Fleet

== English == === Etymology === From fleet (“stream, estuary”). === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fliːt/ Rhymes: -iːt Homophone: fleet === Proper noun === Fleet A river (the River Fleet) in London, England, now buried underground, that flowed under the Eastern end of the present Fleet Street. A former prison (the Fleet Prison) in London, which originally stood near the stream. A river, the Water of Fleet, in Dumfries and Galloway council area, Scotland. A river in Highland council area, Scotland, which flows into Loch Fleet. A town and civil parish with a town council in Hart district, Hampshire, England (OS grid ref SU8054). A village and civil parish in South Holland district, Lincolnshire, England (OS grid ref TF3823). A hamlet in Alberta, Canada. A surname. ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Anagrams === felte, lefte == East Central German == === Etymology === Compare German Flöte. === Noun === Fleet (plural Fleetn) (Erzgebirgisch) flute (Erzgebirgisch, informal, vulgar) penis, dick === Further reading === Hendrik Heidler (11 June 2020), Hendrik Heidler's 400 Seiten: Echtes Erzgebirgisch: Wuu de Hasen Hoosn haaßn un de Hosen Huusn do sei mir drhamm: Das Original Wörterbuch: Ratgeber und Fundgrube der erzgebirgischen Mund- und Lebensart: Erzgebirgisch – Deutsch / Deutsch – Erzgebirgisch‎[1] (in German), 3. geänderte Auflage edition, Norderstedt: BoD – Books on Demand, →ISBN, →OCLC, page 43 == German == === Etymology === From German Low German and Middle Low German vlēt, from Old Saxon fliot, from Proto-West Germanic *fleut, from Proto-Germanic *fleutą (“stream, river”). Cognate to Dutch vliet, English fleet. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fleːt/ === Noun === Fleet n (strong, genitive Fleets, plural Fleete) a watercourse through marshland a kind of city canal similar to the Dutch gracht, found in Hamburg and some other northern German cities ==== Declension ==== == Hunsrik == === Etymology === From Middle High German vloite, from Middle Dutch floite, from Old French fleüte. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈfleːt/ Rhymes: -eːt Syllabification: Fleet === Noun === Fleet f (plural Fleete) (music) flute === Further reading === Boll, Piter Kehoma (2021), “Fleet”, in Dicionário Hunsriqueano Riograndense–Português, 3rd edition (overall work in Portuguese), Ivoti: Riograndenser Hunsrickisch, page 56