flotant

== English == === Etymology === Old French flotant, (French flottant), present participle of floter (“to float”). === Adjective === flotant (not comparable) (heraldry) Represented as flying (fluttering) or floating mid-air or in water. ==== Alternative forms ==== floatant, flottant === Noun === flotant (plural flotants) A mass of floating vegetation, especially on the waters of the Mississippi delta. Alternative form of floatant. Coordinate term: sinkant === See also === floating island === References === “flotant”, in Webster’s Revised Unabridged Dictionary, Springfield, Mass.: G. & C. Merriam, 1913, →OCLC. == Catalan == === Verb === flotant gerund of flotar == Old French == === Verb === flotant present participle of floter === Adjective === flotant m (oblique and nominative feminine singular flotant or flotante) floating; that floats ==== Descendants ==== → English: flotant French: flottant === References === Frédéric Godefroy (1880–1902), “flotant”, in Dictionnaire de l’ancienne langue française et de tous ses dialectes du IXe au XVe siècle […], Paris: F[riedrich] Vieweg; Émile Bouillon, →OCLC. == Romanian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French flottant. === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /floˈtant/ === Adjective === flotant m or n (feminine singular flotantă, masculine plural flotanți, feminine/neuter plural flotante) floating Synonym: plutitor ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ====