volan

See also: volán

Antillean Creole

Etymology

From French volant.

Noun

volan

1. flying fish

Esperanto

Pronunciation

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Adjective

volan

1. accusative singular of vola

Italian

Pronunciation

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

Verb

volan

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

Romanian

Etymology

Borrowed from French volant.

Pronunciation

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Noun

volan n (plural volane)

1. steering wheel

See also

• mașină

Serbo-Croatian

Etymology

Borrowed from French volant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋǒlaːn/

Noun

vòlān m inan (Cyrillic spelling во̀ла̄н)

1. steering wheel

   Synonym: upravljač

   za volanom ― behind the wheel

Declension

Declension of volan

	singular	plural
nominative	vòlān	volani
genitive	volána	volana
dative	volanu	volanima
accusative	volan	volane
vocative	volane	volani
locative	volanu	volanima
instrumental	volanom	volanima

Further reading

• “volan”, in Hrvatski jezični portal [Croatian language portal] (in Serbo-Croatian), 2006–2025

Slovene

Etymology

From French volant.

Pronunciation

• IPA^(key): /ʋɔláːn/

Noun

volȃn m inan

1. steering wheel

Declension

The diacritics used in this section of the entry are non-tonal. If you are a native tonal speaker, please help by adding the tonal marks.

Masculine inan., hard o-stem
nom. sing.	volán
gen. sing.	volána
	singular	dual	plural
nominative (imenovȃlnik)	volán	volána	voláni
genitive (rodȋlnik)	volána	volánov	volánov
dative (dajȃlnik)	volánu	volánoma	volánom
accusative (tožȋlnik)	volán	volána	voláne
locative (mẹ̑stnik)	volánu	volánih	volánih
instrumental (orọ̑dnik)	volánom	volánoma	voláni

Further reading

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