; nimble.
   • 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska 2005, p. 209:

     he turned to catch through the trees a flitting glimpse of her light dress, her volant attitude, as she sped silently and secretly back to the waiting group on the porch.

Anagrams

• Voltan

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Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /voˈlant/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /buˈlan/

Adjective

volant (masculine and feminine plural volants)

1. flying

Noun

volant m (plural volants)

1. steering wheel
2. (badminton) shuttlecock
3. badminton
4. tassel

Derived terms

• volantí

Verb

volant

1. present participle of volar

Further reading

• “volant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

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Czech

Etymology

From French volant (“steering wheel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvolant/

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Noun

volant m

1. steering wheel

Declension

Declension

	singular	plural
nominative	volant	volanty
genitive	volantu	volantů
dative	volantu	volantům
accusative	volant	volanty
vocative	volante	volanty
locative	volantě, volantu	volantech
instrumental	volantem	volanty

Further reading

• volant in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
• volant in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɔ.lɑ̃/

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Participle

volant

1. present participle of voler

   Voici un oiseau volant.

   Here's a flying bird.

Derived terms

• cerf-volant
• feuille volante
• renard volant
• tapis volant

Noun

volant m (plural volants)

1. steering wheel
2. (technical) flywheel
3. flounce
4. (badminton) shuttlecock, birdie

Derived terms

• au volant
• femme au volant, mort au tournant
• fou du volant
• prendre le volant
• soucoupe volante

Descendants

• → Czech: volant
• → Danish: volant
• → German: Volant
• → Italian: volant
• → Vietnamese: vô-lăng

Further reading

• “volant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

Anagrams

• lovant

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Italian

Etymology

From French volant.

Noun

volant m (invariable)

1. frill, flounce

Further reading

• volant in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana

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Latin

Verb

volant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of volō

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Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vuˈlaŋt/

Noun

volant m

1. steering wheel

   Synonym: sters

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Slovak

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [ˈvolant]

Noun

volant m (genitive singular volanta, volantu, nominative plural volanty, genitive plural volantov, declension pattern of dub)

1. steering wheel

Declension

Declension of volant

	singular	plural
nominative	volant	volanty
genitive	volanta, volantu	volantov
dative	volantu	volantom
accusative	volant	volanty
locative	volante	volantoch
instrumental	volantom	volantmi

Further reading

• volant in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk