volan

From French volant.

volan

1. flying fish

• IPA^(key): /ˈvolan/

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• Rhymes: -olan
• Syllabification: vo‧lan

volan

1. accusative singular of vola

• IPA^(key): /ˈvo.lan/
• Rhymes: -olan
• Hyphenation: vó‧lan

volan

1. apocopic form of volano (“they fly”)

Borrowed from French volant.

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volan n (plural volane)

1. steering wheel

• mașină

Borrowed from French volant.

• IPA^(key): /ʋǒlaːn/

vòlān m inan (Cyrillic spelling во̀ла̄н)

1. steering wheel

   Synonym: upravljač

   za volanom ― behind the wheel

• “volan”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2026

From French volant.

• IPA^(key): /ʋɔláːn/

volȃn m inan

1. steering wheel

• “volan”, in Slovarji Inštituta za slovenski jezik Frana Ramovša ZRC SAZU, portal Fran
• “volan”, in Termania, Amebis
• See also the general references

Inherited from Ottoman Turkish وولان (volan), from French volant (“steering wheel; flywheel; flounce”).

• IPA^(key): /voˈɫan/
• Hyphenation: vo‧lan

volan (definite accusative volanı, plural volanlar)

1. flywheel, a rotating mass used to maintain the speed of a machine within certain limits
2. flounce, ruffle, a strip of decorative material, usually pleated, attached along one edge

   Synonym: sayvan

• “volan”, in Turkish dictionaries, Türk Dil Kurumu
• Ayverdi, İlhan (2010), “volan”, in Misalli Büyük Türkçe Sözlük, a reviewed and expanded single-volume edition, Istanbul: Kubbealtı Neşriyatı
• Çağbayır, Yaşar (2007), “volan”, in Ötüken Türkçe Sözlük (in Turkish), volume 5, Istanbul: Ötüken Neşriyat, page 5130
• Nişanyan, Sevan (2002–), “volan”, in Nişanyan Sözlük