volet
English
Etymology
Noun
volet (plural volets)
- A shutter on a window.
- (art) Either wing of a triptych.
- 2009, Mario Buhagiar, Essays on the Knights and Art and Architecture in Malta, 1500–1798, →ISBN, page 85:
- Painted on panel, and possibly the central volet of a triptych, it showed an enthroned Madonna rescuing from Satan a young man whom she clutches by the wrist.
Anagrams
French
Etymology
From voler.
Pronunciation
- IPA(key): /vɔ.lɛ/
Audio: (file)
Noun
volet m (plural volets)
- (window) shutter
- (aviation) flap
- (art) volet, wing (of a triptych)
- (figurative) section, part (of a trilogy, plan, etc.)
- 2023 October 21, “L’Assemblée nationale rejette les motions de censure du RN et de LFI, le premier volet du budget 2024 adopté”, in Le Monde.fr[1]:
- L’Assemblée nationale rejette les motions de censure du RN et de LFI, le premier volet du budget 2024 adopté [title]
- (please add an English translation of this quotation)
- (rare) nenuphar
Derived terms
- trier sur le volet (“to handpick”)
Further reading
- “volet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012.
Latin
Etymology 1
From volō (“I fly”).
Verb
volet
- third-person singular present active subjunctive of volō
Etymology 2
From volō (“I wish”).
Verb
volet
- third-person singular future active indicative of volō