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masculine

/vɔ.lɑ̃/

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Translation

steering wheel

Word origin

From voler ('to fly'), from Latin volare. The word named the flywheel of a machine before it named the wheel a driver holds.

Origin: Latin
Root: volare
English cognates: volatile

Grammar

Gendermasculine

Pluralvolants

Examples

He holds the steering wheel with both hands.

descente.

Do not let go of the steering wheel on the way down.

Racing steering wheels are smaller.

She let her brother take the wheel.

These old wooden steering wheels are expensive.

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This word is part of lesson 43.