Grammatical class
Noun
volée
(of birds) flying, flight
Details
Syllables
vo-lée
Phonetics
vo.le
Grammatical class
Noun
Freq. (books)
3582
Freq. (movies)
13019
Freq. (news)
5552
Variants
Sentences
Donner une volée
To give a thrashing
A1
Prendre la volée
To take flight
A1
Une volée d’obus
Howitzer volley
A2
Volée de marches
Flight of stairs
B1
L'ennemi a tiré une volée de balles sur nous.
The enemy fired a volley of shots at us.
B1