"volant" meaning in French

See volant in All languages combined, or Wiktionary

Adjective

IPA: /vɔ.lɑ̃/ Audio: Fr-volant.ogg Forms: volante [feminine], volants [masculine, plural], volantes [feminine, plural]
Head templates: {{fr-adj}} volant (feminine volante, masculine plural volants, feminine plural volantes)
  1. flying Categories (topical): Auto parts Derived forms: cerf-volant
    Sense id: en-volant-fr-adj-ofleT25e Disambiguation of Auto parts: 18 23 28 9 18 3 Categories (other): French terms with collocations, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 26 22 29 8 15 1

Noun

IPA: /vɔ.lɑ̃/ Audio: Fr-volant.ogg Forms: volants [plural]
Head templates: {{fr-noun|m}} volant m (plural volants)
  1. steering wheel Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Auto parts
    Sense id: en-volant-fr-noun-nVBLpY~R Disambiguation of Auto parts: 18 23 28 9 18 3 Categories (other): French terms with collocations, French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 26 22 29 8 15 1
  2. (technical) flywheel Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Auto parts
    Sense id: en-volant-fr-noun-JJ~NWHnu Disambiguation of Auto parts: 18 23 28 9 18 3 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 26 22 29 8 15 1 Topics: engineering, natural-sciences, physical-sciences, technical
  3. flounce Tags: masculine
    Sense id: en-volant-fr-noun-V63kyumV
  4. (badminton) shuttlecock, birdie Tags: masculine Categories (topical): Badminton, Auto parts
    Sense id: en-volant-fr-noun-9UjWF87n Disambiguation of Auto parts: 18 23 28 9 18 3 Categories (other): French entries with incorrect language header Disambiguation of French entries with incorrect language header: 26 22 29 8 15 1

Verb

IPA: /vɔ.lɑ̃/ Audio: Fr-volant.ogg
Head templates: {{head|fr|present participle}} volant
  1. present participle of voler Tags: form-of, participle, present Form of: voler
    Sense id: en-volant-fr-verb-BdDKZsxq

Inflected forms

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          "text": "objet volant non identifié",
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          "english": "magic carpet (literally, “flying carpet”)",
          "text": "tapis volant",
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        },
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        },
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          "text": "feuille volante",
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          "english": "flying fox",
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          "english": "to take the wheel",
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      ],
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ]
    }
  ],
  "sounds": [
    {
      "ipa": "/vɔ.lɑ̃/"
    },
    {
      "audio": "Fr-volant.ogg",
      "mp3_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/transcoded/d/d8/Fr-volant.ogg/Fr-volant.ogg.mp3",
      "ogg_url": "https://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/d/d8/Fr-volant.ogg"
    }
  ],
  "word": "volant"
}

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