Volant is an adjective meaning having wings extended as if in flight, flying, or quick and nimble. It comes from the Latin 'volare' (to fly) and is used in heraldry to describe a bird in flight.
Volant es un adjetivo que significa tener las alas extendidas como en vuelo, estar volando o ser rápido y ágil. Viene del latín 'volare' (volar) y se usa en heráldica para describir un pájaro en pleno vuelo.
| Front | volant \VOH-lunt\ |
|---|---|
| Back | adjective 1. Having the wings extended as if in flight — used of a heraldic bird. 2. Flying or capable of flying. 3. Quick, nimble. [English picked up "volant" from Middle French. The term survives in Modern French as well, both as an adjective having essentially the same meaning as the English term, and as a noun with several meanings (among them "shuttlecock"). The influence of French can be seen doubly in the heraldic sense of "volant": in heraldic contexts, as in our first example sentence above, the adjective "volant" almost always appears after the noun — a syntax picked up from French along with the meaning. Ultimately, "volant" comes from the Latin verb "volare," meaning "to fly." Another word that came to English through Middle French from "volare" is "volley," which refers to things flying back and forth through the air.] "One prominent feature of the family's crest is a hawk volant." |
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