volante
See also: Volante
EnglishEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Spanish volante (literally “flying”).
NounEdit
volante (plural volantes)
- (historical) A cumbrous two-wheeled pleasure carriage used in Cuba. The body is in front of the axle; the driver rides on the horse.
EsperantoEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdverbEdit
volante
- present adverbial active participle of voli
FrenchEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
volante
AnagramsEdit
InterlinguaEdit
ParticipleEdit
volante
ItalianEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
volante (plural volanti)
NounEdit
volante m (plural volanti)
- steering wheel (of a car)
- Italian police car
SynonymsEdit
- (noun) pantera
ParticipleEdit
volante (plural volanti)
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LatinEdit
ParticipleEdit
volante
PortugueseEdit
EtymologyEdit
Borrowed from Latin volāns, volantis. Compare the inherited doublet voante.
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
volante m or f (plural volantes)
SynonymsEdit
NounEdit
volante m (plural volantes)
- (vehicles) steering wheel
- Synonym: guiador
- (badminton) shuttlecock
- Synonym: peteca
See alsoEdit
SpanishEdit
PronunciationEdit
AdjectiveEdit
volante (plural volantes)
Derived termsEdit
NounEdit
volante m (plural volantes)
- (automotive) steering wheel
- flyer
- Synonym: volátil
- shuttlecock
Derived termsEdit
NounEdit
volante m or f (plural volantes)
Related termsEdit
Further readingEdit
- “volante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014