flote

== English == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /fləʊt/ Rhymes: -əʊt Homophone: float === Etymology 1 === ==== Verb ==== flote simple past of flite. === Etymology 2 === Compare French flot, Latin fluctus; also compare float (noun). ==== Noun ==== flote (plural flotes) (obsolete) A wave. ===== Translations ===== === Etymology 3 === ==== Verb ==== flote (third-person singular simple present flotes, present participle floting, simple past and past participle floted) To fleet; to skim. === Anagrams === TOEFL == Dutch == === Verb === flote (dated or formal) singular past subjunctive of fluiten == Middle English == === Etymology 1 === ==== Noun ==== flote alternative form of flouter === Etymology 2 === Inherited from Old English flota (“ship, fleet”), from Proto-Germanic *flutô, with semantic broadening from the conflated flete homonyms and Old English flot (from Proto-Germanic *flutą (“body of water”)), and semantic loan from Old French flote (cognate wth Old English flota). ==== Alternative forms ==== floote, fflote, flot ==== Pronunciation ==== IPA(key): /ˈflɔːt(ə)/ ==== Noun ==== flote (plural flotes) Something that floats; a float or boat. A fleet; a collection or grouping of vessels. A group, band or mass of soldiers or fighters. The condition of floating; flotation. (rare) A mass or group of animals. (rare) A body of water or mass of liquid. ===== Related terms ===== floten ===== Descendants ===== English: float Scots: flote, flot ===== References ===== “flōte, n.(1).”, in MED Online, Ann Arbor, Mich.: University of Michigan, 2007, retrieved 5 October 2018. === Etymology 3 === ==== Verb ==== flote alternative form of floten == Norwegian Nynorsk == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /flo(ː)tə/, /fɽo(ː)tə/ Rhymes: -oːtə Hyphenation: flò‧te === Etymology 1 === From Old Norse floti. ==== Alternative forms ==== flåte (alternative spelling) flota, flåtå (dialectal) ==== Noun ==== flote m (definite singular floten, indefinite plural flotar, definite plural flotane) raft fleet big man ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== flote past participle of flyta == Old French == === Etymology === Germanic, compare English float. === Noun === flote oblique singular, f (oblique plural flotes, nominative singular flote, nominative plural flotes) fleet (collection of several watercraft) == Romanian == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): [ˈflote] === Noun === flote f inflection of flotă: indefinite plural indefinite genitive/dative singular == Spanish == === Pronunciation === IPA(key): /ˈflote/ [ˈflo.t̪e] Rhymes: -ote Syllabification: flo‧te === Etymology 1 === Deverbal from flotar. ==== Noun ==== flote m (plural flotes) floatation (action and effect of floating) Synonyms: flotadura, flotación ===== Derived terms ===== === Etymology 2 === ==== Verb ==== flote inflection of flotar: first/third-person singular present subjunctive third-person singular imperative === Further reading === “flote”, 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