volante

See also: Volante

English

Etymology

Borrowed from Spanish volante (literally “flying”).

Noun

volante (plural volantes)

1. (historical) A cumbrous two-wheeled pleasure carriage used in Cuba. The body is in front of the axle; the driver rides on the horse.

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Esperanto

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /voˈlante/

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Adverb

volante

1. present adverbial active participle of voli

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French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vɔ.lɑ̃t/

Adjective

volante

1. feminine singular of volant

Anagrams

• envolât

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Interlingua

Participle

volante

1. present participle of volar

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Italian

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /voˈlan.te/
• Rhymes: -ante
• Hyphenation: vo‧làn‧te

Adjective

volante (plural volanti)

1. flying
2. loose (of a page)
3. freelance

Noun

volante m (plural volanti)

1. steering wheel (of a car)
2. Italian police car

Synonyms

• (noun) pantera

Participle

volante (plural volanti)

1. present participle of volare

Derived terms

• idrovolante

Anagrams

• ventola

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Latin

Participle

volante

1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of volāns

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Portuguese

volante (1)

volante (2)

Etymology

Borrowed from Latin volāns, volantis. Compare the inherited doublet voante.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /voˈlɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /voˈlɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /voˈlɐ̃.te/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /vuˈlɐ̃.t(ɨ)/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɐ̃tʃi, (Portugal) -ɐ̃tɨ
• Hyphenation: vo‧lan‧te

Adjective

volante m or f (plural volantes)

1. flying
2. floating
3. loose

Synonyms

• voante
• (flying): voador, alado
• (floating): flutuante

Noun

volante m (plural volantes)

1. (vehicles) steering wheel

   Synonym: guiador

2. (badminton) shuttlecock

   Synonym: peteca

See also

• guidom

 

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Spanish

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /boˈlante/ [boˈlãn̪.t̪e]
• Rhymes: -ante
• Hyphenation: vo‧lan‧te

Adjective

volante (plural volantes)

1. flying

   Synonym: volador

2. loose

Derived terms

• ciervo volante
• platillo volante

 

Noun

volante m (plural volantes)

1. (automotive) steering wheel
2. flyer

   Synonym: volátil

3. shuttlecock

Derived terms

• volantear

Noun

volante m or f (plural volantes)

1. driver
2. (Peru, Chile, soccer) winger

Related terms

• volar

Further reading

• “volante”, in Diccionario de la lengua española, Vigésima tercera edición, Real Academia Española, 2014