flottare

== Italian == === Etymology === Borrowed from French flotter. === Verb === flottàre (first-person singular present flòtto, first-person singular past historic flottài, past participle flottàto, auxiliary avére) (intransitive) to undulate (of the sea) [auxiliary avere] (intransitive) to bob (of an object floating in the water) [auxiliary avere] (intransitive) to glide on the water (of a seaplane) [auxiliary avere] (transitive) to float (logs) to separate (minerals) using flotation ==== Conjugation ==== ==== Related terms ==== flotta flottaggio flottante flottazione flottiglia === Further reading === flottare in Treccani.it – Vocabolario Treccani on line, Istituto dell'Enciclopedia Italiana === Anagrams === feltrato, flotterà == Swedish == === Etymology === flotta +‎ -are (“-er”) === Noun === flottare c a log driver or timber rafter (person who transports logs on flowing water) ==== Declension ==== ==== Related terms ==== flotta flottning ==== See also ==== flottlägga (“bundle logs into a raft”) flottläggning (“bundling of logs into a raft”) skilje sågverk (“sawmill”) timmerflotte (“raft of bundled logs”) === References === “flottare”, in Svensk ordbok [Dictionary of Swedish] (in Swedish) “flottare”, in Svenska Akademiens ordbok [Dictionary of the Swedish Academy] (in Swedish)