flota

== English == === Etymology === From Spanish. See flotilla. === Noun === flota (plural flotas) A fleet, especially a fleet of Spanish ships which formerly sailed every year from Cadiz to Vera Cruz, in Mexico, to transport to Spain products from Spanish America. === References === “flota”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. === Anagrams === aloft, float == Catalan == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): (Central, Balearic) [ˈflɔ.tə] IPA(key): (Valencia) [ˈflɔ.ta] === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from French flotte. ==== Noun ==== flota f (plural flotes) crowd (nautical) fleet (botany) patch, cluster (of mushrooms) ===== Derived terms ===== flotó ===== Related terms ===== flotar flotilla ==== Further reading ==== “flota”, in Diccionari de la llengua catalana [Dictionary of the Catalan Language] (in Catalan), second edition, Institute of Catalan Studies [Catalan: Institut d'Estudis Catalans], April 2007 “flota”, in Gran Diccionari de la Llengua Catalana, Grup Enciclopèdia Catalana, 2026 “flota” in Diccionari normatiu valencià, Acadèmia Valenciana de la Llengua. “flota” in Diccionari català-valencià-balear, Antoni Maria Alcover and Francesc de Borja Moll, 1962. === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== flota inflection of flotar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative == Czech == === Etymology === Derived from German Flotte. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈflota] === Noun === flota f naval fleet ==== Declension ==== ==== See also ==== loďstvo === Further reading === “flota”, in Příruční slovník jazyka českého (in Czech), 1935–1957 “flota”, in Slovník spisovného jazyka českého (in Czech), 1960–1971, 1989 “flota”, in Internetová jazyková příručka (in Czech), 2008–2026 == Icelandic == === Noun === flota indefinite accusative singular of floti indefinite dative singular of floti indefinite genitive singular of floti indefinite accusative plural of floti indefinite genitive plural of floti == Old English == === Etymology === From Proto-West Germanic *flotō, from Proto-Germanic *flutô (“a float; raft; boat; ship”), from Proto-Indo-European *plewd-, *plew- (“to fly, flow, run”). Cognate with Old Norse floti. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈflo.tɑ/ === Noun === flota m (nominative plural flotan) sailor, shipman Synonyms: see Thesaurus:sċipere pirate boat, ship Synonyms: see Thesaurus:sċip fleet (of vessels) ==== Declension ==== Weak: ==== Derived terms ==== ==== Related terms ==== floterian ==== Descendants ==== Middle English: flote English: float Scots: flote, flot == Polish == === Etymology === Borrowed from French flotte. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈflɔ.ta/ Rhymes: -ɔta Syllabification: flo‧ta === Noun === flota f (related adjective flotowy) naval fleet fleet (all the vehicles owned by a company or organization) (slang, humorous) money Synonyms: see Thesaurus:pieniądze ==== Declension ==== ==== Derived terms ==== === References === === Further reading === flota in Wielki słownik języka polskiego, Instytut Języka Polskiego PAN flota in Polish dictionaries at PWN == Romanian == === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from French flotter. ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): [floˈta] ==== Verb ==== a flota (third-person singular present flotează, past participle flotat) 1st conjugation to float ===== Conjugation ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): [ˈflota] ==== Noun ==== flota f definite nominative/accusative singular of flotă == Serbo-Croatian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /flôta/ Hyphenation: flo‧ta === Noun === flȍta f (Cyrillic spelling фло̏та) fleet ==== Declension ==== == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈflota/ [ˈflo.t̪a] Rhymes: -ota Syllabification: flo‧ta === Etymology 1 === Borrowed from French flotte. ==== Noun ==== flota f (plural flotas) fleet (Latin America) crowd ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== flota inflection of flotar: third-person singular present indicative second-person singular imperative === Further reading === “flota”, in Diccionario de la lengua española [Dictionary of the Spanish Language] (in Spanish), online version 23.8.1, Royal Spanish Academy [Spanish: Real Academia Española], 15 December 2025