volantとは 意味・読み方・使い方

発音

• (英国発音) IPA: /ˈvəʊlənt/
• (General American) IPA: /ˈvoʊlənt/
• 韻: (英国発音) -əʊlənt, (General American) -oʊlənt

形容詞

volant (not comparable)

1. (heraldry) Having extended wings as if flying.
   • 1864, Bernard Burke, The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales: Comprising a Registry of Armorial Bearings from the Earliest to the Present Time, page 342:

     Crest - A horseshoe ar. betw. two wings volant sa. Farrer

   • 1924, The Publications of the Harleian Society, page 73:

     A demi-ostrich, wings volant proper.

2. (heraldry) Represented as unsupported in the air.
   • 1864, Bernard Burke, The General Armory of England, Scotland, Ireland, and Wales: Comprising a Registry of Armorial Bearings from the Earliest to the Present Time, page 553:

     A martlet volant. Motto - In Deo solo spes mea. Kay

3. Flying, or able to fly.
   • 1657, Philemon Holland, The Philosophie, Commonly Called, the Morals, Written by the Learned Philosopher, Plutarch, page 525:

     Alexander the Great […] lanced himself in manner of a Star Volant in the Air, leaping out of the East into the West, […]

4. Moving quickly or lightly, as though flying; nimble.
   • 1891, Mary Noailles Murfree, In the "Stranger People's" Country, Nebraska, published 2005, page 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.

派生語

アナグラム

• Voltan