volant
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English[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From Middle French volant, present participle of voler (“to fly”), from Latin volāre.
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
volant (not comparable)
- (heraldry) Having extended wings as if flying.
- (heraldry) Represented as unsupported in the air.
- 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, […]
- 1657, Philemon Holland, The Philosophie, Commonly Called, the Morals, Written by the Learned Philosopher, Plutarch, page 525:
- 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.
- 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska 2005, p. 209:
Anagrams[edit]
Catalan[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Adjective[edit]
volant (masculine and feminine plural volants)
Noun[edit]
volant m (plural volants)
Derived terms[edit]
Verb[edit]
volant
- present participle of volar
Further reading[edit]
- “volant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.
Czech[edit]
Etymology[edit]
From French volant (“steering wheel”).
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
volant m
Declension[edit]
Declension
Further reading[edit]
- volant in Příruční slovník jazyka českého, 1935–1957
- volant in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého, 1960–1971, 1989
French[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Participle[edit]
volant
- present participle of voler
- Voici un oiseau volant.
- Here's a flying bird.
Derived terms[edit]
Noun[edit]
volant m (plural volants)
- steering wheel
- (technical) flywheel
- flounce
- (badminton) shuttlecock, birdie
Derived terms[edit]
Descendants[edit]
Further reading[edit]
- “volant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Anagrams[edit]
Italian[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Noun[edit]
volant m (invariable)
Further reading[edit]
- volant in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana
Latin[edit]
Verb[edit]
volant
Piedmontese[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
volant m
- steering wheel
- Synonym: sters
Slovak[edit]
Etymology[edit]
Pronunciation[edit]
Noun[edit]
volant m (genitive singular volanta, volantu, nominative plural volanty, genitive plural volantov, declension pattern of dub)
Declension[edit]
Declension of volant
Further reading[edit]
- volant in Slovak dictionaries at slovnik.juls.savba.sk
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