volant
/ˈvoʊlənt/adjective
volant is an adjective meaning “Having extended wings as if flying” (English Wiktionary, September 2026). It is spelled V-O-L-A-N-T, and it appears about once in every 16 million words in written English (wordfreq, 2021 data).
What does volant mean?
adjective
- 1
Having extended wings as if flying.
- 2
Represented as unsupported in the air.
- 3
Flying, or able to fly.
- 4
Moving quickly or lightly, as though flying; nimble.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).
How do you pronounce volant?
- UK /ˈvəʊlənt/
- US /ˈvoʊlənt/
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract). Recordings: LL-Q1860_(eng)-Vealhurl-volant.wav, Wikimedia Commons (author and licence on each file's page).
How common is volant?
Volant appears about once in every 16 million words in written English, the 119,826th most frequent word form in the list.
Source: written frequency: wordfreq 3.1 (a 2021 snapshot of Wikipedia, subtitles, news, books, web text and social media).
Where does volant come from?
From Middle French volant, present participle of voler (“to fly”), from Latin volāre.
Source: English Wiktionary, dump of September 2, 2026 (CC BY-SA 4.0), through kaikki.org (Wiktextract).