# volant
## English
### Etymology

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

### Pronunciation

* (UK) IPA: /ˈvəʊlənt/
** Audio (Southern England):(file)
* (General American) IPA: /ˈvoʊlənt/
* Rhymes: (UK) -əʊlənt, (General American) -oʊlənt

### Adjective

volant (not comparable)
* (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.
* (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
* 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, […]
* 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

* volant piece

### Anagrams

* Voltan

## Catalan
### Pronunciation

* IPA: (Central) [buˈlan]
* IPA: (Balearic, Valencia) [voˈlant]

### Adjective

volant m or f (masculine and feminine plural volants)
* flying

### Noun

volant m (plural volants)
* steering wheel, handwheel
* (badminton) shuttlecock
* badminton
* tassel
* (clothing) fringe, ruffle
* (medicine) referral

#### Derived terms

* volant de direcció
* volant d'inèrcia
* volantí

### Verb

volant
* gerund of volar

### Further reading

* “volant” in Diccionari de la llengua catalana, segona edició, Institut d’Estudis Catalans.

## Czech
### Etymology

Borrowed from French volant (“steering wheel”).

### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈvolant]
* Audio:(file)

### Noun

volant m inan
* steering wheel

#### Declension
### Further reading

* “volant”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957
* “volant”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989
* “volant”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech)

## French
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vɔ.lɑ̃/
* Audio:(file)

### Participle

volant
* present participle of voler

### Adjective

volant (feminine volante, masculine plural volants, feminine plural volantes)
* flying
    soucoupe volante ― flying saucer
    objet volant non identifié ― unidentified flying object
    tapis volant ― magic carpet (literally, “flying carpet”)
    poisson volant ― flying fish
    feuille volante ― (please add an English translation of this usage example)
    renard volant ― flying fox

#### Derived terms

* cerf-volant

### Noun

volant m (plural volants)
* steering wheel
    Coordinate terms: guidon, barre
    prendre le volant ― to take the wheel
    au volant ― at the wheel
    fou du volant ― car buff, petrolhead; speeder
* (technical) flywheel
* flounce
* (badminton) shuttlecock, birdie

#### Descendants

* → Czech: volant
* → Danish: volant
* → German: Volant
* → Italian: volant
* → Swedish: volang
* → Turkish: volan
* → Vietnamese: vô-lăng

### Further reading

* “volant”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.

### Anagrams

* lovant

## Italian
### Etymology

Unadapted borrowing from French volant.

### Noun

volant m (invariable)
* frill, flounce

### Further reading

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

## Latin
### Verb

volant
* third-person plural present active indicative of volō

## Piedmontese
### Pronunciation

* IPA: /vuˈlaŋt/

### Noun

volant m
* steering wheel
    Synonym: sters

## Slovak
### Pronunciation

* IPA: [ˈvɔlant]

### Noun

volant m inan (genitive singular volanta, volantu, nominative plural volanty, genitive plural volantov, declension pattern of dub)
* steering wheel

#### Declension
### 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