volant

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English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

Adjective

volant (not comparable)

  1. (heraldry) Having extended wings as if flying.
    • 1864, Bernard Burke, The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales: Comprising a Registry of Armorial Bearings from the Earliest to the Present Time, page 342:
      Crest - A horseshoe ar. betw. two wings volant sa. Farrer
    • 1924, The Publications of the Harleian Society, page 73:
      A demi-ostrich, wings volant proper.
  2. (heraldry) Represented as unsupported in the air.
    A marlet volant.
    • 1864, Bernard Burke, The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales: Comprising a Registry of Armorial Bearings from the Earliest to the Present Time, page 553:
      A martlet volant. Motto - In Deo solo spes mea. Kay
  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, published 2005, page 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.

Derived terms

Anagrams

Catalan

Pronunciation

Adjective

volant m or f (masculine and feminine plural volants)

  1. flying

Noun

volant m (plural volants)

  1. steering wheel, handwheel
  2. (badminton) shuttlecock
  3. badminton
  4. tassel
  5. (clothing) fringe, ruffle
  6. (medicine) referral

Derived terms

Verb

volant

  1. gerund of volar

Further reading

Czech

Etymology

Borrowed from French volant (“steering wheel”).

Pronunciation

Noun

volant m inan

  1. steering wheel

Declension

Declension of volant (hard masculine inanimate)
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
  • volant in Internetová jazyková příručka

French

Pronunciation

Participle

volant

  1. present participle of voler
    Voici un oiseau volant.
    Here's a flying bird.

Derived terms

Noun

volant m (plural volants)

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

Derived terms

Descendants

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

Further reading

Anagrams

Italian

Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French volant.

Noun

volant m (invariable)

  1. frill, flounce

Further reading

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

Latin

Verb

volant

  1. third-person plural present active indicative of volō

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

Noun

volant m

  1. steering wheel
    Synonym: sters

Slovak

Pronunciation

Noun

volant m inan (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 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, 2024
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