Word Pronunciation & Dictionary

volplane

/ˈvɒlpleɪn/

Word Rarity Very rare

Frequency: Zipf frequency 0.00 in modern English

Syllables: vol-plane
IPA: /ˈvɒlpleɪn/

13

Scrabble Score

8

Letters

2

Syllables

7

Unique Chars

Meaning

noun

A steep, controlled dive, especially by an aircraft with the engine off.

verb

To perform a volplane.

verb

Example Sentences

"1916, Wilfred Percy ("Billie") Nevill, letter, in 1991, Ruth Elwin Harris (editor), Billie: The Nevill Letters, 1914-1916, Julia Macrae, page 143, […] when well over the bosche lines & he volplaned home, just skimmed over our & the Bosche trenches, they all fired at him like sin, of course, and landed about 1000 yards back on a hill."
"Curtains of vapor drift back to reveal the Americans, volplaning along well inside ten meters and only a little faster than the balloon."

Etymology

From French vol plané (“gliding flight”).

Origin

Source language: French

Inflected Forms

volplanes (plural) volplanes (present, singular) volplaning (participle, present) volplaned (participle, past) volplaned (past)

Questions

How do you pronounce volplane?: The recorded pronunciation is /ˈvɒlpleɪn/.
What does volplane mean?: A steep, controlled dive, especially by an aircraft with the engine off.
Where does volplane come from?: It is traced to French.

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