volet

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English

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closed triptych showing the backside of the two volets (sense 2)

Etymology

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Borrowed from French volet.

Noun

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volet (plural volets)

  1. A shutter on a window.
  2. (art) Either wing of a triptych.
    • 2009, Mario Buhagiar, Essays on the Knights and Art and Architecture in Malta, 1500–1798, →ISBN, page 85:
      Painted on panel, and possibly the central volet of a triptych, it showed an enthroned Madonna rescuing from Satan a young man whom she clutches by the wrist.

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French

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Etymology

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From voler.

Pronunciation

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  • IPA(key): /vɔ.lɛ/
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Noun

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volet m (plural volets)

  1. (window) shutter
  2. (aviation) flap
  3. (art) volet, wing (of a triptych)
  4. (figurative) section, part (of a trilogy, plan, etc.)
    • 2023 October 21, “L’Assemblée nationale rejette les motions de censure du RN et de LFI, le premier volet du budget 2024 adopté”, in Le Monde.fr[1]:
      L’Assemblée nationale rejette les motions de censure du RN et de LFI, le premier volet du budget 2024 adopté [title]
      (please add an English translation of this quotation)
  5. (rare) nenuphar

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Latin

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Etymology 1

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From volō (I fly).

Verb

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volet

  1. third-person singular present active subjunctive of volō

Etymology 2

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From volō (I wish).

Verb

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volet

  1. third-person singular future active indicative of volō