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Meaning of "volitant" in the English dictionary

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ETYMOLOGY OF THE WORD VOLITANT

From Latin volitāre to flit, from volāre to fly.
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Etymology is the study of the origin of words and their changes in structure and significance.
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PRONUNCIATION OF VOLITANT

volitant  [ˈvɒlɪtənt] play
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GRAMMATICAL CATEGORY OF VOLITANT

noun
adjective
verb
adverb
pronoun
preposition
conjunction
determiner
exclamation
Volitant is an adjective.
The adjective is the word that accompanies the noun to determine or qualify it.

WHAT DOES VOLITANT MEAN IN ENGLISH?

Definition of volitant in the English dictionary

The definition of volitant in the dictionary is flying or moving about rapidly. Other definition of volitant is capable of flying.


WORDS THAT RHYME WITH VOLITANT


blatant
ˈbleɪtənt
competent
ˈkɒmpɪtənt
concomitant
kənˈkɒmɪtənt
excitant
ɪkˈsaɪtənt
exorbitant
ɪɡˈzɔːbɪtənt
habitant
ˈhæbɪtənt
hesitant
ˈhɛzɪtənt
incompetent
ɪnˈkɒmpɪtənt
intermittent
ˌɪntəˈmɪtənt
irritant
ˈɪrɪtənt
latent
ˈleɪtənt
militant
ˈmɪlɪtənt
nonmilitant
ˌnɒnˈmɪlɪtənt
palpitant
ˈpælpɪtənt
penitent
ˈpɛnɪtənt
rehabilitant
ˌriːhəˈbɪlɪtənt
supermilitant
ˌsuːpərˈmɪlɪtənt
supernatant
ˌsuːpəˈneɪtənt
ultramilitant
ˌʌltrəˈmɪlɪtənt
visitant
ˈvɪzɪtənt

WORDS THAT BEGIN LIKE VOLITANT

volcanologic
volcanological
volcanologist
volcanology
vole
volet
Volga
Volgograd
volitate
volitation
volitational
volitient
volition
volitional
volitionally
volitionary
volitionless
volitive
volitorial

WORDS THAT END LIKE VOLITANT

abirritant
annuitant
assistant
cohabitant
concubitant
counterirritant
crepitant
equitant
incapacitant
incitant
incogitant
infinitant
latitant
nonirritant
oscitant
precipitant
regurgitant
resuscitant
revisitant
solicitant
strepitant

Synonyms and antonyms of volitant in the English dictionary of synonyms

SYNONYMS

Translation of «volitant» into 25 languages

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TRANSLATION OF VOLITANT

Find out the translation of volitant to 25 languages with our English multilingual translator.
The translations of volitant from English to other languages presented in this section have been obtained through automatic statistical translation; where the essential translation unit is the word «volitant» in English.

Translator English - Chinese

飞翔的
1,325 millions of speakers

Translator English - Spanish

volitant
570 millions of speakers

English

volitant
510 millions of speakers

Translator English - Hindi

volitant
380 millions of speakers
ar

Translator English - Arabic

volitant
280 millions of speakers

Translator English - Russian

volitant
278 millions of speakers

Translator English - Portuguese

volitant
270 millions of speakers

Translator English - Bengali

volitant
260 millions of speakers

Translator English - French

volitant
220 millions of speakers

Translator English - Malay

Volantant
190 millions of speakers

Translator English - German

volitant
180 millions of speakers

Translator English - Japanese

volitant
130 millions of speakers

Translator English - Korean

volitant
85 millions of speakers

Translator English - Javanese

Volatant
85 millions of speakers
vi

Translator English - Vietnamese

volitant
80 millions of speakers

Translator English - Tamil

volitant
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Marathi

उडू देणारे
75 millions of speakers

Translator English - Turkish

Volitant
70 millions of speakers

Translator English - Italian

volitant
65 millions of speakers

Translator English - Polish

volitant
50 millions of speakers

Translator English - Ukrainian

volitant
40 millions of speakers

Translator English - Romanian

volitant
30 millions of speakers
el

Translator English - Greek

volitant
15 millions of speakers
af

Translator English - Afrikaans

volitant
14 millions of speakers
sv

Translator English - Swedish

volitant
10 millions of speakers
no

Translator English - Norwegian

volitant
5 millions of speakers

Trends of use of volitant

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TENDENCIES OF USE OF THE TERM «VOLITANT»

The term «volitant» is used very little and occupies the 171.155 position in our list of most widely used terms in the English dictionary.
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FREQUENCY OF USE OF THE TERM «VOLITANT» OVER TIME

The graph expresses the annual evolution of the frequency of use of the word «volitant» during the past 500 years. Its implementation is based on analysing how often the term «volitant» appears in digitalised printed sources in English between the year 1500 and the present day.

Examples of use in the English literature, quotes and news about volitant

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10 ENGLISH BOOKS RELATING TO «VOLITANT»

Discover the use of volitant in the following bibliographical selection. Books relating to volitant and brief extracts from same to provide context of its use in English literature.
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The Fishes of North and Middle America: A Descriptive ...
Foiss., Ill, 325, 1802 (piraptda- volitant) ; adults of the American species. ( ionocephalua, (iRONOW, Cat. Fish., Ed. Gray, 106, 18ft {macrocephalut ^ volitant ). Character of the genus included above. Two species known, the following and the ...
David Starr Jordan, Barton Warren Evermann, 1898
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Smoke Papers of the Chicago Association of Commerce, ...
O The volitant or travelin cs acit of dust is an attribute of importance in the present connection. It nae already been noted that while some kinds of particles of dust may fall readily, others remain suspended in the air, and are carried long ...
Chicago Association of Commerce and Industry. Committee of Investigation on Smoke Abatement and Electrification of Railway Terminals, 1915
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Jane Dolinger: The Adventurous Life of an American Travel Writer
Lenniger: Ijust happened by the magazine storeand came upontheJune [1961] issue of SOUTH SEASTORIES, which Inote,is one of Volitant's publications. On page 18 appearsoneofmyold articles,“ISAW A PAGAN ORGY”, which is the exact  ...
Lawrence Abbott, 2010
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Q. Horatii Flacci Opera. The Works of Horace: the Commentary ...
Pacatum. volitant. per. mare. navitae: Culpari metuit F ides: ao N ullis polluitur casta domus stuprisz Mos et lex maculosum edomuit nefas: Laudantur simili prole puerperæz. Culpam. Poena. premit. comes. Quis Parthum paveat P quis gelidum ...
Horace, George Bomford WHEELER, 1856
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Zoologist: A Monthly Journal of Natural History
so-called Greater Flying Fish, E. volitant, or kindred. But there may rest uncertainty whether all the latter have been fish that would rigidly come under the specific denomination of E. volitant ? According to our interpretation a third British kind ...
Edward Newman, James Edmund Harting, 1905
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Bulletin of the American Geographical Society of New York
... from the arboreal birds, which are much poorer fliers. It is granted that certain highly volitant birds, notably the birds of prey, are common to forest and prairie; but these are accustomed, when in a forested region, to make protracted flights ...
‎1908
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Bulletin of the American Geographical Society
Highly volitant birds flying over a uniform plain tend to gather in multitudinous flocks. Every prairie-dweller is familiar with the long, loose flocks of gulls and terns, the serried flocks of geese and ducks, the massed flocks of sandpipers and  ...
‎1908
8
Journal of the American Geographical Society of New York
... from the arboreal birds, which are much poorer fliers. It is granted that certain highly volitant birds, notably the birds of prey, are common to forest and prairie; but these are accustomed, when in a forested region, to make protracted flights ...
‎1908
9
Windblowne
soon be buying new kites at one of Windblowne's kiteshops, which was exactly how the residents of Windblowne had planned things. He was passing his favorite kiteshop now, the Volitant Dragon. Oliver thought that the Dragon had to be the ...
Stephen Messer, 2010
10
Dictionary of Aviation
... volitant. volation ,vo'lee-San n. flight, as of a bird; the power or faculty of flight; volitation. volational ,vo1ee-Sa-nl adj. of volation or flight; volita- tional. volator ,vo 'tee-taz n. that which flies; specifically, a flyings fish. volitant 'voli-tnt adj. flying; ...
Robert Morris Pierce, 1911

8 NEWS ITEMS WHICH INCLUDE THE TERM «VOLITANT»

Find out what the national and international press are talking about and how the term volitant is used in the context of the following news items.
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Pacete: Bacolod: Apec and beyond
This could just be the beginning of outsized tourism and business volitant activities. Apec simply paves the way for more challenging actions. We expect a ... «Sun.Star, Apr 15»
2
Where the girl scouts dare
Arts and craft will be part of the activity wherein volitant girls will make “paypay” brooms or knit “nito” vine to produce arm bands, anklets, rings, and bracelets. «Sun.Star, Nov 14»
3
"Pillow" Talk: Terri Thomas on what's behind the sex in her Big …
The series of eight paintings were shown again in my solo show in Austin at Volitant Gallery. The string of paintings were titled Indivi/duality and was ... «Austin Chronicle, Jun 14»
4
Thunder Wolves review (XBLA)
... the flow of oncoming waves. That's really what Thunder Wolves has to offer – a simple, straightforward exercise in lighting things up from your volitant chariot. «XBLA Fans, Jul 13»
5
Interview with Co-Lab Projects Director Sean Gaulager
This practice and learning through direct experience was amplified while working under Xochi Solis as Assistant Director of Volitant Gallery, a short lived blue ... «Dallas Art News, Nov 12»
6
Giorgio Agamben: Piero Guccione, il tenue
L'immenso spazio vuoto è pieni di minuscoli, svolazzanti (i simulacri volitant), tenuissimi e tesissimi corpi. E tenue è anche la mente (tenuis enim mens est…, ... «RagusaNews, Oct 11»
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Michael Wutz ist der 4. Horst-Janssen-Grafikpreisträger
2008 v∞, Galerie Gerken, Berlin 2007 silver flat lining, Volitant Gallery, Austin, TX, USA 2006 Limbus Land, Galerie Gerken, Berlin Gruppenausstellungen «art-in.de, Apr 11»
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факты из жизни летающих рыб
К примеру, у Exocoetus volitant два крыла и грудные плавники в своих размерах сильно увеличились, а вот у Cypselurus californicus всего четыре крыла и ... «DiveМир - мир дайвинга и приключений, Jun 09»

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« EDUCALINGO. Volitant [online]. Available <https://educalingo.com/en/dic-en/volitant>. Apr 2024 ».
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