volante

Borrowed from Spanish volante (literally “flying”).

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.

• IPA^(key): /voˈlante/

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volante

1. present adverbial active participle of voli

• IPA^(key): /vɔ.lɑ̃t/

volante

1. feminine singular of volant

• envolât

volante

1. present participle of volar

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

volante (plural volanti)

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

volante m (plural volanti)

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

• (noun) pantera

volante (plural volanti)

1. present participle of volare

• idrovolante

• ventola

volante

1. ablative masculine/feminine/neuter singular of volāns

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

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

volante m or f (plural volantes)

1. flying
2. floating
3. loose

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

volante m (plural volantes)

1. (vehicles) steering wheel

   Synonym: guiador

2. (badminton) shuttlecock

   Synonym: peteca

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

volante (plural volantes)

1. flying

   Synonym: volador

2. loose

volante m (plural volantes)

1. (automotive) steering wheel
2. flyer

   Synonym: volátil

3. shuttlecock

volante m or f (plural volantes)

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

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