envolée

French

Noun

envolée f (plural envolées)

1. (literal and figurative) flight

   envolée lyrique

   flight of lyricism, waxing lyrical

2. a group of objects in flight or being blown by the wind

   une envolée de feuilles d’automne

   autumn leaves in flight

3. surge, rise

Participle

envolée f sg

1. feminine singular of envolé

Further reading

• “envolée”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.