voante

Portuguese

Etymology

From Latin volantem. By surface analysis, voar +‎ -ante. Doublet of volante. First attested in 1516.

Pronunciation

 

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /voˈɐ̃.t͡ʃi/

• (Brazil) IPA^(key): /voˈɐ̃.t͡ʃi/
  • (Southern Brazil) IPA^(key): /voˈɐ̃.te/

 

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvwɐ̃.tɨ/

• (Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈvwɐ̃.tɨ/
  • (Northern Portugal) IPA^(key): /ˈbwɐ̃.tɨ/

• Rhymes: (Brazil) -ɐ̃tʃi, (Portugal) -ɐ̃tɨ
• Hyphenation: vo‧an‧te

Adjective

voante m or f (plural voantes)

1. airborne; flying (in flight)
2. flying (able to fly)

   Synonym: voador

3. (Heraldry) flying
4. (figurative) fast, swift
   • 1516, Garcia de Resende, “De Diogo Velho”, in Cancioneiro Geral‎^[1], page 183:

     O dos muy lindos buſcãtes, / rraſteyros, & tam voantes, / caçadores rraſtejantes, / que caçam çaça ^[sic] rreal.

     He who owns the very beautiful tracker hounds, / grovelers, and so swift, / crawling hunters, / who hunt the royal hunt.

5. (figurative) ephemeral; short-lived

Further reading

• “voante”, in Dicionário Priberam da Língua Portuguesa (in Portuguese), Lisbon: Priberam, 2008–2025