voler

Signification

1. to fly (through the air)
2. to fly (an aircraft)
3. to pursue flying
4. to scarper, flee
5. to steal, rob

Prononcé comme (IPA)

/vɔ.le/

Étymologie

Inherited from Old French voler, from Latin volāre. Displaced Old French rober (Modern French rober has changed in meaning to "to wrap a cigar in a sheet of tobacco").

Phrases

Il venait de voler aux lois un homme qui leur appartenait .

He had just robbed the laws of a man who belonged to them.