voante
Portuguese edit
Etymology edit
From Latin volantem.[1] By surface analysis, voar + -ante. Doublet of volante. First attested in 1516..
Pronunciation edit
Adjective edit
voante m or f (plural voantes)
- airborne; flying (in flight)
- flying (able to fly)
- Synonym: voador
- (Heraldry) flying
- (figurative) fast, swift
- 1516, Garcia de Resende, “De Diogo Velho”, in Cancioneiro Geral[1], page 183:
- O dos muy lindos buſcãtes, / rraſteyros, & tam voantes, / caçadores rraſtejantes, / que caçam çaça [sic] rreal.
- He who owns the very beautiful tracker hounds, / grovelers, and so swift, / crawling hunters, / who hunt the royal hunt.
- (figurative) ephemeral; short-lived
References edit
- ^ “voante” in Dicionário infopédia da Língua Portuguesa. Porto: Porto Editora, 2003–2024.