volant

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

• (UK) IPA^(key): /ˈvəʊlənt/

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.

• Voltan

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

volant (feminine volanta, masculine plural volants, feminine plural volantes)

1. flying

volant m (plural volants)

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

volant

1. present participle of volar

From French volant (“steering wheel”).

• IPA^(key): /ˈvolant/

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volant m

1. steering wheel

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

• IPA^(key): /vɔ.lɑ̃/

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volant

1. present participle of voler

   Voici un oiseau volant.

   Here's a flying bird.

volant m (plural volants)

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

• au volant

• “volant” in le Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

• lovant

French

volant m (invariable)

1. frill, flounce

volant

1. third-person plural present active indicative of volō