flet

== English == === Alternative forms === fleet, flette (obsolete) === Etymology === From Middle English flet (“floor of a house; house”), from Old English flet, flett (“the ground; the floor of a house; house; dwelling”), from Proto-West Germanic *flati, from Proto-Germanic *flatją (“a flat or level surface, level ground, floor, hallway”), from Proto-Indo-European *pleth₂- (“flat, broad”). Cognate with Dutch vlet (“flat-bottomed vessel, dory”), Low German Flet (“an upper bedroom”), German Fletz, Flötz (“level ground, threshing floor, hallway, set of rooms or benches”). More at flat. === Noun === flet (plural flets) (rare or dialectal) Floor; bottom; lower surface. (rare or dialectal) A house; home. === Anagrams === Felt, felt, left, FELT, TEFL, Left == Albanian == === Verb === flet second-person singular present indicative of flas third-person singular present indicative of flas == Danish == === Verb === flet imperative of flette == French == === Etymology === Borrowed from Dutch vlete. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /flɛ/ === Noun === flet m (plural flets) flounder (fish) === Further reading === “flet”, in Trésor de la langue française informatisé [Digitized Treasury of the French Language], 2012 == Icelandic == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *flatją. === Noun === flet n (genitive singular flets, nominative plural flet) bunk Synonym: koja ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === “flet” in the Dictionary of Modern Icelandic (in Icelandic) and ISLEX (in the Nordic languages) == Latin == === Pronunciation === (Classical Latin) IPA(key): [ˈfɫɛt] (modern Italianate Ecclesiastical) IPA(key): [ˈflɛt] === Verb === flet third-person singular present active indicative of fleō == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === From Old English flet, flett (“floor, ground; dwelling, house”), from Proto-Germanic *flatją (“floor”), from Proto-Germanic *flataz (“flat”), from Proto-Indo-European *plat- (“flat”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /flɛt/ ==== Noun ==== flet (plural flets) the floor, ground a dwelling, habitation, house, cottage, hall Þe lorde..Fyndez fire vpon flet, þe freke þer byside. — Sir Gawain and the Green Knight, 1400 A (level) piece of ground; a battlefield Wiþ four othre meteþ he ... & fuld hem on þe flette. — Sir Firumbras, c1380 ===== Descendants ===== English: flet ===== References ===== “flet, n.”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007. === Etymology 2 === ==== Noun ==== flet alternative form of flete (“fleet”) == Old English == === Alternative forms === fled, flett === Etymology 1 === From Proto-Germanic *flatją (“floor”), from Proto-Germanic *flataz (“flat”), from Proto-Indo-European *plat- (“flat”). Akin to Old Frisian flet, flette (“dwelling, house”). ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /flet/ ==== Noun ==== flet n (nominative plural flet) the floor, ground Heó on flet gecrong ― She sank to the ground. a dwelling, habitation, house, cottage, hall Gif ðæt flet geblódgad wyrþe. ― If the house be stained with blood. ===== Declension ===== Strong a-stem: ===== Derived terms ===== fletræst (“couch”) fletsittend (“sitter in hall, courtier, guest”) fletwerod (“hall-troop, body-guard”) ===== Descendants ===== Middle English: flet English: flet === Etymology 2 === Inherited from Proto-Germanic *flautiz. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /fleːt/ ==== Noun ==== flēt f (nominative plural flēta) alternative form of flīete ===== Declension ===== Strong i-stem: ===== References ===== John R. Clark Hall (1916), “flet”, in A Concise Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎[1], 2nd edition, New York: Macmillan Joseph Bosworth; T. Northcote Toller (1898), “flet”, in An Anglo-Saxon Dictionary‎[2], second edition, Oxford: Oxford University Press. == Old Norse == === Etymology === From Proto-Germanic *flatją. Related to flatr. === Noun === flet n the raised flooring along the side walls of a hall (to sit or lie on) together with the benches thereon ==== Declension ==== === Further reading === Zoëga, Geir T. (1910), “flet”, in A Concise Dictionary of Old Icelandic, Oxford: Clarendon Press; also available at the Internet Archive == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from Middle High German floit, flöute, vloite, from Old French fleute, from Old Occitan flaut. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈflɛt/ Rhymes: -ɛt Syllabification: flet === Noun === flet m inan (diminutive flecik) flute (woodwind instrument) recorder (musical instrument of the woodwind family; a type of fipple flute, a simple internal duct flute) Synonym: flet prosty (historical) narrow and tall winecup ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== === Further reading === flet in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN flet in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Sranan Tongo == === Etymology === From Dutch flit, a genericized use of the brand name FLIT. === Noun === flet liquid insecticide spray gun === Verb === flet to spray == Tok Pisin == === Etymology === From English flat. === Noun === flet flat; apartment