volant

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvəʊlənt/

• Audio (Southern England):

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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.
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

• IPA^(key): (Central) [buˈlan]
• IPA^(key): (Balearic, Valencia) [voˈlant]

Adjective

volant m or f (masculine and feminine plural volants)

1. flying

Noun

volant m (plural volants)

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

Verb

volant

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Czech

Etymology

From French volant (“steering wheel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ˈvolant/

• audio:

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Noun

1. steering wheel

Further reading

• Template:R:PSJC
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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɔ.lɑ̃/

• audio:

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Participle

volant

1. present participle of voler

   Voici un oiseau volant.

   Here's a flying bird.

Derived terms

• 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
• 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 (uncountable)

1. frill, flounce

Further reading

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

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Latin

Verb

(deprecated template usage) 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): [ˈvɔlant]

Noun

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 Slovníkový portál Jazykovedného ústavu Ľ. Štúra SAV [Dictionary portal of the Ľ. Štúr Institute of Linguistics, Slovak Academy of Science] (in Slovak), https://slovnik.juls.savba.sk, 2003–2025