Polyglot Dictionary

volant

/vɔ.lɑ̃/

le noun A2

le (masc.) la (fem.)

Underline = a spelling pattern that usually signals that gender.

N Register Neutral Era Current Frequency Core Domain General Tone Neutral

Forms

plural
les volants

Meaning

  1. steering wheel

    • Elle tient fermement le volant sur la route glissante.

      She holds the steering wheel firmly on the slippery road.

N Category Thing Concreteness Concrete Animacy Inanimate Countability Countable Scope Individual

Similar words

roue

Close — a steering wheel is a type of wheel.

Similar in other languages

German

Lenkrad

Lenkrad is the German word for the same thing — both mean "steering wheel."

Spanish

volante

volante is the Spanish word for the same thing — both mean "steering wheel."

Portuguese

volante

volante is the Portuguese word for the same thing — both mean "steering wheel."

Practice

1 What does volant mean?

2 Fill the gap: Elle tient fermement le ___ sur la route glissante.

3 Which fingerprint chart matches volant?

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