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wolant

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Polish

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Pronunciation

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  • Rhymes: -ɔlant
  • Syllabification: wo‧lant

Etymology 1

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Borrowed from French volant. First attested in the 1743-1745.[1]

Noun

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wolant m inan (related adjective wolantowy)

  1. (aeronautics) yoke, control column
    Synonyms: kolumna sterowa, sterownica
  2. (historical) ruffle used to decorate women's dresses
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Noun

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wolant m inan

  1. (historical, badminton) shuttlecock, birdie (cork to which feathers are attached to form a cone shape struck with rackets in the games of badminton and battledore)
    1. (historical, metonymically, sports) battledore and shuttlecock, jeu de volant (early version of the game badminton)
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Etymology 2

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Borrowed from French volante.

Noun

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wolant m inan (diminutive wolancik)

  1. (historical) type of cabriolet carriage
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References

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  1. ^ Marek Kunicki-Goldfinger (22.06.2023) “WOLANT”, in Elektroniczny Słownik Języka Polskiego XVII i XVIII Wieku [Electronic Dictionary of the Polish Language of the XVII and XVIII Century]

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