different between volant vs nonvolant

English

Etymology

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

Pronunciation

• (UK) IPA^(key): /?v??l?nt/

Adjective

volant (not comparable)

1. (heraldry) Having extended wings as if flying.
2. (heraldry) Represented as unsupported in the air.
3. Flying, or able to fly.
4. Moving quickly or lightly, as though flying; nimble.
   • 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska 2005, p. 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.

Anagrams

• Voltan

Catalan

Pronunciation

• (Balearic, Valencian) IPA^(key): /vo?lant/
• (Central) IPA^(key): /bu?lan/

Adjective

volant (masculine and feminine plural volants)

1. flying

Noun

volant m (plural volants)

1. steering wheel
2. (badminton) shuttlecock
3. badminton
4. tassel

Verb

volant

1. present participle of volar

Czech

Etymology

From French volant (“steering wheel”).

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /?volant/

Noun

volant m

1. steering wheel

Declension

Further reading

• volant in P?íru?ní slovník jazyka ?eského, 1935–1957
• volant in Slovník spisovného jazyka ?eského, 1960–1971, 1989

French

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /v?.l??/

Participle

volant

1. present participle of voler

Noun

volant m (plural volants)

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

Derived terms

• au volant
• femme au volant, mort au tournant
• prendre le volant
• soucoupe volante

Descendants

• ? Czech: volant
• ? Danish: volant
• ? German: Volant
• ? Italian: volant
• ? Vietnamese: vô-l?ng

Further reading

• “volant” in Trésor de la langue française informatisé (The Digitized Treasury of the French Language).

Anagrams

• lovant

Italian

Etymology

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 vol?

Piedmontese

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /vu?la?t/

Noun

volant m

1. steering wheel

   Synonym: sters

Slovak

Etymology

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): [?volant]

Noun

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

1. steering wheel

Declension

Further reading

• volant in Slovak dictionaries at korpus.sk

English

Alternative forms

• non-volant

Etymology

From non- +? volant.

Adjective

nonvolant (not comparable)

1. Incapable of flight.
   • 20178, Hanneke Meijer, The Guardian, 1 March:

     Given this ability for long-distance oceanic dispersal, giant tortoises must have been often among the first large, non-volant vertebrates to colonize islands.